1969-1990
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1969
Annie E. Casey Foundation estatablishes its Atlanta Civic Site.
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1969
In response to the passage of the Tax Reform Act, 24 foundation leaders meet to establish Southeastern Council on Foundations.
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1970
75 foundation representatives gather for SECF's first annual meeting.
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1970
William H. Bondurant begins two-year service as volunteer executive director of SECF.
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1970
SECF membership consists of 13 foundations.
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1972
Charles S. Rooks becomes first full-time executive director of SECF.
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1976
The Arkansas Community Foundation, the only state-wide community foundation in the South, is established primarily by a lead grant of $258,000 from the Winthop Rockefeller Foundation. The foundation now manages some $335,000,000 in assets.
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1977
Charles S. Rooks writes Foundation Philanthropy in the Southeast.
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1978
Robert Hull becomes executive director of SECF.
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1981
SECF begins accepting corporate grantmaking programs as members.
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1983
Dr. George Hitchings, who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine and served on the SECF board, establishes the Triangle Community Foundation with $1,000.
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1987
Walton Family Foundation established in Arkansas by Sam and Helen Walton, whose fortune came from Wal-mart stores.
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1990
Martha Peck elected as first female chair of SECF.
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1990
SECF board adopts first strategic plan.
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1990
The Foundation for the Mid South is created as a regional development foundation serving Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
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1990s
Health Legacy Foundations begin to emerge in the South, as a result of the purchase of local hospitals and health care plans by for-profit corporations.