Background
The South Carolina General Assembly created the Children's Trust Fund in September of 1984. CTF is not a state entity, but a separate, eleemosynary corporation granted tax exempt status under Section 501c(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The nine members of the Board of Trustees are appointed by the Governor of the State of South Carolina and confirmed by the Senate.
 
At present, the primary funding sources for CTF are the tax check-off option from South Carolina individual income tax returns and private contributions. CTF has awarded over $2 million since its inception to over 200 organizations and projects statewide. Grant awardees have been involved in areas such as childhood disabilities, education, mentoring, day care, parenting and a broad array of child abuse and neglect prevention services. 

Past Board Members
1984
Frank T. Bailey Peter Demos
Vivian Dukes Hart (Vice Chair) Rev. Granville A. Hicks
Elizabeth Jones Robert Selman (Chair)
Virginia Walker (Secretary / Treasurer) Roberta Wright
Cynthia Young  
1993
Joe M. Anderson, Jr. David V. Barr
Brenda H. Council Frances D. Ellison, Esq
John M. Greer (Chairman) Thomas A Givens (Vice Chair)
Cindy Gilliam J. Michael Kapp (Treasurer)
Jean Moore (Secretary)  
1996
David Barr (Vice Chair) Carolyn Frederick
Thomas Givens, Esq (Chair) Jean Moore (Secretary)
1997
David Barr (Vice Chair) Carolyn Frederick
Jerry Dell Gimarc Thomas Givens, Esq (Chair)
Jean Moore (Secretary)  
2000
Donald Bailey Calvin Elam
Carolyn Fredrick J. Ann Lynch, EdD
Mary Berg Gossett, PhD C. Michael Smith, PhD
2002
Donald Bailey Calvin Elam
Mary Berg Gossett, PhD J. Ann Lynch, EdD
C. Michael Smith, PhD Stephen John Taylor
2003
Donald Bailey James S. Cleckler (Vice Chair)
Hortense Alberta (Kymm) Hunter Kimberly D. Hutzell (Secretary)
Stephen J. Taylor (Chair) Patricia P. Watts (Treasurer)


1205 Pendleton Street, Suite 506
Columbia, SC 29201
803-734-8936
ctf@childrenstrustfundsc.org
Becky Airheart, Executive Director