Sisters of Charity Foundation of SC Awards $877,000 in Grants Statewide
SOUTH CAROLINA – (October 18, 2023) The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina awarded 100 grants totaling $877,000 to nonprofit organizations working to reduce poverty in South Carolina. This year’s grant recipients serve all 46 counties in South Carolina, and many of these nonprofits provide services across the state.
Since 1996, the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina has awarded over 3,300 grants to South Carolina nonprofits totalling over $83 million.
“The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina is proud to announce our grant support for organizations that are driving positive change across our state” said Donna Waites, President of Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina. “We understand the profound impact these organizations have in addressing the needs of our communities and look forward to working alongside them to create a more prosperous future for all South Carolinians.”
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
Macon Lovelace, the Chairman of the Board of Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, added, “We are dedicated to empowering nonprofits across the state as we seek to meet our mission to reduce poverty in South Carolina. Through collective action and innovative ideas, we will continue to take meaningful steps together to create a South Carolina where all people have the resources they need to thrive.”
2023 Cycle II Grantee Partners:
Upstate and Northeastern SC
A Child’s Haven
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Anderson Free Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Anderson; serving Anderson
Beyond Abuse
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenwood; serving Greenwood, Laurens, Abbeville
Brothers Restoring Urban Hope
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Boiling Springs; serving Spartanburg
Children’s Attention Home
Immediate Needs
Located in Rock Hill; serving Statewide
Classroom Central
Immediate Needs
Located in Charlotte, NC; serving Lancaster
Developmental Center for Exceptional Children
Immediate Needs
Located in Anderson; serving Anderson, Pickens, Oconee
Golden Corner Food Pantry
Immediate Needs
Located in Seneca; serving Oconee
Greenville County Interfaith Justice Network (GOAL JUSTICE)
Systems Level Change
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Greenville Free Medical Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville, Spartanburg
Greenville Homeless Alliance
Systems Level Change
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville, Laurens, Pickens, Spartanburg, Anderson
Greenville Housing Fund
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Greenville Literacy Association
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Pickens, Laurens
Healthy Smiles of Spartanburg
Immediate Needs
Located in Spartanburg; serving Spartanburg, Cherokee
Homeless Period Project
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Statewide
HOPE In Lancaster
Immediate Needs
Located in Lancaster; serving Lancaster, Chester
Jasmine Road
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Greenville; serving Statewide
Kershaw Area Resource Exchange – KARE
Immediate Needs
Located in Kershaw; serving Lancaster, Kershaw, Chesterfield
LiveWell Greenville
Systems Level Change
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Meals On Wheels of Greenville
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
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, Spartanburg, Anderson, Pickens, Laurens
Pickens County Meals On Wheels
Immediate Needs
Located in Liberty; serving Pickens
Public Education Partners
Systems Level Change
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Reach Out & Read
Immediate Needs
Located in Central; serving Statewide
Rebuild Upstate
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville, Pickens, Anderson, Oconee
Safe Harbor
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 Taylors; serving Greenville
United Way of Lancaster
Immediate Needs
Located in Lancaster; serving Lancaster
United Way of York County
Immediate Needs
Located in Rock Hill; serving York
YMCA of Greenville
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Pee Dee and Grand Strand
Children’s Recovery Center
Immediate Needs
Located in Myrtle Beach; serving Horry, Georgetown
Lighthouse Ministries
Immediate Needs
Located in Florence; serving Florence
Smith Medical Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Pawleys Island; serving Georgetown
South Carolina Environmental Law Project
Systems Level Change
Located in Georgetown; serving Statewide
United Way of Horry County
Immediate Needs
Located in Conway; serving Horry
Vital Aging of Williamsburg County
Immediate Needs
Located in Kingstree; serving Williamsburg
Midlands
Alston Wilkes Society
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Richland, Greenwood, Sumter, York
American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina Foundation
Systems Level Change
Located in Columbia; serving Statewide
Area Churches Together Serving (ACTS)
Immediate Needs
Located in Aiken; serving Aiken
Central Midlands Justice Ministry
Systems Level Change
Located in Columbia; serving Richland, Lexington
Community Medical Clinic of Kershaw County
Immediate Needs
Located in Camden; serving Kershaw
Dickerson Children’s Advocacy Center
Immediate Needs
Located in Lexington; serving Lexington, Richland, Saluda, Calhoun, Kershaw, Newberry, Orangeburg, York, Sumter
Fairfield County Council on Aging
Immediate Needs
Located in Winnsboro; serving Fairfield
Feonix Mobility Rising
Immediate Needs
Located in Lincoln, NE; serving Richland, Lexington
HomeWorks of America
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Statewide
Lions Vision Services
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Statewide
Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Richland, Greenville, Charleston, Horry
Palmetto Place Children & Youth Services
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Richland, Lexington
Power In Changing
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Richland, Fairfield, Lee, Williamsburg, Barnwell, Orangeburg, Calhoun, Newberry, Chester, Lexington
Richland Library
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Richland
SC Counts
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Statewide
Senior Resources
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Richland
Sistercare
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Richland, Lexington, Kershaw, Fairfield, Newberry
South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center
Systems Level Change
Located in Columbia; serving Richland, Chester, Charleston
Southeastern Chapter National Safety Council
Immediate Needs
Located in Irmo; serving Statewide
The Free Medical Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Statewide
United Way of Kershaw County
Immediate Needs
Located in Camden; serving Kershaw
United Way of the Midlands
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Richland, Lexington, Fairfield, Calhoun, Orangeburg
Welvista
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Richland, Allendale, Dillon, Clarendon, Hampton
Wholespire
Systems Level Change
Located in Columbia; serving Statewide
Women’s Rights & Empowerment Network
Systems Level Change
Located in Columbia; serving Statewide
Lowcountry
Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired SC
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Statewide
Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Johns Island; serving Charleston
Berkeley County First Steps
Immediate Needs
Located in Summerville; serving Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Be the Ones
Systems Level Change
Located in Mount Pleasant; serving Statewide
Bluffton Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine
Immediate Needs
Located in Bluffton; serving Beaufort, Jasper
Bluffton Self Help
Immediate Needs
Located in Bluffton; serving Beaufort, Jasper
Boys & Girls Club of the Lowcountry
Immediate Needs
Located in Bluffton; serving Beaufort, Jasper
Charleston Area Justice Ministry
Systems Level Change
Located in North Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Charleston Climate Coalition
Systems Level Change
Located in Charleston; serving Statewide
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 Mount Pleasant; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
East Cooper Meals on Wheels
Immediate Needs
Located in Mount Pleasant; serving Charleston, Berkeley
Georgetown University (SC Justice Navigator Network, Georgetown Law)
Systems Level Change
Located in Washington, DC; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester, Allendale, Orangeburg, Bamberg, Hampton, Barnwell, Colleton, Clarendon, Williamsburg, Jasper, Beaufort
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
Lowcountry Legal Volunteers
Immediate Needs
Located in Okatie; serving Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton
Lowcountry Youth Services
Breaking the Cycle
Located in North Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Neighbors Together
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
One80 Place
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester, Colleton, Beaufort, Hampton, Jasper
Operation Home
Immediate Needs
Located in North Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach Services
Immediate Needs
Located in Johns Island; serving Charleston
Reading Partners South Carolina
Immediate Needs
Located in North Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley
Second Helpings
Immediate Needs
Located in Hilton Head Island; serving Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton
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
Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
Systems Level Change
Located in North Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Trident Literacy Association
Immediate Needs
Located in North Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Trident United Way
Immediate Needs
Located in North Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester, Orangeburg
Vision to Learn
Immediate Needs
Located in Los Angeles; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island
Immediate Needs
Located in Hilton Head Island; serving Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton
Windwood Farm
Immediate Needs
Located in Awendaw; serving Statewide
Outside of SC, Serving Multiple Regions
Equal Justice Works
Systems Level Change
Located in Washington, DC; serving Anderson, Berkeley, Charleston, Sumter, Cherokee Dorchester, Florence, Laurens, Greenville, Greenwood, Kershaw, Lexington, Oconee, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg
RIP Medical Debt
Immediate Needs
Located in Long Island, NY; serving Statewide
The Aspen Institute (Criminal Justice Reform Initiative)
Systems Level Change
Located in Washington, DC; serving Florence, Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Charleston, Colleton, Dillon, Beaufort, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper, Marion, Marlboro, Sumter, Darlington, Orangeburg
