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Impact Grants
Impact Grants are competitive grants in excess of $10,000. The purpose of these grants is to stimulate and help launch new programs or projects, help focus, enhance and/or expand on existing programs and services; or provide an investment in a large capital project that is a critical enhancement to the mission of the nonprofit organization. Our committee evaluates applications based on impact the project or program has on the Lowcountry. These grants are for organizations that support those who live and/or work in southern Beaufort County.
Opportunity Grants
Opportunity Grants are competitive grants for projects, programs or capital expenditures that are $10,000 or less. These grants mirror our larger Impact Grants, with the exception of geographic restrictions. Organizations within our four-county service area are encouraged to apply for Opportunity Grants.
Organizational Development Grants
Organizational Development Grants offer support for nonprofits to retain a consultant to help strengthen their organization, increasing their capacity to govern and achieve long term sustainability.
Grants Awarded in Fiscal Year 2023
Impact Grants
In FY23, we awarded a total of $736,000 in Impact Grants to the following organizations:
Beaufort Memorial Hospital Endowment Foundation
Lowcountry Legal Volunteers
Memory Matters
Meals on Wheels Bluffton-Hilton Head
Mental Health America-Beaufort/Jasper
Programs for Exceptional People
Affordable Workforce Housing Fund
Opportunity Grants
In FY23, we awarded a total of $118,830 in Opportunity Grants to the following organizations:
Aid for International Teachers
Arnold Fields Community Endowment Fund
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
Beaufort-Jasper YMCA of the Lowcountry
Bluffton Self Help
Good Neighbor Free Medical Clinic of Beaufort
Hilton Head Chapter of the Links, Incorporated
Hopeful Horizons
Lean Ensemble Theatre
Learn Together Lowcountry
Mather School Museum and Interpretive Center of TCL
Memory Matters
Palmetto Project, Inc.
Polaris Tech Charter School
SCORE Lowcountry
Teach for America
The Thriving Place
Organizational Development Grants
In FY23, we awarded grants totaling $39,512.50 in Organizational Development Grants to the following organizations:
Beaufort-Jasper YMCA of the Lowcountry
Bluffton Youth Theatre
Help of Beaufort
Hopeful Horizons
Mental Health America-Beaufort/Jasper
Operation Patriots FOB
Sea Turtle Patrol HHI
SCORE Lowcountry
The Children’s Center
The Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project
The Sandbox
The LEGACY Foundation of SC
Community Foundation of the Lowcountry Fund Grants
In FY23, we awarded grants totaling $16,517 in Community Foundation of the Lowcountry Fund Grants to the following organizations:
Women in Philanthropy Endowment Fund
HHI Martin Luther King Committee for Justice Fund
Joan and Wade Webster Community Impact Award
Thinking of applying for a grant?
If you're ready to apply for a grant, please visit our Grant Portal.
Please remember to read all of the grantmaking sections on this website. Some of our grant opportunities require a code to access the grant application and many require attendance at an Impact Information Session.
If you have additional questions, contact the Community Investment Office at 843-681-9100.
Grantmaking funds at Community Foundation of the Lowcountry
In addition to the grants available through our application process, a number of our individual funds practice grantmaking. Each has its own timeline and application process.