SC Ports gives $260,000 to community organizations

This year’s award was the highest amount donated in the program’s 11-year history.

South Carolina Ports awarded $260,000 to 94 South Carolina nonprofits and organizations through its Community Giving program for fiscal year 2025.

This year’s award was the highest amount donated in the program’s 11-year history, supporting organizations that work to provide food security, familial support, environmental awareness and education.

“SC Ports invests in South Carolina, because South Carolinians invest in us, working to support 1 in 9 jobs tied to the Port,” SC Ports President & CEO Barbara Melvin said. “These 94 organizations do impactful work in their communities, and we are proud to assist in supporting their operations.”

Through the Community Giving Program, SC Ports dedicates a portion of its revenues each year to support charitable organizations across the state. More than $1.3 million has been awarded since the program began in 2013.

Applications are awarded to organizations whose work focuses on maritime commerce, economic development, environmental awareness or community outreach.

The Fiscal Year 2026 application process will open early next year. Details will be posted here: https://scspa.com/about-the-port/our-impact/community/community-giving-program/.

Award recipients

• African American Settlement Community Historic Commission
• Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired SC
• Audubon South Carolina
• Avian Conservation Center
• Berkeley Chamber of Commerce
• Beyond Our Walls
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry
• Bluffton Self Help
• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry – Bluffton Unit
• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Pee Dee Area
• Boys To Men and Girls With Purpose
• Bridges of Hope
• Camp Happy Days
• Camp Rise Above
• Carolina Wildlife Center
• Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation Inc.
• Charleston Area Senior Citizens Services, Inc.
• Charleston Jazz
• Charleston Habitat for Humanity
• Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry
• Coastal Carolina Council, Boy Scouts of America
• Columbia World Affairs Council
• Communities In Schools of South Carolina
• Cross My Heart Free Mobile Clinic
• Dillon County Boys & Girls Youth Center
• Dillon County Chamber
• Dillon County First Steps
• Dillon County Theatre Association
• Dorchester Habitat for Humanity
• Early Learning Partnership of York County
• East Cooper Habitat for Humanity
• Edisto Island Youth Recreation
• Every 1 Voice Matters, Inc.
• Feed & Seed Co
• Feeding of the Multitudes
• First Tee – Aiken
• Florence Crittenton Programs of SC
• Foster Care Clothing Closet
• Friends of Charleston National Parks
• Friends of Fisher House Charleston
• Future Entrepreneurs Foundation
• Golden Achievers Community Development Center
• Good Neighbor Medical Clinic
• Greenville Drive
• Greenville Tech Foundation
• Greer Relief & Resources Agency, Inc.
• Habitat for Humanity of Berkeley County
• Help 4 Kids Florence
• Humanities Foundation
• Increasing H.O.P.E Financial Training Center
• Junior Achievement of Greater South Carolina
• Levi Pearson Scholarship Foundation
• Lions Vision Services
• Lowcountry Autism Foundation
• Lowcountry Maritime School
• Lowcountry Orphan relief
• Lumber River United Way
• Meals on Wheels of Summerville (MOWS)
• Mobile Meal Service of Spartanburg County Inc
• My Sister’s House
• One80 Place
• Orangeburg County Community of Character
• Original Six Foundation
• Project Cool Breeze
• Public Education Partners
• Reading Partners South Carolina
• Rural Area Leadership Initiative – Dillon County
• Saint James Learning Center
• SC Council on Economic Education
• SC Future Makers
• SC Operation Lifesaver
• SC School for the Deaf and the Blind Foundation
• Second Helpings
• South Carolina Aquarium
• South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics Foundation
• Spectrum Sailing
• Teachers’ Supply Closet
• The Charleston Pipe Band
• The Children’s Museum of the Upstate
• The Green Heart Project
• The Hospice & Palliative Care Foundation
• The Naomi Project
• The Village Group
• Town of Mount Pleasant/Wayne Magwood Fisherman’s Memorial
• Trent Hill Center for Children & Families
• Turn90
• United Fund of Dillon County
• Vision To Learn
• War Vets Charleston
• WarriorWOD Foundation
• Waymaker Off-road Wheelchairs
• Wings for Kids
• Winyah Rivers Foundation, Inc.
• YouthBASE

About South Carolina Ports

South Carolina Ports owns and operates marine terminals at the Port of Charleston and two rail-served inland ports in Greer and Dillon. As the 8th largest U.S. container port, SC Ports connects port-dependent businesses throughout the Southeast and beyond to global markets. SC Ports proactively invests in infrastructure ahead of demand to provide reliable service, efficient operations, cargo capacity, an expansive rail network and the deepest harbor on the East Coast at 52 feet. SC Ports is a vital economic engine for South Carolina, with port operations supporting 1 in 9 jobs statewide. Learn more: scspa.com.