1772 Foundation announces largest-ever grant to Coastal Community Foundation

At its quarterly meeting, trustees of The 1772 Foundation, based in Pomfret, Connecticut, awarded eleven grants totaling $1,996,000. Individual grants ranged in amount from $50,000 to $1,000,000. The million-dollar grant, awarded to Coastal Community Foundation in South Carolina, is the largest single grant made by the Foundation in its history.

Legacy: The 1772 Foundation, after learning about its founder’s Kean and Livingston ancestors’ participation in the American Slavery system, issued an apology statement and began a long-term, corrective action granting program. Legacy grants support efforts that lead to meaningful change towards a more just and equitable society. The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation, based in Charleston, South Carolina, received $125,000, the second half of a two-year grant. The Center works to protect heirs’ property by providing legal education and services and sustainable land use management training.

Coastal Community Foundation (CCF), Charleston and Beaufort, South Carolina, was awarded funding of $1,000,000. The largest grant The 1772 Foundation has ever made supports CCF’s Reverend Pinckney Scholars Program and its Place-based Impact Investing Fund’s investment in CommunityWorks, a statewide Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI).

“We are honored and very grateful for The 1772 Foundation’s generous grant supporting The Reverend Pinckney Scholarship and the Place-based Impact Investing (PBII) programs, which have impacted countless lives and generated significant potential for generational change for families in the Lowcountry of South Carolina,” said Coastal Community Foundation President & CEO Darrin Goss. “Our two foundations are committed to righting the wrongs of historic, systemic racism and we are proud to stand together with The 1772 Foundation in this effort.”

Also, The Slave Dwelling Project received $50,000 to support its three-day conference this fall in Charleston, South Carolina.