SC Ports gives more than $250,000 to community organizations

South Carolina Ports awarded $253,000 to 116 South Carolina nonprofits and community organizations as part of its Community Giving program for fiscal year 2024, marking the highest number of grants awarded since the program began in 2013.

Awards were given in amounts of $7,500, $5,000, $2,500 and $1,000.

“Part of SC Ports mission is to support our state’s economy for the benefit of our state’s citizens,” SC Ports President & CEO Barbara Melvin said. “When we give back, we’re not only assisting these organizations’ efforts to make an impact on their communities, but we’re also investing in the wellbeing of all South Carolinians.”

Awards were given to organizations throughout the state whose missions focus on maritime commerce, economic development, environmental awareness or community outreach.

SC Ports has dedicated more than $1.1 million of its revenue to partnership projects since the program began in 2013.

Fiscal year 2024 recipients:

African American Settlement Historic Commission
Amazing Grace Park
Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired SC
Audubon South Carolina
Avian Conservation Center
Beyond Our Walls, Inc.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry
Bluffton Self Help
Boy Scouts of America- Coastal Carolina Council
Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton
Camp Discovery
Camp Happy Days
Camp Rise Above
Carolina Youth Development Center
Casual Crabbing with Tia
Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum
Charleston Area Senior Citizens
Charleston Area Urban League
Charleston Gaillard Center
Charleston Habitat for Humanity
Charleston Library Society
Charleston Parks Conservancy
Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas
City of Greer
Coaches for Character/CHAMP Awards
Columbia World Affairs Council
Communities In Schools of South Carolina
Creative Advancement Centers After School Program
Dillon County Chamber
Dillon County First Steps
Dorchester Habitat for Humanity
Early Learning Partnership of York County
East Cooper Community Outreach
Edisto Island Youth Recreation
Every1VoiceMatters
Feeding of the Multitudes
Film Dom Fete, A Backpack Journalist
First Tee – Aiken
First Tee – Greater Charleston
Fitness By Cory
Florence Crittenton Programs of South Carolina
Friends of Charleston National Parks
Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina
Golden Achievers Community Development Center Inc
Grace-based Grief Resources for Children
Greenville Drive
Greenville Tech Foundation
Greer Relief & Resources Agency, Inc.
HALOS
Healing Farms
HELP of Summerville
Help4Kids Florence
Helping Hands of Goose Creek
Historic Port Royal Foundation & Museum
Hopeful Horizons
House of Hope, North Charleston
Hub City Roots
Increasing H.O.P.E
James Island Outreach
Jasper County First Steps
Junior Achievement of Greater South Carolina
Kids On Point
Levi Pearson Scholarship Foundation
Lions Vision Services
LOVE FEEDS
Lowcountry Autism Foundation
Lowcountry Community Chaplaincy (LCC)
Lowcountry Legal Volunteers
Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network (LMMN)
Lowcountry Maritime School
Lowcountry Orphan Relief
Meals on Wheels of Summerville, Inc.
Mount Pleasant Rotary
Multiplying Good
My Sister’s House
Operation Home
Orangeburg County Community of Character
Palmetto Project
Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic-Sexual Assault
Project Cool Breeze
Public Education Partners
Reading Partners
Respite Care Charleston
Ridgeville Police Department
Rural Area Leadership Initiative, Dillon County
SC Economics
SC Future Makers
South Carolina Governor’s School for Math and Science Foundation
SC Operation Lifesaver
SC School for the Deaf and the Blind Foundation
South Carolina Aquarium
Spartanburg Community College Foundation
St Matthew’s Community Outreach Center
St. James Learning Center
St. Paul’s Fire District
Sustaining Way
Teachers’ Supply Closet
The Charleston Forum
The Green Heart Project
The Period Project
The Pink House, Seventh Day Baptist Community Development Center
The Village Group
Trent Hill Center for Children & Families
Tri-Community Center, Incorporated
Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
TriCounty STEMersion
Trident Literacy Association
Turn90
United Fund of Dillon County
United Ministries
Upstate Workforce Futures Corporation
War Vets Charleston
Way Makers Community Center, Inc.
Wings for Kids
Winyah Rivers Alliance
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,