Community Foundation Awards Over $93,000 in Grants

Community Foundation of the Lowcountry awarded $93,930 in grants to four local nonprofit organizations on November 30, 2016. The award was one of three competitive grant cycles the Community Foundation holds annually. The awards were presented at a luncheon held at Hudson ’s Seafood House on the Docks restaurant in Hilton Head Island.

The organizations and their projects are:

• Citizens Opposed to Domestic Abuse: Funding will support marketing and communication strategies and materials for a planned merger.
• Family Promise: The organization will use grant funding to plan and embark on a community awareness campaign.
• Memory Matters: Funding will support the recruitment and employment of a new dementia care specialist.
• Programs for Exceptional People: PEP will use the grant to develop a vocational training satellite center in Bluffton.