Foothills Community Foundation



Since the Foundation’s inception in 1999, it has distributed nearly $9 million in grants to non-profits in its community, with grants totaling $1.5 million in 2008 alone.

Assets and Giving for Foothills Community Foundation

Assets

2019 - 27,451,749
2018 - 14,863,397
Domestic Grants

2019 - 999,779


    

Recent News from Foothills Community Foundation


Anderson County Council District 4 candidate Glenn D. Buddin Jr.
Foundation: Foothills Community Foundation

... I have been honored to chair the tri-county area's premier grant-making and charitable organization, The Foothills Community Foundation. I am...more

Meadors named recipient of Inaugural Award
Foundation: Foothills Community Foundation

Foothills Community Foundation honored Dr. Marshall L. Meadors III as the inaugural recipient of the Robert M. Rainey Philanthropy Award at a luncheon held in his honor on March 11. Meadors is a...more

Anderson's Brighter Christmas Fund gets significant boost, reaches $24356
Foundation: Foothills Community Foundation

The program represents an all-volunteer partnership between the Independent Mail, the Foothills Community Foundation and several local businesses, including the Walmart on Liberty Highway and...more

Now open: Anderson's first dog park
Foundation: Foothills Community Foundation

The Foothills Community Foundation has served as a partner with To Benefit Anderson in raising more than $340,000 for the group's...more

Anderson family donates to charity through sunflower sales
Foundation: Foothills Community Foundation

Sol Flowers in Anderson is donating all of the proceeds from its sunflower sales to the Foothills Community Foundation. This is the second year...more

EPA grant covers Rocky River Conservancy work
Foundation: Foothills Community Foundation

... should come by late summer or early fall, said Woods, who retired in January after 28 years at AU to take over the Foothills Community...more

Duke Energy donates more than $1M to Upstate conservation projects
Foundation: Foothills Community Foundation

The Foothills Community Foundation will start a Habitat Enhancement Program that protects nearly 2,900 acres adjoining Lakes Keowee...more

New Foothills Community Foundation president named
Foundation: Foothills Community Foundation

R. Dean Woods, who currently serves as the vice president for principal gifts and special assistant to the president at Anderson University, will...more

Interim named at Foothills Community Foundation
Foundation: Foothills Community Foundation

Ending a tenure that has lasted 14 years longer than he anticipated, Robert Rainey's time as director of the Foothills Community Foundation comes...more

Barbara Harris arranges table during Stone Creek Cove's Brighter Christmas Fund auction (Photo ...
Foundation: Foothills Community Foundation

... fund has raised more than $815,000, with all the funds distributed locally. The fund is managed without fee by the Foothills Community...more



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