Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO LOWCOUNTRY CHILDREN WITH BIRTH DEFECTS AND/OR CHILDHOOD DISEASES.
GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS TO SUPPORT THE PREVENTION AND THE AMELIORATION OF THE EFFECTS OF BIRTH DEFECTS AND CHILDHOOD DISEASES. PATIENT AIDE-SPECIFIC ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS FOR PATIENT CARE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDHOOD DISEASES AND BIRTH DEFECTS.
SINCE THE CHARITY'S FOUNDING IN 1987, IT HAS PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN LOCATED IN CHARLESTON, BERKELEY, DORCHESTER, AND COLLETON COUNTIES WITH BIRTH DEFECTS OR OTHER DISABLING DISEASES IN SERVICES TOTALING MORE THAN $4.5 MILLION. THESE RANGE FROM ASTHMA TO CEREBRAL PALSY, FROM JUVENILE DIABETES TO CANCER, AND MANY MORE IN BETWEEN. ALL GRANT RECIPIENTS MUST BE AGE 18 AND UNDER AND RESIDE WITHIN CHARLESTON, BERKELEY, DORCHESTER, AND COLLETON COUNTIES. CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CHARITY HAS PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO COVER THE COSTS OF SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, MEDICATIONS, MEDICALLY NECESSARY EVALUATION AND TESTING, AND MUCH MORE TO CHARLESTON, BERKELEY, DORCHESTER, AND COLLETON COUNTIES FAMILIES.
GRANTS WERE APPROVED IN FOUR CATEGORIES: THERAPY, EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL CARE AND LODGING. THE THERAPY CATEGORY HAD THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF GRANT REQUESTS. THIS HAS BEEN THE TREND FOR AT LEAST THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THIS IS NOT AT ALL SURPRISING SINCE COVERAGE FOR THERAPY IS MORE LIMITED ONCE A CHILD TURNS 3 YEARS OLD. GRANTS IN THIS CATEGORY INCLUDE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY (OT), PHYSICAL THERAPY (PT), SPEECH THERAPY (ST), MUSIC THERAPY, APPLIED BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS (ABA) THERAPY, VISION THERAPY, THERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING, LEAP (LOWCOUNTRY EQUINE ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY) AND THE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS PROGRAM.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Sonya Beale | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $73,578 |
| Shannan Wilson | TOP FINANCIAL OFFICIAL | 40 | $43,301 |
| Kimberly Wheat | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Chris Wallace | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Whitney Reafler | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mike Muthard | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| David Moore | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Marci-Jo Mishoe | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Tara Lindner | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Shea Likens | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Robbie Easterlin | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Karen Van Bakergem | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Lauren Peregrine | MEMBER-AT-LARGE | 0.8 | $0 |
| Jane Locke | MEMBER-AT-LARGE | 0.8 | $0 |
| Jim Bradley | MEMBER-AT-LARGE | 0.8 | $0 |
| Ron Thayer | TREASURER | 0.8 | $0 |
| Jill Shuler | SECRETARY | 0.8 | $0 |
| Raleigh Beasley | VICE PRESIDENT | 0.8 | $0 |
| Renee Contreras | PRESIDENT | 0.8 | $0 |
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