Sisters of Charity Foundation of SC Awards $837,000 in Grants Statewide
SOUTH CAROLINA – (October 31, 2022) The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina has awarded grants totaling $837,000 to 100 nonprofit organizations throughout the Palmetto State, including three national groups serving South Carolina statewide. Each organization is working to better the lives of those experiencing poverty in South Carolina.
Since 1996, the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina has awarded over 3,300 grants to South Carolina nonprofits totaling over $82 million.
“It is an honor to support this group of nonprofit partners who are working tirelessly to provide hope for people experiencing poverty in South Carolina,” Foundation President and CEO, Donna Waites says. “Our foundation’s mission could not be fulfilled without these impactful organizations and their loving service to others.”
The latest round of grants was awarded to nonprofits that are working to reduce poverty in South Carolina in one of three ways:
- Meeting the immediate needs of people experiencing poverty
- Breaking the cycle of poverty
- Working to change the systems that are drivers of poverty
Upstate and Northeastern SC
Anderson Free Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Anderson; serving Anderson
Beyond Abuse
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenwood; serving Greenwood, Abbeville
Brothers Restoring Urban Hope, Inc.
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Spartanburg; serving Spartanburg
Children’s Attention Home
Immediate Needs
Located in York; serving Statewide
Classroom Central Inc
Immediate Needs
Located in Lancaster; serving Lancaster
Community Foundation of Greenville (Greenville Homeless Alliance)
Systems Level Change
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Developmental Center for Exceptional Children
Immediate Needs
Located in Anderson; serving Anderson, Pickens, Oconee
Foothills Family Resources
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Golden Corner Food Pantry
Immediate Needs
Located in Oconee; serving Oconee
Greenville Free Medical Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Greenville Housing Fund
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Healthy Smiles of Spartanburg
Immediate Needs
Located in Spartanburg; serving Spartanburg, Cherokee
Hope In Lancaster, Inc.
Immediate Needs
Located in Lancaster; serving Lancaster, Chester
Hub City Farmers Market
Immediate Needs
Located in Spartanburg; serving Spartanburg
Impact America
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Statewide
Jasmine Road Inc.
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Greenville; serving Statewide
Kershaw Area Resource Exchange – KARE
Immediate Needs
Located in Lancaster; serving Lancaster, Kershaw
Limestone University, Department of Kinesiology-Exercise Science
Systems Level Change
Located in Cherokee; serving Statewide
LiveWell Greenville
Systems Level Change
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Meals On Wheels Of Greenville Inc
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Meyer Center For Special Children
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville, Pickens, Anderson, Spartanburg
Mill Community Ministries
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Partners For Active Living
Systems Level Change
Located in Spartanburg; serving Spartanburg
Pendleton Place
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Pickens County Meals On Wheels Inc
Immediate Needs
Located in Pickens; serving Pickens
Public Education Partners
Systems Level Change
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Reach Out And Read (South Carolina)
Immediate Needs
Located in Pickens; serving Statewide
Rebuild Upstate
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville, Pickens, Anderson, Oconee
Safe Harbor Inc
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville, Pickens, Anderson, Oconee
St. Luke’s Free Medical Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Spartanburg; serving Spartanburg
Taylors Free Medical Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
The Foothills Alliance
Immediate Needs
Located in Anderson; serving Anderson, Oconee
Thornwell
Immediate Needs
Located in Laurens; serving Statewide
United Way of York County
Immediate Needs
Located in York; serving York
YMCA of Greenville (Judson Community Center)
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Pee Dee and Grand Strand
Children’s Recovery Center, Inc.
Immediate Needs
Located in Horry; serving Horry, Georgetown
Habitat for Humanity Georgetown County, SC
Immediate Needs
Located in Georgetown; serving Georgetown
Lighthouse Ministries
Immediate Needs
Located in Florence; serving Florence
Smith Medical Clinic, Inc
Immediate Needs
Located in Georgetown; serving Georgetown
Vital Aging of Williamsburg County
Immediate Needs
Located in Williamsburg; serving Williamsburg
Midlands
Alston Wilkes Society
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Greenwood, Sumter, York
Area Churches Together Serving Acts
Immediate Needs
Located in Aiken; serving Aiken, Edgefield, Barnwell, Saluda
Central Midlands Justice Ministry
Systems Level Change
Located in Richland; serving Richland, Lexington
Community Medical Clinic of Kershaw County
Immediate Needs
Located in Kershaw; serving Kershaw
Dickerson Children’s Advocacy Center Inc
Immediate Needs
Located in Lexington; serving Lexington, Richland, Saluda
Ezekiel Ministries
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Lexington, Richland
Fairfield County Council on Aging
Immediate Needs
Located in Fairfield; serving Fairfield
Feonix Mobility Rising
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Richland, Lexington
HomeWorks of America
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Statewide
Lions Vision Services
Immediate Needs
Located in Lexington; serving Statewide
Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Richland, Greenville, Charleston
Palmetto Place Children and Youth Services
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Statewide
Power In Changing
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Fairfield, Lee, Williamsburg, Barnwell, Orangeburg, Calhoun, Newberry, Chester, Lexington, Richland
Richland County Public Education Partners
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Richland; serving Richland
Richland Library
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Richland
SC Counts
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Statewide
Senior Resources
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Richland
Sistercare
Immediate Needs
Located in Lexington; serving Richland, Lexington, Kershaw, Fairfield, Newberry
South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center
Systems Level Change
Located in Richland; serving Statewide
Southeastern Chapter National Safety Council
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Statewide
The Free Medical Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Statewide
United Way of Aiken County, Inc. “Project VISION”
Immediate Needs
Located in Aiken; serving Aiken
United Way of Kershaw County
Immediate Needs
Located in Kershaw; serving Kershaw
United Way of the Midlands
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Richland, Lexington, Fairfield, Calhoun, Orangeburg
Welvista, Inc.
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Allendale, Dillion, Clarendon, Hampton
Wholespire
Systems Level Change
Located in Richland; serving Statewide
Women’s Rights & Empowerment Network
Systems Level Change
Located in Richland; serving Statewide
Lowcountry
Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired SC
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston
Beaufort-Jasper YMCA of the Lowcountry
Immediate Needs
Located in Beaufort; serving Beaufort, Jasper
Berkeley County First Steps
Immediate Needs
Located in Berkeley; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Bluffton Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine
Immediate Needs
Located in Beaufort; serving Beaufort, Jasper
Bluffton Self Help
Immediate Needs
Located in Beaufort; serving Beaufort, Jasper
Boys & Girls Club of the Lowcountry
Immediate Needs
Located in Beaufort; serving Jasper
Camp Happy Days
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Statewide
Carolina Youth Development Center
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Charleston Area Justice Ministry
Systems Level Change
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Charleston Climate Coalition
Systems Level Change
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston
Charleston Promise Neighborhood
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston
E3: Educate, Empower, Elevate
Systems Level Change
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
East Cooper Community Outreach
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
East Cooper Meals on Wheels
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley
Hopeful Horizons
Immediate Needs
Located in Beaufort; serving Beaufort, Allendale, Jasper, Colleton, Hampton
ICNA Relief USA, Shifa Free Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Lowcountry Food Bank
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester, Colleton, Beaufort, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, Williamsburg
Memory Matters
Immediate Needs
Located in Beaufort; serving Beaufort, Jasper
Neighbors Together (Previously Tricounty Family Ministries)
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Operation Home
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach Services
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston
Reading Partners South Carolina
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley
South Carolina Infant Mental Health Association
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Statewide
The Dee Norton Lowcountry Children’s Center
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
The Green Heart Project
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley
Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
Systems Level Change
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Trident Literacy Association
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island (VIM HHI)
Immediate Needs
Located in Beaufort; serving Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton
Windwood Farm
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Statewide
Outside of SC, Serving Statewide
Equal Justice Works
Systems Level Change
Located in Washington, DC; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester, Richland
RIP Medical Debt
Immediate Needs
Located in New York, NY; serving Statewide
The Aspen Institute (Criminal Justice Reform Initiative)
Systems Level Change
Located in Aspen, CO; serving Darlington, Florence, Orangeburg, Beaufort
