Central Carolina Community Foundation
Contact information:
2711 Middleburg Dr., Ste. 213
Columbia, SC 29204-2486
Phone: 803-254-5601
Fax: 803-799-6663
Email: info@yourfoundation.org
Website: http://www.yourfoundation.org/
Type of foundation: Community foundation.
Types of grants: Endowment, equipment, general/operating support, capacity building, challenge support, program, scholarships, technical assistance.
Description: Established in 1984, the Foundation seeks to promote, facilitate and expand philanthropy to create a sustainable impact within the community through giving. The Foundation makes discretionary grants through the following programs:
- Nonprofit Management Grants Program: The Nonprofit Management Program provides limited funding for management training on organizational issues including: board development, financial management, resource development, marketing and public relations, strategic planning, personnel development and management and technology. Organizations must provide services in one of the Foundation's three strategic areas: drop-out prevention, homelessness prevention or literacy.
- Impact Grants: The overriding goal of Impact Grants is to have a measurable, positive impact on issues that affect Central South Carolina. Impact Grants support work in the areas of drop-out prevention, homelessness prevention and literacy. The Foundation also makes capacity-building grants to nonprofit organizations that are service providers in the strategic focus areas.
The Foundation also manages several other grant programs including the Academy of Columbia Foundation, Hootie and the Blowfish Foundation, the Knight Foundation Donor-Advised Fund, the Mary Seibert Charitable Trust and Women in Philanthropy.
Sample grants:
- $30,000 to Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC (2007).
- $16,450 to Sandlapper Society, Columbia, SC for continuing support of publication of its magazine (2007).
- $10,000 to ETV Endowment of South Carolina, Spartanburg, SC for fund raising/fund distribution in media/communications (2008).
- $10,000 to Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Columbia, SC for continuing support (2008).
- $10,000 to Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, Camden, SC (2007).
Fit for public broadcasting: The Foundation's gifts for media appear to support its interest in arts and education. The Foundation has made 18 grants for media/arts projects over the past four years, totaling more than $223,362.
Eligibility: The Foundation awards grants primarily to nonprofit organizations in an 11-county area of Central South Carolina. No grants to individuals (except for designated awards or prizes), or for endowments, debt reduction, fundraising projects, medical research, publications, annual campaigns, annual appeals, routine operating expenses or conference travel, underwriting or sponsorship.
Deadline(s): Applications are accepted throughout the year.
How to apply: The guidelines and application form for Impact Grants are available here. The guidelines and application form for Nonprofit Management Grants are available here.
Giving range: The average gift for arts/media projects is approximately $12,409. The Foundation has made gifts as high as $680,000.
Assets: $96,045,198 (2008)
Total giving: $7,866,133 (2009)
View 2009 Annual Report.
