BY THE NUMBERS
(year-end figures 12/31/08)  

Grants authorized:
$20.5 million  

Grantmaking as a percentage of assets:
Average 14 percent over the past 5 years  

Number of grantmaking funds: 
381
  
Minimum fund size: 
$15,000 ($50,000 min. Scholarship & Catalyst) 		 Average fund size: 
 $288,000  
Largest fund:
$19.9 million




Gifts to The Community Foundation:
$20.6 million  

Assets (total):
$132 million

Investment returns:
1-year: -21.81%
5-year: 1.41%
10-year: 2.52%

Operating expenses:
1.48% compared to total assets

Staffing:
17.77 FTEs (including The Women’s Fund)  

IRS E.I. Numbers:
63-1209631 (corporate form, combined reporting after 2004)
63-6019864 (trust form)  

IRS Form 990 is available at our office and by subscription on Guidestar.
Investment committee

Corbin Day, Chair
Miller Gorrie
John Johns
Thomas Lowder
James McManus
Herb Sklenar
Cameron Vowell

Independent Auditor
Warren Averett Kimbrough & Marino, LLC

Investment Consultant
Monroe Vos Consulting Group, Inc.

The power of endowment


A $3 million bequest in 1972 has grown to almost $20 million today and has given away almost $30 million to local nonprofit organizations from the Frank E. and Margaret Cameron Spain Fund which the bequest established.

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