Today, S.C. Sen. Marlon Kimpson and S.C. Rep. Marvin Pendarvis announced that their Charleston Together initiative has raised more than $50,000 since the formation of the fund on Sunday, May 31, 2020. The fund, aimed at enhancing community and race relations, will be established at Coastal Community Foundation to manage the assets and expand the…
As we all collectively respond to the death of George Floyd, we’re reminded of similar tragedies in our own region and the work that remains to heal our communities. Today, our communities are still burdened by the inequities created by a long history of systemic racism. It is our purpose to build up our communities by uniting people and investing resources and to help…
 During the COVID-19 pandemic, therapists and special education teachers at Pattison’s Academy are using new technology and techniques to help their students. Pattison’s Academy is an education and rehabilitation academy for children with disabilities and their families in the Tri-County area. After the governor ordered schools to be closed, the teachers and therapists had to…
The COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund of Coastal Community Foundation is awarding grants on a rolling basis to nonprofits working with communities disproportionately affected by the coronavirus outbreak and whose work is within the nine counties of coastal South Carolina: Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry and Jasper Counties. With a record number…
In the last three months, teams across our nine country programs have been providing safe water and hygiene solutions to slow the spread of COVID-19. As we continue this necessary work, it’s important to share the precautionary measures we’re following to keep communities and staff members safe and healthy. Read more: watermission.org/serving-safe-water/
To date, your support has helped our teams install more than 800 handwashing stations around the world. Vulnerable communities now have access to necessary hygiene solutions to help slow the spread of COVID-19. We are so thankful!
Today and every day, we’re thankful for the opportunity to provide safe water, coronavirus-specific education resources, and handwashing stations in countries with high refugee populations like Uganda and Tanzania. Because of your support and the generosity of the Poul Due Jensen Foundation – Grundfos Foundation, families displaced by war, violence, famine, and natural disasters have…
Since the inception of our COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund, we’ve awarded more than $640,000 to nonprofits all along the coast. So far, the awards over six rounds of grants have been distributed rather evenly across the three regions of CCF’s service area. Learn more about the grants we’ve awarded here: https://bit.ly/2TFIgwy
We’re pleased to announce that CCF’s COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund has received a $100,000 TruistCares grant! Thank you to Trust Financial Corporation for supporting the coastal South Carolina community as we continue to help those most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
As schools throughout South Carolina transitioned to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, many students who didn’t have adequate internet access at home were left at a disadvantage. To help address this digital divide for Beaufort County School District students, Esther Shaver-Harnett, a CCF donor in Beaufort and founder of E Shaver Bookstore in Savannah,…