Annual Report 2009
Last year saw the completion of the two year project to move the herb garden to a new, bigger, and sunnier site. Thanks to the Kingwood Herb Society for their financial help and thanks to the many volunteers who helped our herb gardener, Glenna Sheaffer, with all the plantings. We are also grateful to John Fernyak who gave us the many granite pavers.
Financially it was a grim year for Kingwood Center as it was for the rest of the nation (and the world for that matter). Our income from the Charles Kelley King Trust fell from $983,361 in 2008 to $800,000 in 2009. Accordingly our expenses decreased from $1,203,113 in 2008 to $1,043,621 in 2009.
We very grateful for our many other sources of income including:
Funds from the Richland County Foundation:
The Kingwood Center Fund: $15,000
The C. Eugene and Sara A. Goin Fund: $7,000
The William and Katherine Jane McCarrick Fund: $2,339
The Rex E. and Marjorie Sue Collins Fund: $1,704
The Roland and Delight Patricia Poth Fund: $1,563
Kingwood Center's ability to sustain our operations on the short term and make changes necessary in 2010 to increase our earned income were enabled by two very significant donations from:
The estate of Evalyn Wiseman: $50,000
The estate of Sarah E. Mattox $62,500
Individual donations by Roderick Bogner ($1,000) and Michael & Norma McKinley ($3,000) were very welcome.
Our membership program made huge advances in 2009 in response to our special needs; net income from membership increased from $35,579 in 2008 to $53,993 in 2009. Thank you to all our members and especially to those who increased their membership level and to those who gave at the $1,000 benefactor level.
Our membership list
Our greenhouse plant sales also had an exceptionally good year with a net income of $46,982.
Kingwood Center ended the year in the black and with an increase in our balance thanks to draconian cuts in operations and very generous and timely donations. We enter 2010 with no increases in income from the Charles Kelley King Trust and the continuation of the draconian cuts in operation made in 2008.
In spite of our problems we are very enthusiastic about our prospects. We have the financing to institute new means of earning income which promise, along with a general economic recovery, to eventually restore us not only to where we were but to provide the means for significant advancements in our gardens and our services.
Charles T. Gleaves, Director |
