STF 2003 Annual Report by STFoundation

2023 Annual Report

4 T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s LetterFromOurLeadership 5 FinancialOverview&YourImpact 6 DonorList 7 WhoWeSupport 8 InspiringStories 9 OurTeamMembers 3 OurMission,Vision&Values

Mission

Create,support,andpromote life-changingopportunitiesthrough tennis,education,andwellness.

Vision

Weareproudtoupliftunderresourcedyouths,embrace adaptiveandwheelchairathletes, nurturecompetitivejuniorplayers, andempowerstudentathletes.

Values

DearFriends,

AswereflectontheremarkablejourneyoftheSouthernTennisFoundation,spanningover45yearsof dedicationtoourbelovedsport,wearefilledwithimmensegratitudeforyourunwaveringsupport.From honoringthelegaciesofSoutherntennislegendstosupportingourcommunitiesandplayers,you’vehelped bringournewtaglineofTenniswithaPurposetolife!

In2023,weembarkedonanewchapterwitharenewedmission:tocreate,support,andpromotelife-changing opportunitiesthroughtennis,education,andwellness.Yourgenerositywasevidentatourannualmeetingin January,whereourliveauctionraisedmorethan$20,000—atestamenttoourcommunity'scommitment. Moreover,thankstoyourcontinuedsupport,wehaveendowedtwenty-threecollegescholarshipssince2020, empoweringdeservingtennistalentstopursuehighereducation.

Ourcommitmenttoaccessibilityandinclusivityknowsnobounds.Throughourneed-basedfinancialassistance program,weawarded$100,000tostudentsaged12-18,ensuringthattalentknowsnoeconomicbarrier. Furthermore,ourdedicationtoadaptiveandwheelchairtennisplayersandprograms,withover$31,000in support,underscoresourbeliefthattennisisforeveryone.

Collaborationhasbeenattheheartofourendeavors.OurpartnershipwithNationalJuniorTennisandLearning (NJTL)chaptersacrosstheSouthhasopeneddoorstoeducation,personaldevelopment,andleadership opportunitiesinunder-resourcedcommunities.

Inaspecialrecognition,JaimemarkedapivotalmomentforthefoundationasourfirstDirectorofDevelopment andOperations.AlongsidetheSouthernTennisAssociationstaffandourdedicatedmarketingcommittee,Jaime hasworkedtirelesslytoenhanceouroutreachefforts.Ournewwebsite,southerntennisfoundation.org, showcasestheimpactofyourdonationsandprovidesavenuesforfurthersupport,whetherthroughchecks, onlinecontributions,giftsofappreciatedstock,orplannedgiving.

southerntennisfoundation.org

NoneofourachievementswouldhavebeenpossiblewithoutthesteadfastsupportofourBoardofTrustees, Advisors,CommitteeMembers,andthetirelesseffortsoftheUSTASouthernstaff.Yourcollectivededication hasbeeninstrumentalinshapingthefoundation'ssuccess.

Asweembarkonthejourney,weextendourdeepestgratitudeforyourunwaveringsupportin2023.Withyour continuedpartnership,wearepoisedtomakeanevenmoresignificantimpactin2024andbeyond.

Warmregards,

Aletterfrom ourleadership. BonnieVandegrift Chairman JaimeKaplan Director,Development &Operations MattOlson ExecutiveDirector

$100,000 $100,000 JuniorTravelAssistance FundsAllocation

$40,000 CollegeScholarhips

$33,700 $33,700 NJTL

$17,500 $17,500 WheelchairTennis

$13,500 $13,500 AdaptiveTennis

$8,000 $8,000 StateMatchingGrants

15,000 NJTLYouth servedfrom70 NJTL Chapters

14,500 100,000 Awardedto29of Southern’sTop100 JuniorPlayers

NJTLHoursofEducationSupported 34,800+ NJTLHoursofTennisInstruction Supported 40 CollegeScholarshipsAwarded

2023 Financial Snapshot Seeyourimpact.

1978Club

$10,000+

SandyBurgess

FrancesCallen

Jan&KeithCrawford

Nancy&MikeKaplan

DebbieSouthern

HalSouthern

HaroldT SouthernFoundation

WL Amos,Sr Foundation

Platinum

$5,000-$9,999

DarylByrd

MichaelEden

JaneGamble

ChristopherHayden

Plauche,Smith&Neiset,LLC

TheAssayagFoundation

USTAFoundation

Gold

$2,500-$4,999

KevinCamel

PaulCox

AmyFranklin

DukeGroover

RexMaynard

BillMcGugin

JosephReiney

MichaelReiney

TomShearman

Jane&GordonSmith

DerekWhite

CarterFamilyCharitableFund

Cox,Cox,Filo,Camel&Wilson

GarrettFamilyEverForward

Foundation

JoeCDavisFoundation

PTRFoundation

Silver

$1,000-$2,499

ChrisBaggett

RobbBunnen

Claire&RogerBurgess

Polly&JeffCole

Susan&MikeCormier

CraigCrawford

PatrickCrawford

FrancesFayard

BoGard

Kathy&MarkHanudel

JeanStacksHarrold

BenHerrera

RandyJackson

JaimeKaplan

Carrie&ChuckKeuhen

SteveLang

CliffordLennox

Dana&GeorgeMack

DarinMartel

HelenMartin

leanoraMauritson

Nadine&BillMcCall

Ruth&BooMcFatter

Mark&ChristyMeisenheimer

JohnNoble

CodyNorris

Kristin&RobertPfeffle

DarrenPotkey

Audra&GlennPumpelley

MattRedd

Jennifer&RichmanReinauer

DudleyReynolds

EddieRobinson

EricSchmook

Randy&LesleyStephens

Laurie&HueyTownsend

Mike&BonnieVandegrift

Carla&CarlVincent

JimmyWeinacker

LouWelch

Annie&GregoryWillard

RogerWinstead

RobertWorley

FirstHorizonBank/MarkTipton

CarolLavinBernickFamily Foundation

USTALouisiana

Bronze

$500-$999

Jennifer&TomAdrien

Dr CarolAlan

JohnArthurs

TimothyAtkinson

Terry&DebbieBunnell

ChaseCoyle

TomDaglis

MarkDillon

Linda&JimGould

SandraGutermuth

SusanHabeeb

PaulaHale

KarenHolbrook

Claire&DanKey

AllonLifshitz

PaulMazzone

KayMcDaniel

MikeMcNulty

Robert&TeriMeythaler

DennisMiller

ElizabethMorgan

JimmyMurray

Martha&WilliamMurray Foundation

Margo&EsmondPhelps

RobertPiper

BillyTrott

JeniferTucker

ElizabethWalker

USTASouthern

Friends

Upto$499

WynnAlexander

CourtneyAllen

JorgeAndrew

AmyAtwell

AngieBaker

MarkBarron

LauraBeirne

RachelBirney

KennethBohnert

PamelaBoland

Elizabeth&SteveBrinson

WalkerBrowne

MaryBuchanan

GloriaByrd

AileenCarroll

BrendaCarter

MatthewCarter

VickyCecil

CesarChagas

FrancesChandler

CindyCheatham

RonCioffi

JohnnyCook

ConradCooke

KennethCorsig

KimCoston

AdamDalton

Courtney&RobertDampf

GeorgeDemmas

PatDeVoto

EugeniaDrossos

SharonAdkins&SteveDuffel

KellyErola

VickiEverette

JamesEwers

JeffGraySchol

PaulCox

CraigCrawford

Courtney&RobertDampf GeorgeDemmas MichaelEden FrancesFayard

CarolineandJimGallagher

SusanHabeeb

Kathy&MarkHanudel

RexMaynard

MichaelMcNulty

DrewMeyers

KristinandRobertPfeffle

Jane&GordonSmith

Randy&LesleyStephens

Laura&HueyTownsend

Mike&BonnieVandegrift

JimmyWeinacker

DerekWhite

MarisaGrimes

USTASouthern

BrianHainline

USTASouthern

PaulaHale

Terry&DebbieBunnell JaimeKaplan

DavidMauritsonSchol. DruidMichaels

Mike&BonnieVandegrift

Sydney&JamesSidwell

LanaSirk

TrishFielden

KimFord

Caroline&JimGallagher

Beth&BobGarey

Lucy&RobertGarvin

PattyGibbs

ThereseGrady

JulietteGrumley

HambrickFamily

WendyHart

DabneyHaugh

BarbaraHazlett

Connie&LarryHeflin

DorothyHeiser

MichaelHerman

NancyHirsch

MarcyHirshberg

TeeHooper

BethHopkins

CatherineInfante

ErnieJames

MikeKearney

Dr DarylKimche

LeeKing

Susan&BrianLaczko

Helen&BillLeonard

ZacharyLeskosky

PamLewis

RudyLewis

SusanM Love

JamesMcKissick

MarshaMcNulty

DrewMeyers

DruidMichaels

ChesterMichewicz,Jr

DonnaMille

Vasiliki&Richard

Moeller

Kathy&GaryMoody

KennethNelson

DaveNeuhart

KarenNewman

Lori&LockOchsner

MatthewOlson

llenPatten

Mrs WF PaxtonIII

DavePearsall

Robert&SusiePeiffer

CarolynPerry

MikaelPettersson

PaulPittman

BobRagland

GailRansler

TedReese

StephanieRichter

AlexRucker

BrettSchwartz

HollyScott

BarbaraSfraga

Sydney&JamesSidwell

Thankyouforyourkinddonation!

2023SouthernTennisFoundationDonors

PatVanderMeer VandyWade

Back2Shuckers

Michael&JudithHaas Fund

RudyLewis MartinBlackman USTASouthern TerryBunnell TedReese JohnCallen TedReese JohnCallenSchol SusanMLove CallenCup FrancesCallen ToddCrawfordSchol TimothyAtkinson KennethBohnert PamelaBoland VickyCecil

MichaelEden KimFord JaneGamble

Linda&JimGould ThereseGrady JulietteGrumley

DabneyHaugh ChristopherHayden

LanaSirk NanSmith Stan&MarjorySmith KevinStichter MarkStudt JasonSutton ZachTantillo DorothyThomsen ReneeTilley Mary&JohnTinkey MikeTinkey Jacqueline&Lawrence Travagliante

Joanie&BillWalden LauraWilliams-Tracy SarahWhitmireZacharias

Cox&MoorePLLC

Honors,Gifts,Memorials&ScholarshipsDonations NehemiahAtkinson

Jan&KeithCrawford EugeniaDrossos

Beth&BobGarey

SandraGutermuth SusanHabeeb

ConnieandLarryHeflin

Claire&DanKey Susan&BrianLaczko ZacharyLeskosky PaulMazzone Mark&ChristyMeisenheimer Robert&TeriMeythaler

KathyandGarryMoody MrsWFPaxtonIII CarolynPerry BobRagland GailRansler

ReneeTilley Joanie&BillWalden Annie&GregoryWillar

PaulaHale RandyJackson JaimeKaplan

FrancesCallen SharonAdkins&SteveDuffel Lucy&RobertGarvin

EleanoraMauritson

CourtneyAllen PattyGibbs EleanoraMauritson CodyNorris TedReese GeorgeMcGugin

PatrickMCrawford

SteveLang Dana&GeorgeMack DarinMartel EleanoraMauritson RexMaynard Nadine&BillMcCall Ruth&BooMcFatter MarshaMcNulty JohnNoble Lori&LockOchsner FirstHorizonBank Margo&EsmondPhelps USTALouisiana RobertPiper Audra&GlennPumpelley MattRedd JenniferandRichmanReinauer Plauche,Smith,&Neiset,LLC EddieRobinson TomShearman RandyStephens Carla&CarlVincent VandyWade RobertWorley

USTASouthern

Mike&BonnieVandegrift

Cox,Cox,Filo,Camel& Wilson ChrisBaggett CarolLavinBernickFamily Foundation ElizabethandSteveBrinson Claire&RogerBurgess DarylByrd FrancesCallen KevinCamel MatthewCarter Polly&JeffCole Susan&MikeCormier BillOzaki Terry&DebbieBunnell LoriNeuhart DaveNeuhart JohnPeddycord TedReese RachelBirney MaryBuchanan KennethCorsig TrishFielden BarbaraHazlett ElizabethMorgan PaulScarpaSchol. inmemoryof CharlesReiney EllenPatten JosephReiney MichaelReiney StephanieRichter KevinStichter JasonSutton MaryandJohnTinkey LauraWilliams-Tracy SaraWhitmireZacharias GregRymerProgram TheAssayagFoundation Michael&JudithHaasGift Fund AmyAtwell LauraBeirne KellyErola DorothyHeiser KarenHolbrook CatherineInfante MrCliffordLennox PamLewis ChesterMichewiczJr Vasiliki&RichardMoeller HollyScott BarbaraSfraga Back2Shuckers MarkStudt DorothyThomsen Jacqueline&Lawrence Travagliante Dennis&PatVander MeerSchol. PTRFoundation BrettSchwartz JohnArthurs JimWarrenSchol. AllonLifshitz ChristineWatson AileenCarroll STFFundraiser AuctionItems RoyBarth&JonathanBarth JenniferEdmonson RandyJackson MikeMcNulty JackMills JeffMorrison TedReese BrettSchwartz Mike&BonnieVandegrift AltheaGibsonSchol. KimCoston

WendyHart BenHerrera BethHopkins MikeKearney Carrie&ChuckKeuhen

TedLeohrke

IrisFeldman

MikeMcNultySchol.

ErnieJames

NJTL

NationalJuniorTennisandLearning(NJTL)wasfoundedbythegreattennis legendArthurAshe,alongsideCharlesPasarellandSheridanSnyderin 1969.ItisaninitiativestronglysupportedbyapartnershipwiththeUnited StatesTennisAssociation(USTA)Foundation,SouthernTennisAssociation, andSouthernTennisFoundation(STF) withamissiontoenrichthelivesof underservedyouthinourcommunities NJTLprogramscombinetennis instructionandeducationalapplicationstoteachimportantlifeskillssuchas leadership,discipline,teamwork,andmoneymanagement,withthesupport ofgrantsandscholarshipsfromeachofthegoverningpartners

Scholarships

Eachyear,theSouthernTennisFoundationis committedtoofferingtencollegescholarshipsto deservinghighschoolstudentsenteringcollege Scholarshipshaveneverbeenmorecriticalfora student’ssuccess,andtheseawardsof$4,000over fouryearsaremeaningful.Beyondcoveringtuition expenses,sucheducationalinvestmentssymbolize ourbelief,trust,andthepromiseofuntappedpotential becomingareality Throughthissupport,we've witnessedthetransformationofexceptionalstudentathletes,primedtoinfluenceandshapethefuture.

FinancialAssistance

Weacknowledgethepassion,dedication,andhard workofjuniorplayersrankedinSouthern’stop100 Ourneed-basedfinancialassistanceprogramis designedtoensurethatpromisingtalentissupported tosustaintheirgoalsandaspirations. Whetherit's comprehensivetraining,high-performancecamps, essentialtravelexpenses,orcompetitionfees,weare heretoassist

AdaptiveTennis WheelchairTennis

FortheSouthernTennisFoundation,Wheelchairtennis embodiesresilience,passion,andanunwavering competitivedrive Wearefullycommittedtoproviding supportforprogramsthatcatertotheuniqueneedsof wheelchairathletes Fromspecializedcoachingto ensuringaccesstotherightequipmentandfacilitating travelarrangementsfortournaments,weaimto empowerwheelchairtennisplayerstobecome formidablecompetitorsandlifelongtennisplayers We fosterinclusiveenvironmentsthatenablethegrowthand successofallwheelchairathleteswithinourcommunity

We’reonamissiontomaketennisasportfor everyone,regardlessofage,background,or physicalorintellectualchallenges Ourcommitment toinclusivityextendsbeyondthecourt,providing resourcesandunwaveringsupportforadaptive tennisinitiativesatthegrassrootslevel.

EllenBlake NursingStudentatMUSC

ReceivingtheSTFscholarshipprofoundlyimpactedmycareeratWoffordbyalleviatingfinancial burdensandallowingmetofullyfocusonmystudiesandextracurricularactivities.Thisscholarship providedmewithopportunitiestoexploremyacademicinterestsandparticipateincampusevents andorganizations.Asaresult,Iwasabletoexcelacademically,developessentialskills,andbuild meaningfulconnectionswithpeersandmentors Beyondcollege,thisscholarshipinstilledinmea senseofgratitudeandresponsibility,motivatingmetogivebacktomycommunity

ZaneGoodwin

No.1JuniorWheelchairTennisPlayer

WhenIstarted playingwheelchairtennis,itcompletelychangedmylife Thenumberof lessonsandopportunitiesI'vereceivedfromit,andwillcontinuetoreceive,areunimaginable ThegenerousdonationsfromSTFnotonlyhelpmebutalsopeoplelikemepursueour wheelchairtenniscareers Themoremoneyanddonations,themoreitgoesouttopeople

KeriQuillin

HamptonUniversityGraduate

TheSouthernTennisFoundationplayedasignificantroleinmycollegecareerbyaidingthe financialburdenofbeingawalk-ontennisplayeratHamptonUniversity Beingawalk-onathleteisa tremendoushonorandasignificanttimecommitment Withallmyfreetimebeingallottedtotraining andpractices,havingajobontopofbeingastudent-athletewasimpossible.Thankstothe foundation,IcouldcontinueplayingthesportIlovewhilealsobeinginvolvedincampusleadership opportunities,whichmademycollegethebestfouryearsofmylife.

ExecutiveDirector-SpecialPopulationsTennis

Adaptivetennishasenrichedthelivesofindividualswhootherwisewouldnotgetthechance toplaythissport Theycometogether,meetnewfriends,andexperiencethejoysthat participatingintheincrediblesportoftenniscanbring

DaQuarriusPoole

AlabamaA&MUniversityStudent

ThisscholarshiphelpsbyloweringthecostsofcollegeandtheamountofhoursI’llneedto workthroughoutmystudiesatAlabamaA&MUniversity.Thisway,I’llbeabletocontinue withmyacademicachievements IamsothankfulfortheSouthernTennisFoundationfor helpingmakedreamshappenforpeoplelikeme Theirgiftsaretrulyaninvestmentinour futures

IsaiahRobertson

NJTLAlumni&BostonUniversityStudent

Iamsoblessedtostudyatoneofthetopuniversitiesinthenation,BostonUniversity.Ialways includedlifelessonslearnedthroughNJTLinmycollegeessaysbecauseNJTLhastrulyopenedso manydoorsforme,andI’vebeenabletohavefun,andcoachattheregionalleadershipcamps whilegettingtoknowmanyinspiringadults NJTLchangedmylifeinapositiveway,helpedmein developingmyskills,letmeseetheworldthroughdifferentlenses,andIcannotthankthemenough