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Current Funding Opportunities:

Coastal Community Foundation
Central Carolina Community Foundation
The Spartanburg County Foundation
Community Foundation of Greenville
BlueCross BlueShield South Carolina Foundation
New Morning
Community Foundation of the Low Country
Sisters of Charity Foundation
Chapin Foundation
South Carolina Bar Foundation

Government Offices:

South Carolina State Home Page

Governor Henry McMaster – (803) 734-2100, Columbia

Senator Lindsey Graham – (202) 224-5972, Washington, DC

Senator Tim Scott – (202) 224-6121, Washington, DC

Other Resources:

Together SC – serves the thousands of South Carolinians dedicated to community service, leadership and caring through nonprofit and philanthropic organizations.

Southeastern Council of Foundations – The Southeastern Council of Foundations is a membership association of more than 360 grantmakers working together to strengthen, promote and increase philanthropy in 11 Southeastern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia). SECF itself does not make grants.

Top Foundations:

FOUNDATION NAME TOTAL ANNUAL GIVING 
The Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina$16,584,587 
Community Foundation of Greater Greenville, Inc.$12,668,708 
Central Carolina Community Foundation$12,525,587 
The Spartanburg County Foundation$12,355,802 
The BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation$7,835,704 
Drs. Bruce and Lee Foundation$5,305,325 
Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, Inc.$4,789,493 
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina$2,708,240 
South Carolina Bar Foundation$2,145,165 
Mary Black Foundation, Inc.$2,128,724 
The Abney Foundation$1,985,000 
The Roe Foundation$1,961,050 
Waccamaw Community Foundation$1,740,879 
The Fullerton Foundation, Inc.$1,696,416 
The Springs Close Foundation, Inc.$1,396,537 
New Morning Foundation$1,047,613 
The Self Foundation$1,038,962 
The Byerly Foundation$843,299 
Foothills Community Foundation$798,966 
Post and Courier Foundation$791,663 
Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg$550,160 
H.M. Blackmer Foundation, Inc.$184,000 
The Joanna Foundation$124,000 
Gregg-Graniteville Foundation, Inc.$89,500 
D.L. Scurry Foundation$78,000 
Hamrick Mills Foundation, Inc.$66,016 
Taylor Foundation of Newberry, Inc.$59,464 
Public Education Partners$37,658 
Atlantic Services of Charleston Charitable Trust$14,415 
Piedmont Health Foundation, Inc.$936 
Sonoco Foundation

Community Foundations:

FOUNDATION NAME GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS 
Central Carolina Community FoundationThe following 11 counties in the Midlands of South Carolina: Calhoun, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda and Sumter. 
Community Foundation of Greater Greenville, Inc.Greenville County, SC 
Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, Inc.Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper Counties in South Carolina 
Foothills Community FoundationAnderson, Oconee, and Pickens Counties in South Caroilina 
Foundation For The CarolinasCabarrus, Cleveland, Iredell, Lincoln, Lexington, Mecklenburg, Richmond, Salisbury, Stanly and Union Counties, NC; Cherokee, Lancaster, and York Counties, SC 
Fund for Southern Communities (FSC)GA, NC, SC 
The Coastal Community Foundation of South CarolinaNine counties in coastal South Carolina: Charleston, Beaufort, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry and Jasper. 
The Spartanburg County FoundationSpartanburg County, SC 
Waccamaw Community FoundationGeorgetown and Horry Counties, South Carolina