A local organization celebrated its 30th anniversary by distributing $735,000 in grants to 59 area nonprofit, educational, arts, and historical groups.
The Community Foundation of the CSRA (CFCSRA) grants will support groups in Richmond, Columbia, Burke, and McDuffie counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina.
“The Community Foundation really exists so that we can give back,” Shell Berry, President and CEO, explained for ABD. “It is a community endowment that’s been contributed to, most significantly by the Masters Tournament for 29 of those 30 years. And that gives us both an opportunity and a responsibility to support those who are helping those least fortunate in our community. It is an unending privilege for us to be able to do that year in, year out.”
The process begins in the fall when organizations submit applications for the grants. Those are reviewed by 200 volunteers who also conduct site visits to each applicant. Berry said distributing the grants in January boosts the organizations’ financial health at the start of a new year.
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