Alston Wilkes Foundation

Your financial support, through the Alston Wilkes Foundation, is vital to continue and expand this vital work. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

Our Purpose

To seek funds that will provide interest-only income to the programs of the Society.

Trustees

The Foundation is governed by the Board of Trustees who are elected by the Foundation Board. Each Trustee serves without compensation.

Investments

Funds are invested in sound securities, within the limits prescribed by the Constitution of the Foundation. All officers who handle funds are bonded.

Gifting Through the Foundation

Gifts may be made in cash, life insurance, stocks, bonds, real or personal property of any kind.

Living Trust

In a living trust, you set aside a definite sum of money, property, or securities and provide that the Income may be used for a stated purpose for a given length of time. A trust may be either revocable or irrevocable. Variations are many and a trust can provide for almost every situation. Trust instruments may be properly drawn by legal authorities, and Foundation personnel can assist.

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2026 Foundation Board of Trustees

  • Robert Barber, Jr.

    CHAIRMAN | Charleston, SC

    Owner, Bowens Island Restaurant & Former SC State Legislator

  • Kathy Evatt, Esq.

    VICE-CHAIRMAN | Columbia, SC

    Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office

  • Sophie Sagrera

    TREASURER | Columbia, SC

    Retired President of Columbia Silica Sand Company

  • Russell Cann

    Columbia, SC

    Founder & Chairman, Elauwit Network

  • Walter Chastain

    Camden, SC

    Retired Investment Banker

  • Mary Clark

    Camden, SC

    Former Mayor of Camden

  • Jonathan Williams, Esq.

    Columbia, SC

    Asst. Deputy Attorney General, SC Attorney General’s Office

  • Edward E. Duryea

    Beaufort, SC

    Retired Business Owner

  • Ken McKellar

    Chapin, SC

    Retired, International Prison Security Consultant

  • Barbara McKellar

    Chapin, SC

    Nurse Practitioner, SC Department of Corrections

  • Jimmie Williamson, PhD

    Cheraw, SC

    President of LTC Health Solutions University

  • Rallie Seigler

    Columbia, SC

    Retired Warden, SC Department of Corrections - Retired US Probation Officer

  • Chris Cowan

    Cayce, SC

    Chief of Police, Cayce Police Department

  • Judge James Lockemy

    Dillon, SC

    Retired Chief Judge, SC Court of Appeals

  • Rion Cobb

    Columbia, SC

    Terminix

  • Faith Line

    Anderson, SC

    Retired, Anderson County Library System

  • Dr. Marc Embler

    Charleston, SC

    Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, Charleston Southern University

  • Ken McColl

    Greenville, SC

    Retired Vice President, Wachovia

Past Alston Wilkes Foundation Chairs

Samuel Tenenbaum

David “Ken” McColl

Ray Matthews*

Rhett Jackson*

The 1962 Legacy Society

The 1962 Legacy Society was founded in 2008 to give donors an ongoing opportunity to help grow The Alston Wilkes Foundation Charter Members began by donating a gift of $2,000.00 by December 31, 2009 and thereafter making an annual gift of a minimum of $1,000.00. 

Consider joining our Charter Members and make your contribution online or mail it in today!

Robert Barber  •  Jan Rivers  •  Ben DeSollar  •  Bill Rogers  •  Nancy & Dunbar* Godbold  •  Sophie Sagrera  •  Jeff Hanson The Schafer Foundation  •  Brenda & Davis Hook  •  Charyl & Raymond Schroeder  •  Ken McColl  •  Samuel Tenenbaum   Betty McKellar*  •  Marty Vaughn  •  Ken & Barbara McKellar  •  Anne Walker & David Evans*  •  Jeanne Owen

*Posthumously