The W. C. Bradley Co. is a privately held company founded in 1885 as a “cotton factoring” business. Today the company includes divisions in textiles, farm implement manufacturing, row crop and livestock production, wholesale supply businesses for industrial and building contractors, and barbecue grill manufacturing.
W. C. Bradley Co. headquarters are located on the banks of the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, Georgia in renovated buildings dating from 1885 that were previously used to store cotton and other goods for the company's businesses. W. C. Bradley Real Estate Division manages the company's extensive property holdings including prime commercial property, industrial property, warehouse space, investment buildings and development properties. The Bradley Farms Division continues to operate in Omaha, Georgia.
The W.C. Bradley Co., founded in 1885, is a privately owned company headquartered in Columbus, Georgia. Founded as a “cotton factoring” business, the company heritage includes operating diverse businesses in the textiles industry, farm implement manufacturing, row crop and livestock production, wholesale supply businesses meeting the needs of industrial and building contractors, retail businesses in outdoor sports equipment and licensed sports apparel, and barbecue grill manufacturing.
The W.C. Bradley Co. is dedicated to its team members, to the community, and to establishing a reputation for quality and value. Today, it is comprised of the following family of companies focused on home and leisure products and services.
The W.C. Bradley Co.’s headquarters are still located on the Chattahoochee River in historic Uptown Columbus in renovated buildings dating from 1885, which were previously used to store cotton and other goods for the company’s businesses. Throughout its history, the company has transitioned through different businesses and industries, keeping itself in sync with market and consumer demands.
The company enjoys considerable financial resources to support its growth by virtue of its ownership of a large block of Coca-Cola stock. In the early 1900s, W.C. Bradley joined Ernest Woodruff and other investors in purchasing the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta. Serving as Chairman of the Board until the late 1930s, Mr. Bradley contributed to the growth of Coca-Cola® as the most recognized “brand name” in the world. Through the legacy of this investment, the W.C. Bradley Co. has an extraordinary ability to facilitate new initiatives and expand operations today.
The Bradley-Turner Foundation, using contributions from the company’s success, supports the community and region through many different programs and facilities funded in whole or in part by foundation donations. The foundation is one of the largest charitable foundations in Georgia.
The goal of the W.C. Bradley Co. is to attain leadership as a multi-brand supplier of high quality consumer goods and services focused primarily on the home and leisure lifestyle markets. Strategically, the W.C. Bradley Co. is committed to building on its current strengths and competencies and further developing them as a platform for seeking new opportunities.
WC BRADLEY CO PENSION PLAN is a Defined Benefit Plan providing retirees with a predetermined monthly retirement benefit upon reaching a specific age. The retirement benefit paid to a retiree is typically calculated using a formula which often employs years of credited service under the plan and salary information. The retirement benefit is typically payable to the employee upon attainment of their normal retirement age for the remainder of his/her lifetime. Benefits under this type of plan are often referred to as accrued benefits. This type of plan does not maintain individual accounts for employees.
It is important to remember that under this type of plan, the Alternate Payee is typically not awarded a lump sum cash payment from the Plan. It is usually a requirement of the Plan that the amount awarded to the Alternate Payee be expressed in terms of a monthly benefit payable for either the lifetime of the Participant or the Alternate Payee.
Benefit Description
2E Profit-sharing A defined contribution plan that allows employer discretionary contributions. These plans often contain a 401(k) feature.
2G Total participant-directed account plan Participants have the opportunity to direct the investment of all the assets allocated to their individual accounts, regardless of whether 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 is intended to be met.
2J Code section 401(k) feature A cash or deferred arrangement described in Code section 401(k) that is part of a qualified defined contribution plan that provides for an election by employees to defer part of their compensation or receive these amounts in cash.
2K Code section 401(m) arrangement Employee contributions are allocated to separate accounts under the plan or employer contributions are based, in whole or in part, on employee deferrals or contributions to the plan. Not applicable if plan is 401(k) plan with only QNECs and/or QMACs. Also not applicable if Code section 403(b)(1), 403(b)(7) or 408 arrangements/accounts/annuities.
2T Participant-directed Account Total or partial participant-directed account plan - plan uses default investment account for participants who fail to direct assets in their account.
3D Master plan A pension plan that is made available by a sponsor for adoption by employers; that is the subject of a favorable opinion letter; and for which a single funding medium (for example, a trust or custodial account) is established for the joint use of all adopting employers.
W.C. Bradley Co. Inc., through its subsidiaries, markets and distributes home and leisure products. Its divisions include Char-Broil, a marketer of infrared, gas, charcoal, portable, and electric outdoor barbecue grills, smokers, fryers, and outdoor fireplaces; Lamplight, a marketer for outdoor torches, citronella fuel, indoor oil lamps and oil, and indoor fragrance lamps; Zebco Brands, that markets fishing tackle products and outdoor gear under Zebco, Rhino, Martin, Quantum, Fin-Nor, Van Staal, Cajun, William Joseph, and Badlands brand names. The company also provides real estate development, management, sales, and leasing services. Additionally, its PGA Tour Stop division offers golf products and accessories. W.C. Bradley Co. Inc. was formerly known as Carter and Bradley and changed its name to W.C. Bradley Co. Inc. in 1895. W.C. Bradley Co. Inc. was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Columbus, Georgia.
The Bradley-Turner Foundation has also been influential in the area of mental health and counseling resources. In 1955 the foundation opened the Bradley Center, a psychiatric hospital that also offers outpatient counseling and social service outreach. The concept for the center was influenced by D. Abbott Turner's friendship with the well-known preacher Norman Vincent Peale (a famous proponent of "the power of positive thinking") and by the Institute of Religion and Psychiatry in New York. The Bradley Center has expanded its facilities and programs multiple times and is today affiliated with St. Francis Hospital in Columbus.
The Bradley Center led to the establishment of the Employee Assistance Program at the W. C. Bradley Company, one of the first companies in Georgia to include such a program among its benefits. The program initially provided counseling services and programs for those struggling with substance abuse, but it later expanded to include other types of wellness and educational programs. In 1974 the Pastoral Institute opened as a nonprofit, faith-based, nondenominational counseling and education center, and today it consists of six parts—the Business Resource Center, the D. A. and Elizabeth Turner Clergy Center, the Center for Servant Leadership, the Counseling Center, the Pastoral Counselor Training Program, and the Center for Community and Supportive Services—each of which provides services to individuals, businesses, congregations, and organizations in the Columbus area and in Lanett, Alabama.
The Bradley-Turner Foundation has also supported higher education, particularly at Columbus State University (CSU). The center for continuing education at CSU is known as the Elizabeth Bradley Turner Center, and the business college is named for D. Abbott Turner. The Elizabeth Bradley Turner Rose Garden is part of the State Botanical Garden in Athens, and the Synovus Chair of Servant Leadership is in the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business. Andrew College, Emory University, LaGrange College, and Wesleyan College have also received major grants from the foundation, as has the Georgia Foundation for Independent Colleges.
The Bradley-Turner Foundation has further influenced Columbus through its support of community revitalization and cultural infrastructure. In April 1996 the foundation issued a challenge to Columbus arts agencies to match a $20 million gift for the construction of the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, which soon expanded under a fund-raising umbrella known as "The Columbus Challenge." This effort raised endowment, capital projects, and programming funds for seven cultural agencies: the Coca-Cola Space Science Center, Columbus Museum, Columbus Symphony, Historic Columbus Foundation, Liberty Theatre Cultural Center, National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus, and Springer Opera House. The fund-raising challenge was met by 1999, and the final gift from the Bradley-Turner Foundation totaled $35 million.
Since the success of the Columbus Challenge, the Foundation's support of the infrastructure of Columbus has continued. One line of grants has supported the renovation and upgrading of public housing. Other funds have continued to support uptown revitalization, including the relocation of the visual arts, theater, and music departments of CSU into locations adjacent to the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts.
In a 1995 article in the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, columnist Billy Winn shared with fellow residents the news that their city had been recognized as a model of progressive development and revitalization. Prominent Georgians, including Roberto Goizueta of Coca-Cola, credited this renaissance to the presence and leadership of the Bradley-Turner Foundation. The work of the foundation continues to enrich the quality of life in Columbus.
W. C. Bradley Co. headquarters are located on the banks of the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, Georgia in renovated buildings dating from 1885 that were previously used to store cotton and other goods for the company's businesses. W. C. Bradley Real Estate Division manages the company's extensive property holdings including prime commercial property, industrial property, warehouse space, investment buildings and development properties. The Bradley Farms Division continues to operate in Omaha, Georgia.
The W.C. Bradley Co., founded in 1885, is a privately owned company headquartered in Columbus, Georgia. Founded as a “cotton factoring” business, the company heritage includes operating diverse businesses in the textiles industry, farm implement manufacturing, row crop and livestock production, wholesale supply businesses meeting the needs of industrial and building contractors, retail businesses in outdoor sports equipment and licensed sports apparel, and barbecue grill manufacturing.
The W.C. Bradley Co. is dedicated to its team members, to the community, and to establishing a reputation for quality and value. Today, it is comprised of the following family of companies focused on home and leisure products and services.
The W.C. Bradley Co.’s headquarters are still located on the Chattahoochee River in historic Uptown Columbus in renovated buildings dating from 1885, which were previously used to store cotton and other goods for the company’s businesses. Throughout its history, the company has transitioned through different businesses and industries, keeping itself in sync with market and consumer demands.
The company enjoys considerable financial resources to support its growth by virtue of its ownership of a large block of Coca-Cola stock. In the early 1900s, W.C. Bradley joined Ernest Woodruff and other investors in purchasing the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta. Serving as Chairman of the Board until the late 1930s, Mr. Bradley contributed to the growth of Coca-Cola® as the most recognized “brand name” in the world. Through the legacy of this investment, the W.C. Bradley Co. has an extraordinary ability to facilitate new initiatives and expand operations today.
The Bradley-Turner Foundation, using contributions from the company’s success, supports the community and region through many different programs and facilities funded in whole or in part by foundation donations. The foundation is one of the largest charitable foundations in Georgia.
The goal of the W.C. Bradley Co. is to attain leadership as a multi-brand supplier of high quality consumer goods and services focused primarily on the home and leisure lifestyle markets. Strategically, the W.C. Bradley Co. is committed to building on its current strengths and competencies and further developing them as a platform for seeking new opportunities.
WC BRADLEY CO PENSION PLAN is a Defined Benefit Plan providing retirees with a predetermined monthly retirement benefit upon reaching a specific age. The retirement benefit paid to a retiree is typically calculated using a formula which often employs years of credited service under the plan and salary information. The retirement benefit is typically payable to the employee upon attainment of their normal retirement age for the remainder of his/her lifetime. Benefits under this type of plan are often referred to as accrued benefits. This type of plan does not maintain individual accounts for employees.
It is important to remember that under this type of plan, the Alternate Payee is typically not awarded a lump sum cash payment from the Plan. It is usually a requirement of the Plan that the amount awarded to the Alternate Payee be expressed in terms of a monthly benefit payable for either the lifetime of the Participant or the Alternate Payee.
Benefit Description
2E Profit-sharing A defined contribution plan that allows employer discretionary contributions. These plans often contain a 401(k) feature.
2G Total participant-directed account plan Participants have the opportunity to direct the investment of all the assets allocated to their individual accounts, regardless of whether 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 is intended to be met.
2J Code section 401(k) feature A cash or deferred arrangement described in Code section 401(k) that is part of a qualified defined contribution plan that provides for an election by employees to defer part of their compensation or receive these amounts in cash.
2K Code section 401(m) arrangement Employee contributions are allocated to separate accounts under the plan or employer contributions are based, in whole or in part, on employee deferrals or contributions to the plan. Not applicable if plan is 401(k) plan with only QNECs and/or QMACs. Also not applicable if Code section 403(b)(1), 403(b)(7) or 408 arrangements/accounts/annuities.
2T Participant-directed Account Total or partial participant-directed account plan - plan uses default investment account for participants who fail to direct assets in their account.
3D Master plan A pension plan that is made available by a sponsor for adoption by employers; that is the subject of a favorable opinion letter; and for which a single funding medium (for example, a trust or custodial account) is established for the joint use of all adopting employers.
W.C. Bradley Co. Inc., through its subsidiaries, markets and distributes home and leisure products. Its divisions include Char-Broil, a marketer of infrared, gas, charcoal, portable, and electric outdoor barbecue grills, smokers, fryers, and outdoor fireplaces; Lamplight, a marketer for outdoor torches, citronella fuel, indoor oil lamps and oil, and indoor fragrance lamps; Zebco Brands, that markets fishing tackle products and outdoor gear under Zebco, Rhino, Martin, Quantum, Fin-Nor, Van Staal, Cajun, William Joseph, and Badlands brand names. The company also provides real estate development, management, sales, and leasing services. Additionally, its PGA Tour Stop division offers golf products and accessories. W.C. Bradley Co. Inc. was formerly known as Carter and Bradley and changed its name to W.C. Bradley Co. Inc. in 1895. W.C. Bradley Co. Inc. was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Columbus, Georgia.
The Bradley-Turner Foundation has also been influential in the area of mental health and counseling resources. In 1955 the foundation opened the Bradley Center, a psychiatric hospital that also offers outpatient counseling and social service outreach. The concept for the center was influenced by D. Abbott Turner's friendship with the well-known preacher Norman Vincent Peale (a famous proponent of "the power of positive thinking") and by the Institute of Religion and Psychiatry in New York. The Bradley Center has expanded its facilities and programs multiple times and is today affiliated with St. Francis Hospital in Columbus.
The Bradley Center led to the establishment of the Employee Assistance Program at the W. C. Bradley Company, one of the first companies in Georgia to include such a program among its benefits. The program initially provided counseling services and programs for those struggling with substance abuse, but it later expanded to include other types of wellness and educational programs. In 1974 the Pastoral Institute opened as a nonprofit, faith-based, nondenominational counseling and education center, and today it consists of six parts—the Business Resource Center, the D. A. and Elizabeth Turner Clergy Center, the Center for Servant Leadership, the Counseling Center, the Pastoral Counselor Training Program, and the Center for Community and Supportive Services—each of which provides services to individuals, businesses, congregations, and organizations in the Columbus area and in Lanett, Alabama.
The Bradley-Turner Foundation has also supported higher education, particularly at Columbus State University (CSU). The center for continuing education at CSU is known as the Elizabeth Bradley Turner Center, and the business college is named for D. Abbott Turner. The Elizabeth Bradley Turner Rose Garden is part of the State Botanical Garden in Athens, and the Synovus Chair of Servant Leadership is in the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business. Andrew College, Emory University, LaGrange College, and Wesleyan College have also received major grants from the foundation, as has the Georgia Foundation for Independent Colleges.
The Bradley-Turner Foundation has further influenced Columbus through its support of community revitalization and cultural infrastructure. In April 1996 the foundation issued a challenge to Columbus arts agencies to match a $20 million gift for the construction of the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, which soon expanded under a fund-raising umbrella known as "The Columbus Challenge." This effort raised endowment, capital projects, and programming funds for seven cultural agencies: the Coca-Cola Space Science Center, Columbus Museum, Columbus Symphony, Historic Columbus Foundation, Liberty Theatre Cultural Center, National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus, and Springer Opera House. The fund-raising challenge was met by 1999, and the final gift from the Bradley-Turner Foundation totaled $35 million.
Since the success of the Columbus Challenge, the Foundation's support of the infrastructure of Columbus has continued. One line of grants has supported the renovation and upgrading of public housing. Other funds have continued to support uptown revitalization, including the relocation of the visual arts, theater, and music departments of CSU into locations adjacent to the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts.
In a 1995 article in the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, columnist Billy Winn shared with fellow residents the news that their city had been recognized as a model of progressive development and revitalization. Prominent Georgians, including Roberto Goizueta of Coca-Cola, credited this renaissance to the presence and leadership of the Bradley-Turner Foundation. The work of the foundation continues to enrich the quality of life in Columbus.
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