The Community Foundation or the CSRA Awards Augusta Tech Foundation

On November 29, 2017, the Board of Directors of The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) approved awarding 57 grants totaling $622,196 to deserving area agencies.  Each of these agencies meets pressing and changing community needs, improving the quality of life for the individuals they serve in the areas of education, children and family services, health and human services, arts and culture, community development, civic affairs, as well as environmental and animal services.  These grants are made available through the Foundation’s Unrestricted Fund, which is primarily supported by the Masters Tournament.  Unrestricted funds give the Foundation great flexibility in making grants to address the needs in Richmond, Columbia, McDuffie and Burke counties in Georgia, and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina.

The Augusta Technical College Foundation received a grant that will be used to purchase a virtual Phlebotomy Simulator. It will allow Medical Assisting students to train and enhance their phlebotomy skills in a controlled environment prior to attending clinical sites.

The Community Foundation is a publicly supported 501(c)(3) charitable organization that exists to maintain the charitable intent of donors making gifts, allowing immediate and future tax benefits, and to act as a catalyst to help focus local philanthropy on pressing and changing community needs.