Community Enrichment Grants are designed to provide financial support to organizations whose services go beyond meeting fundamental needs and will help lift people out of poverty.

• Community Enrichment Grant funding requests may be for new programs within proven organizations, existing programs with proven success, strategic planning, collaborative projects, or other justifiable programs that go a step further than meeting immediate needs.

• Organizations applying for Community Enrichment Grant funding should have short and long term goals and objectives and be able to provide measurable outcomes.

• Additionally, Community Enrichment Programs are implementing best practices to address root causes of poverty and an understanding of the complexities of the issues surrounding poverty.

• Applicants should have a 501(c)(3) tax exempt status and provide programs or services within South Carolina.

• Applicants cannot be newly established nonprofits.

• A pre-application to determine eligibility.  After a thorough review process, the Foundation will extend invitations for full applications to be submitted.

• Submission of a specific budget and narrative to support the grant request. It is the responsibility of the grant seeker to justify a reasonable dollar amount.

• Awards are for one-year with no guarantee of additional funding in subsequent year. Applicants should not apply for other categories of Foundation grant funding when applying for Community Enrichment Grants. Funds are limited and the grants process is highly competitive.

As a ministry founded by the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, our Foundation supports Catholic Nuns who help the poor and underserved in our state. Our Collaboration for Ministry (CMI) grants are designed to strengthen the ministries of these women.

Do you qualify?

If you are interested in applying for a CMI grant, please review our mission and focus as well as the eligibility guidelines to see if you are a suitable fit and apply on or before the deadline.

Make sure to submit your application by the deadline date:

• Online – by 11:59 pm on the deadline date
• Mailed applications must arrive by the deadline date
• Hand-delivered by 5 pm on the deadline date

Just as the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine lived by these words, (which mean in all things charity) so do we, as the Foundation that bears their name.

• Caritas Grants provide support to organizations dealing with situational poverty and/or fundamental needs of individuals and families in South Carolina.

• Programs that focus on providing food, clothing, shelter, free health services, necessary home repairs, basic educational programming transportation and other direct services fall under the criteria for consideration for Caritas Grants.

• Applicants should have a 501(c)3 tax exempt status and provide programs or services within South Carolina.

• Caritas grant awards vary in size (proportional to an organization’s operating budget) and are generally designed for organizations with annual budgets of less than $900,000.

• However, if your organization focuses on fundamental needs like those listed above but your operating budget is larger than $900,000.00, you may still qualify for consideration.  Contact the Program Team to discuss the possibility of waiving this requirement for your application.

• Applicants should not apply for other categories of Foundation grant funding when applying for Caritas Grants. Funds are limited and the grants process is competitive.

• The Foundation accepts applications for Caritas grants biannually: The deadlines are the first Tuesday of April and October.

• All applications must be received by the Foundation no later than 11:59 p.m. on the date due.