Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina Distributes $1.2 Million in Grants
SOUTH CAROLINA – (October 16, 2024)
Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina Announces $1.2 Million in Grants
Columbia, SC [October 16, 2024] – The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina awarded 120 grants totaling $1,148,000 to nonprofit organizations across the state. The Foundation supports the work of organizations that meet the immediate needs of people experiencing poverty, break the cycle of poverty, and strive to change the systems that are considered driving forces of poverty. With a grantmaking process that is rooted in humility, transparency, equity, and trust, the Foundation is excited for the road ahead.
“We’re thrilled to announce our Cycle 2 Grantees and admire each of these incredible organizations for their dedication to building a better South Carolina,” said Donna Waites, President of Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina. “It’s a privilege to work alongside these organizations and the Foundation looks forward to helping make our state a brighter place for all.”
Macon Lovelace, the Chairman of the Board of Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, added, “By dedicating ourselves to the common good and embracing creative ideas, South Carolina can become a place where everyone has what they need to succeed. Our mission to reduce poverty across the state becomes a reality when we collaborate with these empowered organizations.”
These Cycle 2 grant recipients serve all 46 South Carolina counties, and many of these nonprofits provide services across the state.
2024 Cycle 2 Grantee Partners
Upstate and Northeastern SC
Anderson Free Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Anderson; serving Anderson
Beyond Abuse
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenwood; serving Greenwood, Laurens, Abbeville
Black Economic Leadership League of Rock Hill (BELL)
Breaking the Cycle
Located in York; serving York
Brothers Restoring Urban Hope
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Spartanburg; serving Spartanburg
Cherokee County Meals On Wheels
Immediate Needs
Located in Cherokee; serving Cherokee
Children’s Attention Home
Immediate Needs
Located in York; serving Statewide
Classroom Central
Immediate Needs
Located in Lancaster; serving Lancaster
Clover Area Assistance Center
Immediate Needs
Located in York; serving York
Foothills Family Resources
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville, Pickens
Fort Lawn Community Center
Immediate Needs
Located in Chester; serving Chester
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
Greer Relief & Resources Agency, Inc.
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville, Spartanburg
Habitat for Humanity of York County
Immediate Needs
Located in York; serving York
Homeless Period Project
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Statewide
HOPE In Lancaster
Immediate Needs
Located in Lancaster; serving Lancaster, Chester
Housing Development Corporation of Rock Hill
Immediate Needs
Located in York; serving York
Kershaw Area Resource Exchange – KARE
Immediate Needs
Located in Kershaw; serving Lancaster, Kershaw, Chesterfield
LiveWell Greenville
Systems Level Change
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Loaves & Fishes
Immediate Needs
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
My Sisters House
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Neighborhood Cancer Connection
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville, Pickens
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
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 Greenville; serving Greenville
The Life House Women’s Shelter
Immediate Needs
Located in York; serving Chester, Lancaster, York
United Way of Lancaster
Immediate Needs
Located in Lancaster; serving Lancaster
United Way of York County
Immediate Needs
Located in York; serving York
YMCA of Greenville
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Pee Dee and Grand Strand
Care House of the Pee Dee
Immediate Needs
Located in Florence; serving Chesterfield, Clarendon, Dillon, Florence, Kershaw, Marion
Children’s Recovery Center
Immediate Needs
Located in Myrtle Beach; serving Horry, Georgetown
Lighthouse Ministries
Immediate Needs
Located in Florence; serving Florence
Neighbor to Neighbor of South Carolina
Immediate Needs
Located in Horry; serving Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg
Smith Medical Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Pawleys Island; serving Georgetown
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
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 Kershaw; serving Kershaw
Cooperative Ministry
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Richland
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, Horry, Pickens, Spartanburg
Midlands Housing Alliance
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Statewide
Palmetto Place Children & Youth Services
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Richland, Lexington
Richland County Public Education Partners
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Richland; serving Richland
Richland Library
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Richland
Senior Resources
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Richland
Sistercare
Immediate Needs
Located in Lexington; serving Richland, Lexington, Kershaw, Fairfield, Newberry
South Carolina Technical College System Foundation
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Richland; serving Richland, Lexington, Newberry
Southeastern Chapter National Safety Council
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Statewide
The Free Medical Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Lexington, Richland
United Way of Kershaw County
Immediate Needs
Located in Kershaw; serving Kershaw
United Way of the Midlands
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Richland; serving Richland, Lexington, Fairfield, Calhoun, Newberry, Orangeburg
Welvista
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Richland, Allendale, Dillon, Clarendon, Hampton
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
Beaufort-Jasper YMCA of the Lowcountry
Immediate Needs
Located in Beaufort; serving Beaufort
Berkeley County First Steps
Immediate Needs
Located in Berkeley; serving Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Bluffton Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine
Immediate Needs
Located in Beaufort; serving Beaufort, Jasper
Bluffton Self Help
Immediate Needs
Located in Bluffton; serving Beaufort, Jasper
Camp Happy Days
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Statewide
Charleston Area Justice Ministry
Systems Level Change
Located in North Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
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
Georgetown University (SC Justice Navigator Network, Georgetown Law)
Systems Level Change
Located Outside of SC; serving Hampton, 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
Increasing H.O.P.E.
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
James Island Outreach
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston
Landmark for Families (formerly Carolina Youth Development Center)
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 Beaufort; serving Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton
Lowcountry Youth Services
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
One80 Place
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester, Lexington, Richland
Operation Home
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach Services
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston
Palmetto Project
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston
Second Helpings
Immediate Needs
Located in Beaufort; serving Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton
South Carolina Infant Mental Health Association
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Statewide
The Children’s Center
Immediate Needs
Located in Beaufort; serving Beaufort, Jasper
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
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
Trident United Way
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Vision to Learn
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island
Immediate Needs
Located in Beaufort; serving Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton
We Are Family
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Statewide
Windwood Farm
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Statewide
Outside of SC OR Serving Multiple Regions
American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina Foundation
Systems Level Change
Located in Columbia; serving Statewide
Charleston Climate Coalition
Systems Level Change
Located in Charleston; serving Statewide
Economic Policy Institute
Systems Level Change
Located Outside of SC; serving Statewide
Equal Justice Works
Systems Level Change
Located Outside of SC; Serving Anderson, Berkeley, Charleston, Cherokee, Dorchester, Florence, Greenville, Greenwood, Kershaw, Laurens, Lexington, Oconee, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, Sumter
Jasmine Road
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Greenville; serving Statewide
Netroots Foundation
Systems Level Change
Located in Charleston; serving Statewide
North Carolina Clean Energy Fund
Systems Level Change
Located Outside of SC; serving Statewide
Power in Changing
Immediate Needs
Located in Richland; serving Statewide
South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center
Systems Level Change
Located in Richland; serving Statewide
South Carolina Environmental Law Project
Systems Level Change
Located in Georgetown; serving Statewide
Teach for America-South Carolina
Systems Level Change
Located in Charleston; serving Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Darlington, Florence, Greenville, Jasper, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter
Time Served
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Statewide
The Aspen Institute (Criminal Justice Reform Initiative)
Systems Level Change
Located Outside of SC; serving Florence, Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Charleston, Colleton, Dillon, Beaufort, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper, Marion, Marlboro, Sumter, Darlington, Orangeburg
Undue Medical Debt (formerly RIP Medical Debt)
Immediate Needs
Located Outside of SC; serving Statewide
Wholespire
Systems Level Change
Located in Richland; serving Statewide
Women’s Rights & Empowerment Network
Systems Level Change
Located in Richland; serving Statewide
