COLUMBIA, S.C. Central Carolina Community Foundation awarded $418,700 to 16 organizations this year through its Connected Communities Grant. The 16 nonprofits will launch projects to improve the quality of life in the Midlands by building a more livable, equitable, and just community to live, work, play and raise a family.
In its ninth year, the Community Foundation’s Connected Communities Grant has helped connect residents to their communities. Since 2016, $3,258,273 has been awarded to support local projects.
Grant project proposals were focused on one or more of the six areas identified by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as the most essential elements of an attractive, vibrant and equitable community.
This year’s grant recipients presented ideas that increased residents’ access to safe places to live and work, healthcare facilities and services, quality job opportunities, affordable housing, safe, proximal, high-quality recreational areas, and quality arts and cultural events.
“Connected Communities Grants are special because they increase Midlands residents’ quality of life and community attachment,” shares Program Officer, Trimease Carter. “Each funded project meets a need for residents in our community, and we are happy to support these efforts.”
Connected Communities Grants are funded by the Foundation’s Community Impact Endowment Fund and several Field of Interest funds. These funds were established with generous gifts from visionary donors who knew their unrestricted gifts would allow the Foundation to respond to the ever-changing needs and opportunities in the Midlands for generations.
The selected projects are in Fairfield, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland, and Sumter counties but will serve residents in CCCF’s entire 11-county service area.
To learn more about the projects funded by Connected Communities Grants, visit YourFoundation.org .
2024 Connected Communities Grant Recipients
Blackjack Baptist Church, Virtual Care Kiosk
Crooked Creek Art League, Chapin Art Trail
Fairfield County School District Education Foundation, The Village in Winnsboro – A Community of Fairfield Educators
Girl Get Up Society, Girl Grow
Good Samaritan Clinic, Expanded Medical Outreach to the Hispanic Community in Lexington County, SC
Lions Vision Services, Envision the Midlands
One Columbia for Arts and Culture, Bethel Cultural Center Technical Theater Crew Project 2024
Orangeburg County Community of Character, Walls That Speak
Our Place of Hope, Bringing Hope to Mental Health
Reconciliation Ministries, Reconciliation Ministries Community Space Development Initiative
SC Philharmonic, The SC Philharmonic presents “Music in My Neighborhood”
Senior Resources, Inc., Enhancing Community-Based Senior Programming at The Lourie Center
Serve & Connect, Si Se Puede: A Community-Driven Movement for Trust and Safety Between the Hispanic Community and First Responders
Shiloh Project-Lift, Inc., Shiloh Project-Lift Recreational Program
The B Strong Group, Project Empower
The Period Project, Advancing Menstrual Equity in the Midlands
About Central Carolina Community Foundation
Central Carolina Community Foundation, the Midlands’ leader in collaborative philanthropy, is a nonprofit organization serving 11 counties in the Midlands of South Carolina by distributing grants and scholarships and linking the resources of donors, nonprofits and area leaders to communities in need. Major initiatives include the online giving challenge Midlands Gives, Connected Communities grants, the One SC Fund and annual scholarships. For more information about the Foundation, visit www.yourfoundation.org or call (803) 254-5601.
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