November 2023

East Texas Communities Foundation

SIMPLIFIED CHARITABLE GIVING

315 NORTH BROADWAY, STE. 210 TYLER, TEXAS 75702

903-533-0208 WWW .ETCF .ORG

ESTABLISHED 1989 7 EMPLOYEES

SERVING 32 COUNTIES ACROSS EAST TEXAS

Mission Philanthropy builds community and changes lives. East Texas Communities Foundation supports philanthropy by offering simple ways for donors to achieve their charitable goals. Giving Opportunities ETCF works with individuals, families, businesses, financial advisors, and nonprofit organizations to create charitable funds that support a variety of community causes and individual philanthropic interests. The Foundation distributed $12.3 million in grants in 2022 and currently manages over $126 million among 430 unique charitable funds. ETCF offers five fund types including

donor-advised funds, scholarships, nonprofit funds, designated funds, and unrestricted funds. Fundraisers & Events East Texas Giving Day, powered by ETCF, is a crowd-funding event that happens the last Tuesday in April online at www.EastTexasGivingDay.org . The purpose of an area-wide Giving Day is to bring the region together on one day, as one community, enthusiastically raising money, volunteers and awareness for participating nonprofits. This initiative provides citizens across ETCF’s 32-county service area an easy platform to support the mission of local nonprofits.

PRESIDENT Kyle Penney Grants Awarded

Board of Directors

Craig Adams Rick Allen

Dr. Jay Ferguson Lee Gearheart Shannon Glenney Kris Gusa Mark Hagan John Jones Greg Kimmel Tiffany Kirgan David McWhorter Jeff Moore Bill Newburn

Gordon Northcutt Richard Perryman

Robert Bailes Barbara Bass Doug Bolles Peter Boyd Anthony Brooks Garnett Brookshire Dirk Coleman Shannon Dacus Toby Fails

Steve Roosth Alan Roseman Fred Smith Steve Spitzer Scott Terry Mark Whatley Kim Wright Lonny Uzzell

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