Annual Reports
CCGF's annual reports showcase The Foundation's fundholders, investments, and impact - and may be accessed below:
2021 ANNUAL REPORT
2020 Annual Report
2019 Annual Report
2018 Annual Report
2017 Annual Report
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Strategic Plans
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$82,525 in Competitive Grants
2016 Annual Report
Conservation Roundtable
Decennial Campaign
New 2017 Board Members
Funders Meeting for Non-Profits
Jumpstart Prepares Children for Kindergarten
Rich's Consumer Brands
2015 Audit
Community Foundation Awards Sixteen Grants
Halsey Family Scholarships
Correll Scholars
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Conservation Donors Roundtable
Leaping Into K
Endowments - For Lasting Impact
Com
munity Needs Assessment
Grant Cycle Begins
New Board Members
Growing the Foundation Benefits the Community
Foundation Meets in Camden County
Partners in Philanthropy
Foundation Awards Thirteen Grants
Correll Scholars Program
Camden Strings Camp
Foundation Awarded Operating Grants
The Foundation Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
Grants from Endowments
Honor Flight
Update from the Foundation
For Good + Forever
Community Impact Grants
Coastal Georgia Honor Flight
2016 - CONNECTING THE PASSIONS OF DONORS TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES
2015 - A YEAR OF GROWTH, ENGAGEMENT AND IMPACT
2014 - LOOKING BACK WITH PRIDE / LOOKING FORWARD WITH PASSION
2013 - A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION? WHATEVER FOR? 
2012 - WRITE YOUR OWN HISTORY 
2011 - THERE IS NOTHING IN A CATERPILLAR THAT TELLS YOU IT'S GOING TO BE A BUTTERFLY 
Summer Interns of The Gathering Place accompanied by Executive Director Lucas Ramirez paid the Community Foundation a visit recently to say "thank you" for past support....
Dr. Hepburn expressed appreciation and queried them on the circumstances that brought them to our community, the learning and experiences that were most memorable and their future dreams and plans. What came through loud and clear was an appreciation for the ministry of Gathering Place and our community.
We wish them every success in their futures.
CASA Glynn received a grant in 2013 from the Community Foundation to upgrade their server and computers. No more lost data, freeze ups and frustration!
One of the volunteers shared her appreciation.... "I have very limited computer skills and it was always a struggle to write the many reports. I typically 
would spend hours at the CASA office completing court reports, panel reports and monthly report. Now there is a dedicated computer for CASA volunteers! I am able to complete my work immediately and what used to take me hours now takes 30 minutes. It frees me up to spend more time with my CASA child."
Baby Steps Creates Literacy Center at Head Start
The African saying, “It takes a village to raise a child,” was clearly in the minds of the Glynn County volunteers, educators, businesses, and local philanthropists who gave so generously to transform a drab, grey cinderblock room at the Glynn County Head Start School into an “under-the-sea themed” literacy center that opened April of 2013.
The room was another effort in the “Baby Steps” Early Literacy Initiative of the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation to offer age-appropriate literature in a “print-rich” and visually stimulating environment. The community foundation plans to open several more literacy centers, accessible to children in areas where there are low income families. Plans also call for trained community volunteer readers to staff the rooms for regular readings.
A giant octopus, smiling shark, schools of fish, crabs, hot pink coral, and blue waves, are among the images that brighten the walls and bear print labels, thanks to the amazing artistic talent of early education teacher Amy Kramer and renowned local artist Nancy Muldowney, both of whom also directed the volunteers who offered assistance in transforming the room.
Baby Steps Coordinator Maryellen Aiken added face-front book case displays and more than 300 books provided through donor contributions to the Baby Steps initiative at the foundation. Head Start was also able to provide two “smart board” type computers for the children to benefit from interactive literacy technology.
“It is imperative to provide children with the tools they need to learn how to read very early in the education pipe-line, and there's no better place to do this than at a Head Start program where we can reach well over 200 three and four year old children," said Lee Owen, executive director of Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation, whose mission is to improve the quality of life in Coastal Georgia by promoting and increasing philanthropy. “The room was a “perfect storm” of talent and generosity – from the creative genius and passion of Amy, to the sweat equity of teachers and parents, to the guidance from the College of Coastal Georgia’s education department.”
The goal of Baby Steps is to help ensure that every child in the community, no matter what socio-economic level, is ready to read and ready to succeed when they reach kindergarten. Providing better access to books and print-rich environments is just one of several ways that Baby Steps is accomplishing this goal – and making a “splash!”
Guidestar awarded the Community Foundation with gold seal status which represents the highest rating for transparency and commitment to excellence. Of the 44,000 nonprofits who have attained either a bronze, silver or gold designation, only some 1,400 - 3% - have earned the gold level designation and we are one!
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