Member News
Issue:
January 2021
Our Vision

Making a difference in the Lowcountry through the power of collective giving.
Advisory Board
Chair

Vice Chair, Education Chair

Immediate Past Chair, Finance Chair

Kaye Black
Membership Chair

Communications
Chair

Betty Irby
Governance Chair

Martha Anne McDonald
Membership Chair

Events Chair

Grants Chair
Upcoming WIP Events
February Black History Month, Gullah Days Book Signing Event

March 20, 10-11:30 A.M. Historic Women in Mitchelville Tour (FREE)

April 24, 4-6 P.M. Spring Tea at home of Elizabeth Loda or other member (FREE)

May 5 Spring Luncheon, Sea Pines

May 8 Organize Your Documents, 10 A.M. NEW DATE

May 25 Grants in Action - VIM Tour NEW DATE

Spring TBD
  • Spring Art Center Backstage Tour
  • Diana Jaffe - Artist Home/Studio Tour
  • Jazz Corner Music Brunch

June 7, 5-7 P.M. Jalintini Party NEW DATE

July/August Summer Newsletter & Meeting Hiatus

September Welcome Back!
A Letter from Your WIP Chair
New Year's Greetings, Everyone!

Welcome 2021! Never have I seen or felt such strong enthusiasm for a New Year. As we bid farewell to 2020, Women in Philanthropy can look back and appreciate that we made and continue to make substantial efforts to assist our Beaufort County nonprofits in the pandemic induced struggle.

We contributed $5,000 to Community Foundation’s Lowcountry Community COVID-19 Response Fund, collected new socks for those in need at Christmastime and supported local organizations with our 2020 grant cycle funds, totaling $82,800. View our annual meeting video on our website for specifics.

Our coming year has many planned gatherings, several are repeated events postponed due to pandemic safety considerations. Jean Henderson will once again host her much anticipated Valentini Party in her home. Unfortunately, Valentini must be rescheduled to June for safety reasons. The event has been renamed the “Jalentini” Party.  And, as February is Black History Month, a book signing - “Gullah Days, Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge” by three Lowcountry treasures: Thomas Barnwell, Carolyn Grant and Emory Campbell. We may have to push this until later as well due to increasing numbers of COVID-19 infections.

I have included some financial information for those of you who like to "follow the money." For WIP, financially, 2020 was not a bad year. We are now in our membership month of the fiscal year. Our grants will be made to pandemic-related projects as dictated by our current theme. The need is great, so please be as generous as possible with your annual contribution. Our two new giving levels, Diamond ($1,000 per year for three years) and Legacy-Lifetime ($10,000 over three years or $7,000 for Founding Members), are being funded by many members who will be recognized for their participation once the third and final year has passed. You can still join these groups, so please give them your consideration.

I'm so proud and excited to lead our organization into 2021. I have every expectation that we will have an active and rewarding year in every way.

My best New Year wishes for all of you.
Elizabeth

Elizabeth Loda
Advisory Board Chair
Women in Philanthropy



P.S.

Please always feel free to reach out to me with questions and ideas - or just to connect. I can be reached by email at eloda@wavebusters.com, or by phone at 843.422.3587.


Quote of the Month


“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt
2020 WIP Financial Facts at a Glance
  • Assets grown from: $1,150,513 to $1,206,119

  • Investment return: $84,144

  • Membership contributions: $61,380

  • Grant outlay: $82,800

  • Admin fees: $10,351
Women in Philanthropy, from Idea to Impact
The Beginning: 2003-2005
Susan Hooker, a former WIP advisory board member and communications chair, has volunteered to be our WIP historian. Click here to read her impressive first edition of WIP history, which covers years 2003-2005 of WIP's history.

This is a continuing series in which we will eventually present all years of WIP's history to date. These histories will also eventually be posted on Community Foundation of the Lowcountry's website, on our WIP page, to be accessible at any time.

The photo above was featured in an Island Packet article from 2006. It includes founding WIP members Emmy Rooney, Carolyn Torgerson, Susan Ketchum and Liz Clist.
Meet the Community Foundation's New WIP Liaison
We'd like you to meet Lisa Hodge, new program associate and WIP liaison at Community Foundation of the Lowcountry! She will soon become a familiar face - or voice - to many of you.

Lisa is originally from Philadelphia. She graduated from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Business Administration. While in college, she pledged Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated. Lisa moved to the Lowcountry in 1996 and currently resides in Bluffton with her husband Jeffrey. Their son, Jeffrey Jr., is a junior at Coastal Carolina University. Prior to joining the Community Foundation, she was the Credit Manager at the The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa for 24 years. 

Lisa is an active and dedicated member of the Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church where she is the director of the Ben Williams Mass Choir. She enjoys working out, listening to music, watching movies, traveling and baking pound cakes. Lisa is also an avid sports fan and she loves the Philadelphia Eagles football team.
WIP Heritage Library Brick Project
LAST CHANCE!                                   
To make the Women in Philanthropy inscribed brick a reality in the historic Heritage Cemetery walkway, we need 20 pledges of $25 each. So far we have only four pledges. This will be the third and final request. If we are unable to raise the necessary $500 this month, the project will be dropped.

WAHHI is already represented; let’s show our WIP pride to the community. If you're interested in joining the effort, email eloda@wavebusters.com to add your (minimum) $25 pledge to the list.
Update from the Grants Committee                         
In response to our special COVID-19 grant theme for FY 2021, A New Major Impact Program for Assisting in Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Three Areas: Medical and Mental Health Issues, Education K-5 (Including Special Needs) and Employment Issues, we have received 18 grant applications. There are eight related to Medical and Mental Health Issues; seven related to Education; and three related to Employment Issues. Members of the grants committee have begun the review of these applications and will submit final recommendations to the advisory board in April.
REMINDER: Annual WIP Contributions for 2021 Were Due by January 15!
Please make sure your membership is up to date! WIP is making a difference in our community and we can’t do it without you.

For a membership brochure (with contribution form included), click here.
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