Giving Opportunities
Explore opportunities to support the protection, preservation and interpretation of regional history and the arts for present and future generations.
Conveniently contribute online or contact our team to learn more.
General Fund
The General Fund ensures day-to-day operations for the Society. Income from the fund is targeted for operations, education, exhibitions, and maintenance of properties. Individual and corporate donations make up over a quarter of the annual budget, making them critical to our sustainability. CHAPS membership dues are a core part of the General Fund, so consider contributing and joining today.
Endowment Fund
The Endowment Fund preserves the value of donors’ gifts and ensures continued quality and longevity for the Society. By establishing an endowment, CHAPS can focus on the important work of preservation and education. Planned Giving is an excellent way to contribute to the fund and leaves a lasting legacy. Consider naming CHAPS as a beneficiary of your estate. Gifts may also be given in the form of retirement plan assets, securities, life insurance, stock, personal property, tributes and memorials. Individual gifts are pooled into the general Endowment Fund. The Society’s endowment corpus is never spent but allowed to grow with careful professional financial management.
Building Fund
The Building Campaign has been established to raise funds for continued renovations and maintenance of CHAPS properties, allowing for increased exhibit, class, and meeting spaces. The most recent phase of our building plan is the renovation of the Montgomery Street Wing of the building to allow for a Kids Zone, Sports Zone, Archives and Research Rooms.
Engraved Brick Campaign
Purchase an engraved brick to be installed on the Museum grounds in memory or honor of someone, to commemorate an event, or to acknowledge an accomplishment.
Each 4x8 brick has a limited number of space, please print and return the form below in order to confirm the wording you desire. Purchase online or mail a check with the below printable Order Form.
$100
Maintaining Possum Trot
Your support enabled us to move and restore Possum Trot, the only remaining one-room schoolhouse in Cherokee County.
Now located on the museum's mustering grounds at the Cherokee County Museum, Possum Trot requires regular maintenance. Consider donating to this ongoing need.
Match Grants Met
CHAPS recently received a Bridge Grant from South Carolina Humanities. Funding for the Bridge Grants has been provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan.
Thank you for helping us match this $4,000 grant!
Santa recently gifted CHAPS $10,000 if we could match the donation. Thanks to your generosity we were able to meet this requirement resulting in $22,010!
This project is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This project is also in part funded by a generous award from the South Carolina Relief Fund of the South Carolina Arts Foundation.