CHARLESTON, S.C. – Dec. 5, 2023 – South Carolina Ports awarded $253,000 to 116 South Carolina nonprofits and community organizations as part of its Community Giving program for fiscal year 2024, marking the highest number of grants awarded since the program began in 2013.
Awards were given in amounts of $7,500, $5,000, $2,500 and $1,000.
“Part of SC Ports mission is to support our state’s economy for the benefit of our state’s citizens,” SC Ports President & CEO Barbara Melvin said. “When we give back, we’re not only assisting these organizations’ efforts to make an impact on their communities, but we’re also investing in the wellbeing of all South Carolinians.”
Awards were given to organizations throughout the state whose missions focus on maritime commerce, economic development, environmental awareness or community outreach.
SC Ports has dedicated more than $1.1 million of its revenue to partnership projects since the program began in 2013.
Fiscal year 2024 recipients:
- African American Settlement Historic Commission
- Amazing Grace Park
- Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired SC
- Audubon South Carolina
- Avian Conservation Center
- Beyond Our Walls, Inc.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry
- Bluffton Self Help
- Boy Scouts of America- Coastal Carolina Council
- Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton
- Camp Discovery
- Camp Happy Days
- Camp Rise Above
- Carolina Youth Development Center
- Casual Crabbing with Tia
- Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum
- Charleston Area Senior Citizens
- Charleston Area Urban League
- Charleston Gaillard Center
- Charleston Habitat for Humanity
- Charleston Library Society
- Charleston Parks Conservancy
- Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas
- City of Greer
- Coaches for Character/CHAMP Awards
- Columbia World Affairs Council
- Communities In Schools of South Carolina
- Creative Advancement Centers After School Program
- Dillon County Chamber
- Dillon County First Steps
- Dorchester Habitat for Humanity
- Early Learning Partnership of York County
- East Cooper Community Outreach
- Edisto Island Youth Recreation
- Every1VoiceMatters
- Feeding of the Multitudes
- Film Dom Fete, A Backpack Journalist
- First Tee - Aiken
- First Tee - Greater Charleston
- Fitness By Cory
- Florence Crittenton Programs of South Carolina
- Friends of Charleston National Parks
- Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina
- Golden Achievers Community Development Center Inc
- Grace-based Grief Resources for Children
- Greenville Drive
- Greenville Tech Foundation
- Greer Relief & Resources Agency, Inc.
- HALOS
- Healing Farms
- HELP of Summerville
- Help4Kids Florence
- Helping Hands of Goose Creek
- Historic Port Royal Foundation & Museum
- Hopeful Horizons
- House of Hope, North Charleston
- Hub City Roots
- Increasing H.O.P.E
- James Island Outreach
- Jasper County First Steps
- Junior Achievement of Greater South Carolina
- Kids On Point
- Levi Pearson Scholarship Foundation
- Lions Vision Services
- LOVE FEEDS
- Lowcountry Autism Foundation
- Lowcountry Community Chaplaincy (LCC)
- Lowcountry Legal Volunteers
- Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network (LMMN)
- Lowcountry Maritime School
- Lowcountry Orphan Relief
- Meals on Wheels of Summerville, Inc.
- Mount Pleasant Rotary
- Multiplying Good
- My Sister's House
- Operation Home
- Orangeburg County Community of Character
- Palmetto Project
- Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic-Sexual Assault
- Project Cool Breeze
- Public Education Partners
- Reading Partners
- Respite Care Charleston
- Ridgeville Police Department
- Rural Area Leadership Initiative, Dillon County
- SC Economics
- SC Future Makers
- South Carolina Governor’s School for Math and Science Foundation
- SC Operation Lifesaver
- SC School for the Deaf and the Blind Foundation
- South Carolina Aquarium
- Spartanburg Community College Foundation
- St Matthew's Community Outreach Center
- James Learning Center
- Paul's Fire District
- Sustaining Way
- Teachers' Supply Closet
- The Charleston Forum
- The Green Heart Project
- The Period Project
- The Pink House, Seventh Day Baptist Community Development Center
- The Village Group
- Trent Hill Center for Children & Families
- Tri-Community Center, Incorporated
- Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
- TriCounty STEMersion
- Trident Literacy Association
- Turn90
- United Fund of Dillon County
- United Ministries
- Upstate Workforce Futures Corporation
- War Vets Charleston
- Way Makers Community Center, Inc.
- Wings for Kids
- Winyah Rivers Alliance
- YouthBASE
About South Carolina Ports
South Carolina Ports owns and operates marine terminals at the Port of Charleston and two rail-served inland ports in Greer and Dillon. As the 8th largest U.S. container port, SC Ports connects port-dependent businesses throughout the Southeast and beyond to global markets. SC Ports proactively invests in infrastructure ahead of demand to provide reliable service, efficient operations, cargo capacity, an expansive rail network and the deepest harbor on the East Coast at 52 feet. SC Ports is a vital economic engine for South Carolina, with port operations supporting 1 in 9 jobs statewide. Learn more: scspa.com.