Affiliate Funds

Transylvania Endowment

Members of the Transylvania Endowment's 2007-2008 Board of Directors

The Transylvania Endowment featured grants made to local nonprofit organizations through presentations by grant recipients to board members and donors at its annual meeting. The endowment's grantmaking continues to address community needs in a myriad of areas, including chronic illness care and prevention and financial literacy to youth and their families.

Board Members:
Augustine "Gus" W. Tucker, III, Chair
Becky Desmond, Vice-Chair
Dennis Folken, Treasurer
Gail McCarty, Secretary
Sara Champion
Elizabeth R. Craig
Arthur Fisher
Robert T. Gash
Troy H. Hutchinson
Mark Isabelli
William M. Ives
Betsy Jordan
Richard C. Larson
Scott Latell
Alvin W. LeFaivre
Rhoda McKean
Peter McKinney
Linda Neumann
R. Thomas Nix
William Thomas Penn
Kenneth G. Racht
Louisa W. Reed
John R. Rowe, Jr.
Jerry Stone
Susan Stromberg

» Established in 1998

» $540,591 in assets**

» 2006-2007 Grant Recipients:
Land-of-Sky Regional Council
Neighbors in Ministry
Transylvania County Volunteers in Medicine

» Total Grants: $43,600*

*Total grants this year in partnership with CFWNC

**The Transylvania Endowment Board is also the advisor to the Transylvania Directors' Fund, Lake Toxaway Charities Endowment Fund and Sapphire Lakes Charitable Fund, which support grantmaking in Transylvania County.

» For more information:
Transylvania Endowment
PO Box 2334
Brevard, NC 28712-2334

Or contact Chair Gus Tucker at (828) 884-2191.