Grants Are Listed Individually in the Following Six Pages

CHARLES T. BEAIRD FOUNDATION

GRANTS AWARDED IN 2006

Grants are listed individually in the following six pages.

REGULAR GRANTS APPROVED AND PAID IN 2006…………..$306,500

REGULAR GRANTS APPROVED IN 2005, PAID IN 2006…………40,660

ROBINSONFILMCENTER PLEDGE PAID OFF IN 2006…………..5,000

PHILANTHROPIC INCUBATOR GRANTS PAID IN 2006 …………8,881

DISCRETIONARY GRANTS PAID IN 2006 ……………..…………..23,250

TOTAL AWARDED IN 2006

CHARLES T. BEAIRD FOUNDATION FUNDS $384,291

TOTAL AWARDED FROM

CAROLYN W. AND CHARLES T. BEAIRD

ADVISED FUND AT THE

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

OF SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER $14,302

TOTAL OF ALL 2006 GRANTS

APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OF CHARLES T. BEAIRD FOUNDATION $398,593

REGULAR GRANTS (Approved April and November)

One Hundred Men of Shreveport………………………………………$80,000

Educational/enrichment program (The largest one-year grant

mentoring young African-American we’ve ever awarded)

males to divert them from criminal lives

Volunteers for Youth Justice………………………………………….....30,000

For the Carolyn Williams Beaird

Endowment, strengthening the organization (First installment on

and reaching more at-risk children 3-year pledge of $90,000)

YMCA of Shreveport-BossierCity……………………………….……...25,000

Equipment and supplies for after-school

and summer programs at Carver Branch YMCA

in low-income Allendale neighborhood

Alliance for Education……………………………………………………20,000

To help local schools develop and

implement the Healthy Schools Initiative

YWCA of Northwest Louisiana…………………………………………15,000

For new security system at an older building

which houses and shelters battered women

Judi’s House (Denver)………………………………………………...... 15,000

Forgeneral operating support of programs

for grievingchildren

Playaz & Playettes, Inc………………………………….…………….....10,000

Support in current programsteaching Ledbetter

Heights youth music industry skills, and planning

for Ledbetter Heights Entertainment District

Shreveport Green…………………………………………………..…….10,000

To address problems identified in

The Neighborhood Education Program which

was funded by a prior CTBF grant

River City Repertory Theatre………………………………….………..10,000

To help pay rental and associated costs of using

the Strand Theatre for region’sfirst professional

repertory theatre company

RobinsonFilmCenter……………………………………………..……...$8,000 To develop curriculum-based introductory

digital filmmaking program to be pilot-tested

at Booker T. Washington HighSchool.

Forensic Nurse Examiners of Louisiana, Inc……..………..…………….8,000

Train sexual assault nurses (SANES)

in all aspects of collecting evidence,

examining and caring for victims

SaintCatherineCommunity Center…………………………..………….7,000

For After School Program in low-income

central Cedar Grove neighborhood

Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana………………………………..………6,500

For repairs needed on delivery truck,

and design/application of decal logos on truck

Emerson Centre(Ruston, LA)……………………………………………..6,000

For computer hardware/software for

clinical record-keeping in program caring

for at-risk youth in North Louisiana parishes

Christus Schumpert Health System Foundation……………..…….….....5,000

Help construct and equip one of eight patient rooms

in emergency department of Christus Schumpert

Sutton’s Children’s MedicalCenter

Evergreen Presbyterian Ministries…………………………..………..….5,000

Toward purchase of a new community home in

Shreveport to house six developmentally

disabled adults in independent living

Biomedical Research Foundation of NW Louisiana………….………….5,000

Equipment to expand Math, Science & Technology

program (MST) to low-income students at

LinwoodMiddle School and WoodlawnHigh School

Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission………………………………………5,000

To complete a new Shelter for Women &

children in downtown Shreveport for homeless

women and families

Youth Enrichment Program……………………………………….…...... 5,000

Providing a YEP Plus (free) after-school productive

behavior program at Queensborough Elementary

Bossier ParishCommunity College……………………………………..$5,000

To pilot a WritingSupport Service within

The LearningCenter, a free tutorial program

New Arts Cultural Society, Inc……………………………………………5,000

To support the choral group and its

Lecture-Recital and National Festival of Choirs (spirituals)

One GreatRiver……………..…………………………………………. …5,000

For scholarships for low-income youth

to participate in summer wilderness trek

Hosannah FamilyWorshipCenter………………………………………..4,500

To fundafter-school enrichment

program in western Cedar Grove area.

Shreveport Regional Arts Council………………..……………………….3,000

Partial funding for “Faces of Katrina” exhibit

of photos and interviews with evacuees, opening

in Shreveport, then going to six other Louisiana cities

Northwest Louisiana Aquatic & Wildlife Foundation…….…………. …3,000

Topurchase two laptops and software for

multi-school environmental education program

E.B. Williams Stoner Hill Elementary LabSchool……………………….2,500

To augment low-income schools’

5th grade social studies of “Colonization,”

including field trips to area sites associated with the topic

Red River Radio……………………………………..……………………...2,000

For production and broadcast of local news

on the four-station public radio network serving the region

StephensAfrican-AmericanMuseum………………………….………….1,000

Support summer projects for residents of

low-income CaddoHeights neighborhood,

including a two-day “Juneteenth” Celebration

TOTAL REGULAR GRANTS APPROVED AND

PAID IN 2006 $306,500

REGULAR GRANTS APPROVED

IN PRIOR YEARS, PAID IN 2006

APPROVED IN 2005:

Louisiana Association for the Blind………………………………..……$15,000

To assist in construction of the

first Low-VisionRehabilitationCenter

in North Louisiana.

E.B. Williams Stoner Hill Elementary

LaboratorySchool…………………………………………………………11,660

To fund a third-grade social studies

curriculum on local history, to be

compiled and published by the students

Shreveport Green……………………………………………………….…10,000

To expand the Neighborhood Program,

identifying problems and solutions to

improve appearance and safety of low-income

neighborhoods

PhiladelphiaCenter……………………………………………………….. 4,000

To support the food program at

MercyCenter, a residence for homeless

people with HIV/AIDS

TOTAL REGULAR GRANTS APPROVED IN 2005,

PAID IN 2006 $40,660

THIRD INSTALLMENT ON $15,000 PLEDGE

TO ROBINSONFILMCENTER,

APPROVED IN 2004, PAID OFF IN 2006 $5,000

TOTAL OF GRANTS APPROVED IN

PRIOR YEARS, PAID IN 2006 $45,660

PHILANTHROPIC INCUBATOR MATCHING GRANTS

The Charles T. Beaird Foundation matches donations made by its Third Generation Members to nonprofit organizations of their choices. For financial contributions, the Foundation matches dollar-for-dollar. For documented contributions of volunteer time, the Foundation matches at the rate of $15 per hour (e.g. 10 hours of volunteer time given to a nonprofit organization, documented by the organization, would generate a $150 cash match from the Foundation to that organization.) Third Generation Members recommend the grants, which are then submitted to the Board of Directors for consideration. The total of such grants is capped at 5% of the Foundation’s IRS Required Minimum Distribution each year.

Matching Contributions by Nicole and Malcolm Seawell

Children’s Hospital Foundation…………………………………………...$2,033

The RiseSchool of Denver……………………………………..…………….…50

Mission Hills Early LearningCenter…………………………………………608

The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network……………………………………25

Invest in Kids…………………………………………..………………………..25

University of Denver – SturmCollege of Law……………………………….100

Matching Contributions by Scottie Seawell and Phillip Boyle

Carrboro Elementary PTA…………………………………….…………..$1,125

Central ParkSchool for Children……………………………….………….1,650

North Carolina Zoological Society……………………………………………..30

Invest in Kids…………………………………………………………………….25

Semester at Sea/Annual Fund……………………………………………….….50

Planned Parenthood Federation………………………………………………..50

Matching Contributions by Mary Seawell:

Westerly Creek Elementary PTA…………………………….……….……$1,615

BluffLakeNatureCenter……………………………………………………1,470

Matching Contribution by Jennifer McCormick:

2006 Komen Houston Race for the Cure………………………………….….$25

TOTAL PHILANTHROPIC INCUBATOR

GRANTS PAID IN 2006 $8,881

DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

The Charles T. Beaird Foundation awards Discretionary Grants recommended by members who serve on its Board as well as members who serve on its Grants Committee, with all such grants made to qualifying nonprofit organizations and subject to final approval by the Board. During a year of Board service, a member may recommend up to $2,000 in grants. A Grants Committee member may recommend up to $1,000 in grants during a year of service. A member serving on both the Board and the Grants Committee may recommend up to $3,000.

The following nonprofit organizations received Discretionary Grants in 2006:

NWLa. Aquatic & WildlifeEd.

KPM Institute

Urgent Action Fund

Shreveport Regional Arts Council

Volunteers for Youth Justice

Forensic Nurse Examiners of La.

Gingerbread House Children’s Advocacy

Gingerbread House Children’s Advocacy

LSU Health Sciences Foundation

Sutton’s Children’s Hospital (Schumpert)

Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network

Food Allergy 2006 Houston Walk

Judith Ann Griese Foundation

BluffLakeNatureCenter

Hoofs ‘n’ PawsDevelopmentCenter

Aurora Education Foundation

Urban Peak Denver (The Spot Youth Ctr)

River City Repertory Theatre

TOTAL DISCRETIONARY GRANTS PAID IN 2006 $23,250

GRANTS RECOMMENDED FROM THE

CAROLYN W. AND CHARLES T. BEAIRD

DONOR ADVISED FUNDAT THE

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER

Dr. Charles T. Beaird created the Carolyn W. and Charles T. Beaird Donor Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Shreveport-Bossier. He specified that, after his death, the Board of Directors of the Charles T. Beaird Foundation would have both the responsibility and the authority to recommend grants to be given from the Advised Fund. At its meeting in November 2006, the Board informally agreed that the Advised Fund would be used from time to time to assist those projects to which Carolyn W. and Charles T. Beaird might have contributed personally.

American Rose Society………………………………..………………….. $4,302

Engraving machine and supplies

to create tags for rose bushes

Christian Services, Inc…………………………………………………… $5,000

Operating support for programs serving

poor and homeless people in Ledbetter

Heights neighborhood

River City Repertory Theatre…………………...... $5,000

Additional funding to defray costs of

area’s first professional repertory theatre

using Strand Theatre for production

TOTAL 2006 GRANTS FROM THE

CAROLYN W. AND CHARLES T. BEAIRD

ADVISED FUND $14,302