November 2022

TEXARKANA MAGAZINE

EAST TEXAS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION

Simplified Charitable Giving

315 North Broadway, Suite 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 $17.2 million in grants in 2021 and currently manages over $120 million among 425 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

Kimberly Fish Lee Gearheart Shannon Glenney Kris Gusa Judith Guthrie Mark Hagan Edwin Holt John Jones Gregory T. Kimmel

David McWhorter Jeff Moore Tony Morgan Gordon Northcutt Richard Perryman Steve Roosth Alan Roseman Scott Terry Lonny Uzzell Mark Whatley W. Fred Smith, Jr.

Robert Bailes Barbara Bass Doug Bolles Peter Boyd Garnett Brookshire Anthony Brooks Dirk Coleman Cindy Featherston-Shields Jay Ferguson

Tiffany Kirgan Dale Lunsford

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2022 GIVING GUIDE

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