New Head of Community Foundation Named

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Over the years, Lynne Berry has been very much involved with several philanthropic groups.  Now, she has been named as the Huntsville/Madison County Community Foundation’s first executive director.  This means she’s heading an organization that’s serving all nonprofits.  She said, “There’s a lot of challenges and work in this new job but I have the opportunity to be in an umbrella organization to benefit all nonprofits and I like to learn new things.”

One of the first jobs of Berry is to educate the people about all benefits (especially tax) as well as give and educate potential donors about other community needs that would be good for them.  Community foundations can work with other donors to create funds or meet a specific community need.  These funds can either be given immediately, pooled with others, or held indefinitely.

The foundation’s chairman, Chris Russell, said that the role of the foundation is to make sure that people find it easier to make a donation or charitable gift.  Russell, who work with Huntsville Wachovia Bank in wealth management said, “There’s a difference in planned giving and annual giving.  For planned giving, what we’re focusing on has always been to raise the bar and look for more opportunities.”

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