Mission and Purpose

Established in 2021, the Port Royal Community Charitable Fund (PRCCF) has a three-pronged mission:

To encourage and support the charitable, caring interests of Port Royal residents,
To enhance the sense of community among Port Royal residents by having our own charitable fund, and
To leverage resources in order to have a larger impact in the greater community.

The PRCCF purpose is to provide grants to benefit our neighbors in Beaufort, Hampton, Jasper, and Colleton counties; to respond to people in need; and to provide resources to help improve the lives of people in the Lowcountry.

Together Helping Others

Port Royal residents volunteer, donate, and advocate for area nonprofits working on issues that are close to their hearts. What happens when these generous residents and local businesses link their financial resources to support local needs?

That’s the genesis of the Port Royal Community Charitable Fund. Through fundraising activities that engage the Port Royal community and business partners, donations consistent with the caring spirit of our neighbors provide grants to nonprofits that help meet area needs.

The Fund is administered through a volunteer committee of landowners and/or partners of landowners with administrative support from the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry (CFL).

Guiding the PRCCF for 2025-26 are:

Front Row (Left to Right):

Ed Weinlein
Beth D'Agostino
Lou Befano (Chair)
Renee Roth
Jan Meyer

Back Row:

Andrew Hertneky (former Board member)
Scott King
Liz Niehaus (Treasurer)
Robert Hangacsi (Secretary)
Steven Shapiro
Linda Tobeson (Absent from Picture)

Board

Lou Befano, Board Chair

Lou was a founding member of PRCCF, serving as Treasurer, Grants Committee Chair and Board Chair. Lou also volunteers time locally to support the Bargain Box, the Port Royal Community Relations Committee and the Arts Center. His previous volunteer work included being founding members of the KGV Recreation Council (Treasurer), National IAQC (Charter Committee Chair), various roles in his local churches and United Way. Prior to retiring to Hilton Head with his wife Jeanne, he held several management and engineering positions in Northrop Grumman, including 22 years in information Technology and Systems Engineering Management. He and his wife have 3 children and 7 grandchildren and have lived full time on HH since 2017.

Liz Neihaus, Treasurer

Liz is a former wealth advisor at Truepoint Wealth Counsel in Cincinnati. She and her husband, Jim, moved to Port Royal Plantation in 2024 after their retirements. She has been on several boards in Cincinnati focusing on education and wanted to get involved in her community upon relocating to Hilton Head Island. She is also the treasurer for PRCCF and a member of the Port Royal Social Committee. In her spare time, she likes to golf, walk, ride bikes and spend time with her children and grandchildren in Cincinnati.

Renee taught school and volunteered on many nonprofit boards and committees in Cincinnati. She served on the public school board in the district her boys attended. After moving to Hilton Head, she founded the Port Royal Community Charitable Fund and served as Chair of the Advisory Board for 4 years.

Renee Roth

Steve Shapiro

Steve has lived on Hilton Head Island for over 20 years. He serves on the Board, Nominating Committee and Resource Development Committee of the Port Royal Community Charitable Fund. He previously served on the Board of Temple Mickve Israel in Savannah and participated with Backpack Buddies. Steve had a 40 year successful career as an orthopedic surgeon, serves as a volunteer article reviewer for Foot & Ankle International and continues to practice orthopedics at Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head.

Ed and his wife Sharon have lived in Port Royal for nearly 20years. They relocated to PR from Atlanta after retiring from his Real Estate Development career building golf course communities throughout the SE USA. He has previously served as a volunteer with several charities including Deep Well, American Cancer society as well as various Chambers of Commerce.

Ed Weinlein

Jan Meyer

Jan is a former teacher and real estate agent from NJ who continues her expertise by assisting The Garcia Foundation in managing investment properties in Palmetto Dunes Plantation. Jan’s previous volunteer experience in NJ focused on mentoring disadvantaged high school students in Paterson NJ. Jan and her husband Gordon enjoy their daily walks around the PR golf courses with their standard poodle, Tucker. In addition to volunteer activities at First Presbyterian Church, Jan enjoys yoga classes, gardening, country music and planning travels for family events and personal enjoyment.

Beth’s past career was as a licensed certified Pastoral Counselor practicing in MD and VA area. She and her husband moved to Hilton Head Island for retirement in 2023. Her charity work has focused on children, family health and recovery work for abused women with families. She is currently on the board of Lifewise Academy, Inc. and attend Christian Renewal Church.

Beth D'Agostino

Scott King

Scott and his wife Anna have been owners in the Port Royal Community since 2015. They currently split time between Port Royal and Cleveland Ohio. Scott retired in 2023 after a career in finance with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Goodyear and TireHub. He has served on various nonprofit boards including the Red Cross and Habitat for Humanities. He and Anna have two adult children, Carly and Andrew. Since retirement, Scott has been working on his golf game and sharpening his trade skills as he restores Carly’s 200 year old farmhouse in Ohio.

Linda has lived in Hilton Head for six years. Previously, she lived in Cincinnati, Ohio where she worked as a Technical Sales Manager in Consumer Goods and Pharmaceutical Research. She is an active volunteer with the Oscher Lifetime Learning Institute at USCB and serves as the PRCCF Resource and Development Chair.

Linda Tobeson