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1. Criteria for Selection: a) Presence in South Carolina, b) Percentage of Program Expenditures to Total Expenditures, c) Compliance with South Carolina Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act, and d) High Use of Volunteers.

2. The following organizations are exceptional in meeting one or more of the above criteria. There are many good charities in South Carolina that do a splendid job in fulfilling their purpose and are deserving of your continued support; however, the organizations named on this year’s “Angels List” are exceptional based on the criteria mentioned above.

3. All figures are taken from financial reports which the organizations themselves filed with this Office for their fiscal years 2000 or 2001. By law, all registered charities must file annual financial reports. The information must be submitted upon either an IRS Form 990 or the Secretary of State’s Annual Financial Report form.

4. For information on all charities, please call us at 734-1790 or toll-free at 888-242-7484.

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Charitable Society of Charleston, Inc.                               

(Reg. No:  391)

 

 

 

 

Address:

P.O. Box  21134                  
Charleston, SC  29413

Fiscal Year Beginning:

06/01/2000

 

Fiscal Year Ending:

05/31/2001

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue:

$86,883.00

Contact:

Mr. Michael Baker
Treasurer

Total Expenses:

$94,901.00

 

Program Expenses:

$84,289.00

Phone:

843 723-6852

 

 

Web Site:

None

Percentage:

88.82%

 

 

 

 

Purpose: 

Established in 1993, all-volunteer organization raises funds for local charities especially those serving the needy, under-privileged, elderly, disadvantaged and handicapped.

Notes: 

Organization sponsored special events like oyster roasts, concert series and the Reindeer Run to raise funds.  In FYE 5/31/2001, it gave $47,740 to local charities.


 

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Children's Relief Fund                                               

(Reg. No:  2219)

 

 

 

 

Address:

14 Wedgefield Drive   
Hilton
Head, SC  29926

Fiscal Year Beginning:

01/01/2000

 

Fiscal Year Ending:

12/31/2000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue:

$77,015.00

Contact:

Ms. Rose Fotia                           
President                              

Total Expenses:

$41,818.00

 

Program Expenses:

$40,946.00

Phone:

843-342-2989

 

 

Web Site:

None

Percentage:

97.91%

 

 

 

 

Purpose: 

Established in 1991, organization assists disabled children in the Bluffton / Hilton Head areas by providing funding for equipment, therapies, summer camp services on an individual and group basis.

Notes: 

Organization was started by Mrs. Rose Fotia, business owner, whose son was disabled and died at the age of eleven.  Among other programs, it sponsors Fishing for Friends in which local captains take disabled children on fishing expeditions.


 

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Christmas in April * Florence, Inc.

(Reg. No:  5781)

 

 

 

 

Address:

c/o Florence Mechanical
1209 West Evans Street
Florence, SC  29501

Fiscal Year Beginning:

07/01/1999

 

Fiscal Year Ending:

06/30/2000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue:

$25,545.00

Contact:

Ms. Jennifer Little
Chief Executive Officer

Total Expenses:

$19,645.00

 

Program Expenses:

$18,904.00

Phone:

843-676-0702

 

 

Web Site:

www.rebuildingtogether.org

Percentage:

96.23%

 

 

 

 

Purpose: 

Established in 1997, chapter is made up of volunteers who rehabilitate houses of low-income homeowners in the Greater Florence area particularly the elderly and disabled, so that they may continue to live in warmth, safety and independence.

Notes: 

Organization is a chapter of a nation organizational begun in 1973 in Midland, TX by a church that renovated a poor person’s home.  When the house was rehabilitated and the person returned to see it, she exclaimed, "This is like Christmas in April!"


 

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Community Food Bank Of The Piedmont

(Reg. No:  2883)

 

 

 

 

Address:

POB 873
Mauldin, SC  29662-0873

Fiscal Year Beginning:

01/01/2000

 

Fiscal Year Ending:

12/31/2000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue:

$475,203.00

Contact:

Ms. Edith Beckett
Executive Director                     

Total Expenses:

$425,432.00

 

Program Expenses:

$384,285.00

Phone:

864 675-0350

 

 

Web Site:

 

Percentage:

90.33%

 

 

 

 

Purpose: 

Established in 1982, organization provides food to non-profit programs who then distribute the food to needy people.  The food bank distributes salvaged foods, as well as USDA commodities.

Notes: 

Organization received $920,850 in donated foods in its FYE 12/31/2000.  Major donors of foods are Bi-Lo Corporation of Mauldin and Winn-Dixie of Greenville.


 

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Crimestoppers of the Lowcountry, Inc.                                

(Reg. No:  1552)

 

 

 

 

Address:

PO Box 190016
Charleston, SC  29419

Fiscal Year Beginning:

07/01/1999

 

Fiscal Year Ending:

06/30/2000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue:

$177,164.00

Contact:

Mr. Phillip McFadden
Coordinator

Total Expenses:

$158,330.00

 

Program Expenses:

$154,501.00

Phone:

843-554-1111

 

 

Web Site:

None

Percentage:

97.58%

 

 

 

 

Purpose: 

Established in 1983, this organization provides a telephone tip line for criminal information and payment of rewards.

Notes: 

Crimestoppers provides office space and auto equipment for the officers assigned to the program.  In its FYE 6/30/2000, organization paid $7,313 in rewards.


 

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Fair Play Camp School, Inc.                                           

(Reg. No:  814)

 

 

 

 

Address:

347 Wilderness Trail
Westminister, SC  29693

Fiscal Year Beginning:

10/01/1999

 

Fiscal Year Ending:

09/30/2000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue:

$1,148,994.00

Contact:

Mr. J. D. Miller                         
Director

Total Expenses:

$1,305,652.00

 

Program Expenses:

$1,103,942.00

Phone:

864 647 4311

 

 

Web Site:

None

Percentage:

84.55%

 

 

 

 

Purpose: 

Established in 1980, organization provides a year-round day/camp for emotionally disabled boys.

Notes: 

Organization treated 40 emotionally handicapped boys, ages 8 - 15 in its FYE 12/31/2000.


 

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Family Connection of South Carolina                                  

(Reg. No:  3392)

 

 

 

 

Address:

2712 Middleburg Dr., Suite 103-B
Columbia, SC  29204

Fiscal Year Beginning:

07/01/2000

 

Fiscal Year Ending:

06/30/2001

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue:

$1,037,277.00

Contact:

Ms. Connie Ginsberg                      
Executive Director                     

Total Expenses:

$1,103,908.00

 

Program Expenses:

$1,012,973.00

Phone:

803 252-0914  

 

 

Web Site:

www.familyconnectionsc.org

Percentage:

91.76%

 

 

 

 

Purpose: 

Established in 1989, Family Connection of South Carolina is a statewide organization serving parents of children with disabilities, developmental delays, and chronic illnesses.

Notes: 

Some of organization's programs for families with disabled children:  Family Partners; Family Respite Cooperatives; Grandparents Workshops; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Support Group; Project Breathe Easy (for asthmatic children); Marriage Support Group.


 

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Foundation for the Children's Oncology Group (FCOG)

(Reg. No:  3349)

 

 

 

 

Address:

440 E. Huntington Drive, #300
Arcadia, CA  91066

Fiscal Year Beginning:

12/01/1999

 

Fiscal Year Ending:

11/30/2000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue:

$19,014,214.00

Contact:

Mr. Mark Erickson

 

Total Expenses:

$17,888,874.00

 

Program Expenses:

$16,864,118.00

Phone:

626-447-1674

 

 

Web Site:

www.conquerkidscancer.org

Percentage:

94.27%

 

 

 

 

Purpose: 

Established in 1987, organization supports research and treatment of children's cancer.  Made up of 235 member institutions conducting research on children's cancer, FCOG cares for over 90% of children afflicted with cancer in the U. S.

Notes: 

Organization awarded grants totaling $8.5 million in FYE 11/30/2000.  University of South Carolina received one such grant.  Formerly known as National Childhood Cancer Foundation, it changed its name when it merged with 3 similar organizations.


 

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Partnerships In Education, Inc.

(Reg. No:  6525)

 

 

 

 

Address:

50 West San Fernando Street
Suite 1200

San Jose, CA  95113

Fiscal Year Beginning:

01/01/2000

 

Fiscal Year Ending:

12/31/2000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue:

$1,952,529.00

Contact:

Mr. Juan Rey
Director

Total Expenses:

$1,971,530.00

 

Program Expenses:

$1,971,530.00

Phone:

408-938-7745

 

 

Web Site:

None

Percentage:

100.00%

 

 

 

 

Purpose: 

Organization distributed over 10.1 million newspapers and supplementary educational materials in 2000.  For SC students, funds were distributed to the Charlotte Observer, Columbia State, Myrtle Beach Sun-News.

Notes: 

Established in Texas in 1995, organization purchases newspapers to be distributed to schools for use in classrooms.


 

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Pilot Club of Columbia Foundation                                    

(Reg. No:  1230)

 

 

 

 

Address:

P. O. Box 50231
Columbia, SC  29250

Fiscal Year Beginning:

07/01/1999

 

Fiscal Year Ending:

06/30/2000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue:

$439,247.00

Contact:

Mr. M. B. "Pete" Amoth
Executive Director                     

Total Expenses:

$373,966.00

 

Program Expenses:

$328,984.00

Phone:

803 254 2673

 

 

Web Site:

None

Percentage:

87.97%

 

 

 

 

Purpose: 

Established in 1982, organization offers the Lifeline program which subsidizes personal emergency response systems for elderly and disabled citizens.  Needy participants pay reduced fees according to sliding scale based on income.

Notes: 

Pilot Club of Columbia operates concession stand at Carolina Coliseum to raise funds for Foundation.  Club is one of 60 chapters in SC.  Original club was established in Macon, GA in 1921 to serve persons with brain-related disorders and disabilities.


 

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Sea Haven, Inc.                                                       

(Reg. No:  1620)

 

 

 

 

Address:

P. O. Box 600               
North Myrtle Beach, SC  29597

Fiscal Year Beginning:

01/01/1999

 

Fiscal Year Ending:

12/31/1999

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue:

$345,155.00

Contact:

Ms. Barbara Martin                       
Administrator                          

Total Expenses:

$305,478.00

 

Program Expenses:

$282,741.00

Phone:

843 399-3125

 

 

Web Site:

None

Percentage:

92.56%

 

 

 

 

Purpose: 

Established in 1980, organization provides residential and outreach services for juvenile offenders, runaway/homeless, and at-risk youth, ages 13 - 17.

Notes: 

Organization provides a residential facility as an alternative to jail for juvenile offenders in Horry and Georgetown Counties.  Also offers temporary housing for runaway and homeless youth and counseling for their problems with their families.


 

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South Carolina Wildlife Federation                                    

(Reg. No:  3507)

 

 

 

 

Address:

2711 Middleburg Drive
Suite 104

Columbia, SC  29204

Fiscal Year Beginning:

01/01/2000

 

Fiscal Year Ending:

12/31/2000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue:

$338,476.00

Contact:

Ms. Angela Viney
Executive Director

Total Expenses:

$325,825.00

 

Program Expenses:

$302,531.00

Phone:

803-256-0670

 

 

Web Site:

www.scwf.org

Percentage:

92.85%

 

 

 

 

Purpose: 

Established in 1949, organization promotes wise use, management and proper development of natural resources.

Notes: 

One program is Backyard Habitat.  Participants certify that their property offers wildlife food, water, cover, and places to raise their young in order to survive. Organization also awards scholarships to college students studying environmental education.


 

 

 

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Columbia, SC  29211
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