Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina Funding 95 Grants Totaling $1.5 Million
SOUTH CAROLINA – (May 18, 2022) The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina awarded 95 grants totaling $1.5 million to nonprofit organizations throughout the Palmetto State. 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 3,200 grants to South Carolina nonprofits totaling over $82 million.
“For nearly three decades, Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina has been dedicated to researching, providing resources, and funding organizations that seek to reduce poverty in South Carolina,” Foundation President and CEO, Tom Keith says. “We are proud to partner with nonprofits across the state that are devoted to addressing the unmet needs of individuals, families and communities experiencing poverty. These organizations are doing important work to implement thoughtful programs, provide hope, and create change.”
The latest round of grants were 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 considered to be drivers of poverty
Upstate and Northeastern SC
Anderson Interfaith Ministries
Spring 2021 Breaking the Cycle
Located in Anderson; serving Anderson, Oconee, Pickens
Angels Charge Ministry
Immediate Needs
Located in Spartanburg; serving Spartanburg, Greenville, Pickens, Anderson, Cherokee, Union, York, Greenwood, Laurens
Bethel Men’s Shelter
Immediate Needs
Located in Rock Hill; serving York, Lancaster, Chester
Big Brothers Big Sisters Upstate, Inc.
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville, Spartanburg, Laurens, Anderson, Pickens, Oconee
Catholic Charities of South Carolina – Immigration Services
Systems Level Change
Located in Greenville; serving Statewide
Central Baptist Church- Helping Teachers Help Students
Immediate Needs
Located in Gaffney; serving Cherokee
Christ Central Ministries’ Chester Center of Hope
Immediate Needs
Located in Chester; serving Statewide
Community Initiatives
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Greenwood; serving Greenwood, Saluda, Abbeville
Community Works
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Greenville; serving statewide
Compass Of Carolina Inc
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville, Laurens, Anderson, Pickens, Spartanburg
Family Promise of Anderson County
Immediate Needs
Located in Anderson; serving Anderson
Upstate and Northeastern SC, continued
Good Shepherd Free Medical Clinic of Laurens County
Immediate Needs
Located in Clinton; serving Laurens
GRASP
Immediate Needs
Located in Great Falls; serving Chester, Fairfield
Greenville Tech Foundation (African American Male Scholars Initiative)
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Hispanic Alliance
Systems Level Change
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville, Charleston
Homeless Period Project
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Statewide
Homes of Hope, Inc.
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, York, Laurens, Lexington, Richland, Charleston
Hospice and Palliative Care Foundation of South Carolina
Immediate Needs
Located in Drayton; serving Statewide
Housing Development Corporation of Rock Hill
Immediate Needs
Located in Rock Hill; serving York
Institute For Child Success
Systems Level Change
Located in Greenville; serving Statewide
KNOW(2)
Immediate Needs
Located in Gaffney; serving Cherokee
Laurens County Cancer Association
Immediate Needs
Located in Clinton; serving Laurens
Loaves & Fishes
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Middle Tyger Community Center
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Lyman; serving Spartanburg
Neighborhood Focus
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
Northside Development Corporation
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Spartanburg; serving Spartanburg
Pickens County Advocacy Center Inc
Immediate Needs
Located in Easley; serving Pickens
Pride Link
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, Union
Servants for Sight
Immediate Needs
Located in Greenville; serving Pickens, Greenville, Laurens
Soteria Community Development Corporation
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Greenville; serving Statewide
United Ministries
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
United Way Of Greenville County Incorporated (On Track Greenville)
Systems Level Change
Located in Greenville; serving Greenville
United Way of the Piedmont
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Spartanburg; serving Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union
York County Free Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Rock Hill; serving York
Midlands
Center for Community Health Alignment
Systems Level Change
Located in Columbia; serving Statewide
Dyslexia Resource Center
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Richland, Lexington
EmmanuWheel
Immediate Needs
Located in Lexington; serving Lexington, Richland, Saluda
FoodShare
Systems Level Change
Located in Columbia; serving Richland, Spartanburg, Orangeburg, Union, Lee, Bamberg, Kershaw, Chesterfield, Laurens, Cherokee, Williamsburg, Hampton, Marlboro, Georgetown, Lancaster, Pickens, Fairfield
Free Medical Clinic of Aiken, Inc.
Immediate Needs
Located in Aiken; serving Aiken
Good Samaritan Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Lexington; serving Lexington, Richland, Colleton
Homeless No More
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Columbia; serving Richland, Lexington
Kindred Hearts SC
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Chesterfield, Lexington, Marlboro, Clarendon, Dorchester, Laurens, Richland
Koinonia of Columbia
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Columbia; serving Richland
Midlands Housing Alliance, Inc.
Immediate Needs
Located in Columbia; serving Richland
My Amigos Bilingual Education Center
Immediate Needs
Located in West Columbia; serving Lexington, Richland, Aiken
Serve & Connect
Systems Level Change
Located in Columbia; serving Statewide
South Carolina Collaborative on Race
Systems Level Change
Located in Columbia; serving Statewide
South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health
Systems Level Change
Located in Columbia; serving Statewide
The Hive Community Circle
Systems Level Change
Located in Columbia; serving Richland
University of South Carolina (PASOs)
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Columbia; serving Statewide
Lowcountry
Beyond Our Walls
Immediate Needs
Located in N. Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Bridges of Hope
Immediate Needs
Located in North Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Charleston Legal Access
Systems Level Change
Located in North Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services
Systems Level Change
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston,
Communities in Schools of SC
Breaking the Cycle
Located in North Charleston; serving Charleston, Lexington, Greenville, Richland, Berkeley, Hampton, Fairfield
Dorchester Children’s Advocacy Center
Immediate Needs
Located in Summerville; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Edisto Indian Free Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Ridgeville; serving Colleton, Hampton, Orangeburg, Bamberg, Beaufort, Jasper, Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Florence Crittenton Programs of South Carolina
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Good Neighbor Medical Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Beaufort; serving Beaufort
Helping and Lending Outreach Support, HALOS
Breaking the Cycle
Located in North Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Lowcountry, continued
Hilton Head Island Safe Harbour
Immediate Needs
Located in Hilton Head; serving Beaufort
Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley
Lowcountry Local First
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Beaufort
Meals on Wheels of Summerville, Inc.
Immediate Needs
Located in Summerville; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Metanoia Community Development Corporation
Systems Level Change
Located in North Charleston; serving Charleston
North Charleston Dental Outreach
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
Operation Sight
Immediate Needs
Located in Mount Pleasant; serving Statewide
Pregnancy Center and Clinic of the Low Country Inc
Immediate Needs
Located in Hilton Head Island; serving Beaufort, Jasper
Second Chance Bikes
Immediate Needs
Located in North Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League- GrowFood Carolina
Systems Level Change
Located in Charleston; serving Statewide
Lowcountry, continued
Teach For America – South Carolina
Breaking the Cycle
Located in North Charleston; serving Greenville, Florence, Orangeburg, Marion, Darlington, Charleston, Berkeley, Colleton, Sumter
Teachers’ Supply Closet
Immediate Needs
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
The ARK of South Carolina
Immediate Needs
Located in Summerville; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester, Colleton, Orangeburg
The Sophia Institute
Systems Level Change
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston
The Sustainability Institute
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Charleston; serving Charleston, Dorchester, Berkeley
Turn 90
Breaking the Cycle
Located in North Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester, Richland, Lexington
Vision to Learn Charleston
Immediate Needs
Headquartered in Los Angeles; in serving Charleston
We Are Family
Immediate Needs
Located in North Charleston; serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
WINGS
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Charleston; serving Lexington, Richland, Berkeley, Calhoun
Pee Dee and Grand Strand
Carolina Human Reinvestment (CHRSC)
Immediate Needs
Located in Georgetown; serving Georgetown
Family Support Services of Horry County Inc.
Immediate Needs
Located in Conway; serving Horry
Felician Center
Immediate Needs
Located in Kingstree; serving Williamsburg
Freedom Readers
Immediate Needs
Located in Myrtle Beach; serving Horry, Georgetown
Friendship Medical Clinic and Pharmacy
Immediate Needs
Located in Conway; serving Horry
Helping Hand of Myrtle Beach
Immediate Needs
Located in Myrtle Beach; serving Horry
Helping Hands of Georgetown
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Georgetown; serving Georgetown
Mercy Medicine Free Clinic
Immediate Needs
Located in Florence; serving Florence, Williamsburg, Marion
Miss Ruby’s Kids
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Georgetown; serving Georgetown
Neighbor to Neighbor of South Carolina
Systems Level Change
Located in Myrtle Beach; serving Horry, Georgetown, Williamsburg
New Directions of Horry County
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Myrtle Beach; serving Horry, Georgetown
Teach My People
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Pawleys Island; serving Georgetown
The Naomi Project
Immediate Needs
Located in Florence; serving Statewide
The Village Group
Breaking the Cycle
Located in Georgetown; serving Georgetown
Outside of SC, Serving Statewide
Root & Rebound
Systems Level Change
Headquartered in Oakland, CA; serving Statewide
Student Action with Farmworkers
Systems Level Change
Located in Durham, NC; serving Statewide
