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About the Angels List
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 2001 or 2002. 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. |
Organization: |
Celebrate Freedom Foundation |
Registration No: |
7796 |
Address: |
231 Spring Valley Road, Suite 23 |
Initial Registration: |
1/18/00 |
City: |
Columbia |
Fiscal Year |
1/1/01 |
State: |
SC 29223 |
Fiscal Year Ending: |
12/31/01 |
Contact: |
Mr. C. W. Randal |
Total Revenue: |
$184,549.00 |
Title: |
Chairman & CEO |
Total Expenses: |
$188,733.00 |
Telephone: |
803-788-6837 |
Program Expenses: |
$171,738.00 |
Web Site: |
www.celebratefreedomfoundation.org |
Percentage: |
91.0% |
Purpose: |
Established in 1999, this organization honors veterans,
educates children and fosters patriotism through cultural and
educational programs, living history and military heritage displays.
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Notes: |
This past spring, organization helped sponsor the
Doolittle Raiders Reunion in Columbia. It will host the Black Sheep
Squadron at its Air and Ground Show at Columbia's Owens Field November
8-10, 2002. |
Organization: |
Child Find of America, Inc. |
Registration No: |
2547 |
Address: |
P. O. Box 277 |
Initial Registration: |
11/4/92 |
City: |
New Paltz |
Fiscal Year |
6/1/01 |
State: |
NY 12561-0277 |
Fiscal Year Ending: |
5/31/02 |
Contact: |
Ms. Donna Linder |
Total Revenue: |
$308,058.00 |
Title: |
Executive Director |
Total Expenses: |
$258,525.00 |
Telephone: |
845-255-1848 |
Program Expenses: |
$239,399.00 |
Web Site: |
www.childfindofamerica.org |
Percentage: |
92.6% |
Purpose: |
Organization locates missing children and prevents child
abduction. |
Notes: |
According to information submitted in its 990 FYE
5/31/01, 235 cases involving 320 missing children were successfully
resolved. At the end of that fiscal year, organization had 604 cases,
260 new, a total of 370 children involved. |
Organization: |
Dictionary Project
|
Registration No: |
4328 |
Address: |
P. O. Box 1845 |
Initial Registration: |
2/28/96 |
City: |
Charleston |
Fiscal Year |
1/1/01 |
State: |
SC 29402 |
Fiscal Year Ending: |
12/31/01 |
Contact: |
Ms. Mary L. French |
Total Revenue: |
$81,226.00 |
Title: |
Director |
Total Expenses: |
$82,971.00 |
Telephone:
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843-856-2706 |
Program Expenses: |
$69,138.00 |
Web Site: |
www.dictionaryproject.com |
Percentage: |
83.3% |
Purpose: |
Established in 1995 by Mary French, known as
the "Dictionary Lady," organization raises money to purchase
dictionaries for every third grade student in South Carolina public
schools. Organization is funded by Rotary Clubs, small grants, and
donations. |
Notes: |
By 2000, Dictionary Project accomplished its
goal of distributing dictionaries to all S. C. third graders. It has
nearly doubled its revenue every year since 1998. New projects have been
established in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and Texas. |

Organization: |
Goodwill Industries of Lower South
Carolina, Inc. |
Registration No: |
3793 |
Address: |
5640 Rivers Avenue |
Initial Registration: |
7/29/93 |
City: |
N. Charleston |
Fiscal Year |
1/1/01 |
State: |
SC 29406 |
Fiscal Year Ending: |
12/31/01 |
Contact: |
Mr. Robert G. Smith |
Total Revenue: |
$12,514,757.00 |
Title: |
President |
Total Expenses: |
$11,865,457.00 |
Telephone: |
843 566-0072 |
Program Expenses: |
$10,909,255.00 |
Web Site: |
www.goodwillLSC.org |
Percentage: |
91.9% |
Purpose: |
Established in 1975, organization provides training and
employment to mentally and physically handicapped persons. It offers
skills training, sheltered employment, and work counseling. |
Notes: |
Organization employs 600 persons and serves about 7,000.
Since 2001, its sales have increased 57% -- it needs additional
donations of clothing. It offered a career fair in July that was
attended by 80 employers and service providers and 1500 persons.
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Organization: |
Lee County Council on Aging, Inc. |
Registration No: |
4499 |
Address: |
P. O. Box 343 |
Initial Registration: |
1/11/94 |
City: |
Bishopville |
Fiscal Year |
7/1/01 |
State: |
SC 29010 |
Fiscal Year Ending: |
6/30/02 |
Contact: |
Ms. Bessie Hooks-Davis |
Total Revenue: |
$467,280.00 |
Title: |
Director |
Total Expenses: |
$421,773.00 |
Telephone: |
803-484-6212 |
Program Expenses: |
$409,544.00 |
Web Site: |
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Percentage: |
97.1% |
Purpose: |
Established in 1975, organization provides
transportation, home-delivered meals, congregate meals, housekeeping,
information and referral services for elderly and/or disabled seniors. |
Notes: |
Contributions and grants to the organization have risen
from $252k in 1997 to $455k in FYE 6/30/02. |

Organization: |
McClellanville Soccer Club |
Registration No: |
6982 |
Address: |
809 Dupre Road |
Initial Registration: |
4/5/99 |
City: |
McClellanville |
Fiscal Year |
1/1/01 |
State: |
SC 29458 |
Fiscal Year Ending: |
12/31/01 |
Contact: |
Mr. Theodore Rosengarten |
Total Revenue: |
$19,155.00 |
Title: |
Director |
Total Expenses: |
$19,005.00 |
Telephone: |
843-887-3352 |
Program Expenses: |
$18,445.00 |
Web Site: |
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Percentage: |
97.1% |
Purpose: |
McClellanville Soccer Club provides high quality
recreation and academic mentoring to young people in the coastal
communities. It fields soccer teams for local girls. It pays for their
uniforms, equipment, tournament fees. |
Notes: |
Organization provides SAT prep for 8 students, summer
camp for 45 girls, after-school recreation for 75 elementary school boys
and girls. Club alumnae attend prestigious colleges such as
College of Charleston, Emory University, Haverford College, etc. |
Organization: |
Mobile Meals of the Grand Strand |
Registration No: |
3397 |
Address: |
POB 7421 |
Initial Registration: |
3/28/94 |
City: |
Myrtle Beach |
Fiscal Year |
10/1/00 |
State: |
SC 29572 |
Fiscal Year Ending: |
9/30/01 |
Contact: |
Mr. Dan Giessing |
Total Revenue: |
$149,936.00 |
Title: |
Treasurer |
Total Expenses: |
$162,935.00 |
Telephone: |
910-579-6071 |
Program Expenses: |
$161,735.00 |
Web Site: |
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Percentage: |
99.3% |
Purpose: |
Established in 1976, organization provides nutritious
meals to indigent and shut-in persons in the Grand Strand. |
Notes: |
Organization is all-volunteer. It spent only $1,200 on
administration. |
Organization: |
Paws With A Cause |
Registration No: |
640 |
Address: |
4646 South Division |
Initial Registration: |
9/13/93 |
City: |
Wayland |
Fiscal Year |
7/1/01 |
State: |
MI 49348 |
Fiscal Year Ending: |
6/30/02 |
Contact: |
Ms. Antoinette Joni Sapp |
Total Revenue: |
$3,694,192.00 |
Title: |
CEO |
Total Expenses: |
$3,013,942.00 |
Telephone: |
616-877-7297 |
Program Expenses: |
$2,913,552.00 |
Web Site: |
www.pawswithacause.org |
Percentage: |
96.7% |
Purpose: |
Established in Michigan in 1981, PAWS encourages
independence for people with disabilities globally by training and
providing assistance dogs. It also seeks to make the public aware of the
needs of people with disabilities. |
Notes: |
PAWS promotes awareness through education about the need
for these dogs and legal rights of these dogs and their owners. |

Organization: |
Richland County Sheriff's Foundation, Inc.
|
Registration No: |
4318 |
Address: |
PO Box 1182 |
Initial Registration: |
7/26/95 |
City: |
Columbia |
Fiscal Year |
1/1/01 |
State: |
SC 29202 |
Fiscal Year Ending: |
12/31/01 |
Contact: |
Mr. N. Randolph Scott |
Total Revenue: |
$89,679.00 |
Title: |
Treasurer |
Total Expenses: |
$66,239.00 |
Telephone: |
803-256-6021 |
Program Expenses: |
$65,616.00 |
Web Site: |
www.rcsheriff.org |
Percentage: |
99.1% |
Purpose: |
Established in 1994, Richland County Sheriff's
Foundation, Inc. enhances the efficiency of the Richland County
Sheriff's Department, provides assistance to families of officers and
employees of the department who are injured or killed in the line of
duty. |
Notes: |
In 2001, organization provided gym membership to
deputies, constructed monument for slain deputies, purchased crime
prevention trailer and provided bomb- and drug-sniffing dog for Safe
School Program. |

Organization: |
Sandy Branch Volunteer Fire Department
|
Registration No: |
4106 |
Address: |
Rt. 3 Box 200-A I |
Initial Registration: |
1/29/96 |
City: |
McCormick |
Fiscal Year |
7/1/00 |
State: |
SC 29835 |
Fiscal Year Ending: |
6/30/01 |
Contact: |
Ms. Betty Swann |
Total Revenue: |
$38,494.00 |
Title: |
Secretary |
Total Expenses: |
$30,379.00 |
Telephone: |
864-391-2020 |
Program Expenses: |
$28,878.00 |
Web Site: |
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Percentage: |
95.1% |
Purpose: |
Established in 1981, organization provides fire
protection in the Sandy Branch Fire District and promotes fire safety
and emergency response. |
Notes: |
In its FYE 6/30/01, organization spent only $34 on
fundraising. It raised $11,736 in contributions. One-fourth of its
expenses ($9,585) were
for training. |
Organization: |
Shriners Hospitals For Children
|
Registration No: |
5044 |
Address: |
PO Box 31356 |
Initial Registration: |
8/24/93 |
City: |
Tampa |
Fiscal Year |
1/1/01 |
State: |
FL 33631-3356 |
Fiscal Year Ending: |
12/31/01 |
Contact: |
Ms. Mary McCaskey |
Total Revenue: |
$234,475,575.00 |
Title: |
Corporate Accountant |
Total Expenses: |
$417,773,877.00 |
Telephone: |
813-281-0300 |
Program Expenses: |
$384,938,787.00 |
Web Site: |
www.shrinershq.org |
Percentage: |
92.1% |
Purpose: |
Shriners Hospital specialize in treating pediatric
orthopedic patients and burn victims. The care is free to those patients
whose parents cannot afford it The hospitals treated 18,111 pediatric
burn victims and 128,312 pediatric orthopedic patients. |
Notes: |
Through special fundraising events, shrine temples
raised more than $10 million in 2001 for the Shriners Hospitals located
throughout US. Shriners Hospital in Greenville was established in 1927
with 50 beds |
Organization: |
Women's Shelter |
Registration No: |
2928 |
Address: |
3425 N. Main Street |
Initial Registration: |
11/2/93 |
City: |
Columbia |
Fiscal Year |
1/1/01 |
State: |
SC 29203 |
Fiscal Year Ending: |
12/31/01 |
Contact: |
Ms. Kathy Riley |
Total Revenue: |
$590,777.00 |
Title: |
Executive Director |
Total Expenses: |
$613,568.00 |
Telephone: |
803-779-4706 |
Program Expenses: |
$565,010.00 |
Web Site: |
www.midnet.sc.edu/shelter |
Percentage: |
92.1% |
Purpose: |
Established in 1991, organization provides emergency and
transitional housing to homeless women for up to two years so they may
obtain secure employment, education and other goals. |
Notes: |
Organization has over 15 housing units in and
around their main building on Main Street in Columbia. It offers
traditional housing, affordable rental housing, and lease-purchase
home-ownership programs. Over 33 women and children can be accommodated. |
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