Immediate Needs Grants support organizations that meet the fundamental needs of people experiencing poverty in South Carolina.
Donor Name: Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina
State: South Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/10/2023
Details:
The Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations that work to reduce poverty in South Carolina. The grant funding is intended to support the work of organizations working to meet the immediate needs of people experiencing poverty.
Organizations that receive funding in this category are delivering programs providing resources associated with life and health, education and skills, or access and participation.
Cycle II Immediate Needs Grants are for organizations with annual operating budgets greater than or equal to $500,000.
Focus Areas
- Access and Participation: Examples include programs that provide access to reliable transportation, access to information, legal services, assistance obtaining identifying documents, free or affordable child care, and assistance navigating systems essential to participating in daily life
- Education and Skills: Examples include organizations that provide quality basic childhood education, promote literacy, offer technical training, executive functioning support and acquisition of life skills/essential skills
- Life and Health: Examples include programs providing health care, end of life care, safe and sanitary housing, quality mental health support or treatment, food/ access to quality nutrition, safety and security, and crisis assistance.
The Foundation does funds
- Nonprofit organizations that are addressing poverty in South Carolina
- General operating expenses
- Program-specific expenses
- Capacity-building costs
Eligibility Criteria
- Has identified and is filling a gap in resources within a community.
- Regularly solicits feedback from participants and uses feedback for improvement.
- Programs have clear measure of success.
- Has a clear focus area: programming addresses immediate needs associated with life and health, education and skills, or access and participation.
The Foundation does not fund
- Organizations that do not address poverty
- Programs outside of South Carolina
- Organizations that have been operating for less than one year
- Capital campaigns
- Individuals
- Scholarships
For more information, visit SCFSC.