Funding search · EIN 570756987 · Hilton Head Island, SC

Community Foundation of the Lowcountry

Name: Community Foundation of the Lowcountry grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

779
grants reported: $31.6M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

services human education health arts culture community distribution

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

University of South Carolina Beaufort Education Foundation2 grants · $1.3M
Jews for Jesus3 grants · $1.1M
University of Maine Foundation1 grant · $1.0M
Coastal Community Development Corporation2 grants · $933,500
Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island12 grants · $796,694
Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island3 grants · $712,051
Northwestern University1 grant · $505,000
The Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project2 grants · $473,125
Hilton Head No 1 Public Service District2 grants · $459,665
Bluffton Self Help2 grants · $432,777

Giving over time

$6.4M

2021

$8.0M

2022

$7.8M

2023

$9.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 779 grants.

$1.2M
University of South Carolina Beaufort Education Foundation · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Education
$1.0M
Jews for Jesus · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Jehovah jirah fund
$1.0M
University of Maine Foundation · Orono, ME · 2022
To support scholarships
$621,000
Coastal Community Development Corporation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Community Devel
$505,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Education
$453,259
Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2021
Volunteers in medicine - support of wellness programs
$379,558
Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Health
$354,885
Boys & Girls Club of Hilton Head Island · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Education
$354,423
The Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Human Services
$342,330
Hospice Care of the Lowcountry · Bluffton, SC · 2021
Donor advisor disbursement
$326,532
Hilton Head No 1 Public Service District · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Community Devel
$312,500
Coastal Community Development Corporation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Community Devel
$258,521
Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Health
$256,665
Hilton Head Public Service District · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2021
3 household connections inv 2705, 2706, 2709
$256,662
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Arts and Culture
$250,300
The Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2021
General purpose
$250,000
Jill'S House · Vienna, VA · 2021
Capital fund drive
$225,800
Backpack Buddies of Greater Bluffton and Hardeeville · Okatie, SC · 2023
Health
$223,925
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2021
Donor advisor disbursement
$221,133
Hopeful Horizons · Beaufort, SC · 2023
Human Services
$219,223
Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Human Services
$217,851
Boys & Girls Club of Hilton Head Island · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2021
General operating support
$215,000
Friends of Caroline Hospice · Port Royal, SC · 2021
To support their capital campaign for caroline's cottage
$213,554
Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Human Services
$194,835
Beaufort County School District · Beaufort, SC · 2023
Education
$192,550
Memory Matters · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Human Services
$188,764
Heritage Classic Foundation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Community Devel
$188,691
Second Helpings · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Human Services
$187,103
The Children'S Center · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Education
$187,062
Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Human Services
$182,400
The Children'S Center · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2021
General support
$174,600
Lowcountry Legal Volunteers · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Human Services
$174,200
Port Royal Sound Foundation · Okatie, SC · 2023
Environment
$172,087
The Children'S Center · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Education
$171,766
Hopeful Horizons · Beaufort, SC · 2024
Human Services
$171,300
Programs for Exceptional People · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Human Services
$165,082
Boys and Girls Club of the Lowcountry - Hilton Head Island · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Youth Services
$162,000
Beaufort Memorial Hospital Endowment Foundation · Beaufort, SC · 2024
Health
$160,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Education
$160,000
Michigan State University Foundation · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Education
$158,204
Bluffton Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Health
$155,000
Coastal Discovery Museum · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2021
Teaching diverse narratives - history educator
$153,750
Beaufort-Jasper Ymca of the Lowcountry · Port Royal, SC · 2023
Human Services
$152,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry Bluffton Unit · Bluffton, SC · 2021
Support for 5 kids to return to club
$152,400
Habitat for Humanity of the Lowcountry · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Housing & Shelter
$150,425
Gullah Traveling Theater · Beaufort, SC · 2024
Community Devel
$150,000
Affordable Workforce Housing Fund · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Initial funding to seed cfl housing fund
$149,087
Mirasol Health · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Health
$147,000
Bluffton Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Health
$145,250
Backpack Buddies of Greater Bluffton and Hardeeville · Okatie, SC · 2024
Human Services
$140,000
Boys & Girls Club of Hilton Head Island · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Breedlove foundation operational support
$140,000
Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Giving our community a reason to continue to smile
$136,503
University of South Carolina Beaufort · Bluffton, SC · 2021
Spring 2022 scholarship awards
$135,300
Volunteers in Medicine · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Health
$135,250
Memory Matters · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Health
$134,413
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Arts and Culture
$133,133
Hilton Head No 1 Public Service District · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Community Devel
$132,000
Cure Alzheimer'S Fund · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2021
Joel blanchard ph.d - molecular and cellular mechansims and biomarkers of apoe4
$130,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
Fund #xxx-xx-xxxx, 4w collaborative directorship fund
$128,395
Heritage Classic Foundation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Human Services
$120,900
Second Helpings · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Human Services
$118,702
The Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Human Services
$118,700
Meals On Wheels Bluffton-Hilton Head · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Human Services
$115,000
Sandalwood Community Food Pantry · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Human Services
$115,000
Second Helpings · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2021
1. Healthy food initiative 2. K-12 project 3. Truck operations
$113,650
Blacquity · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Economic or Workforce Development
$111,000
Sandalwood Community Food Pantry · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2021
2021 hargray caring coins grant
$110,700
Neighborhood Outreach Connection · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Education
$108,800
Programs for Exceptional People · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Education
$108,603
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Education
$108,249
Operation Patriots Fob · Okatie, SC · 2024
Human Services
$107,600
Programs for Exceptional People · Bluffton, SC · 2021
Support social engagement through recreation and leisure activities
$103,825
Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2021
Bluffton self help in support of the education and resource center
$100,000
Lowcountry Council of Governments · Yemassee, SC · 2024
Economic or Workforce Development
$100,000
Beaufort Memorial Hospital Endowment Foundation · Beaufort, SC · 2022
Healthcare career education training and testing center
$100,000
Austin Achieve Public Schools · Austin, TX · 2021
Public charter school support
$100,000
Native Island Business & Community Affairs Association · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2021
Nibcaa covid-19 rental assistance grant
$98,000
Dragonboat Beaufort · Beaufort, SC · 2024
Health
$97,126
United Way of the Lowcountry · Beaufort, SC · 2023
Education
$97,000
Dragonboat Beaufort · Beaufort, SC · 2023
Health
$95,000
Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Human Services
$93,250
Junior Jazz Foundation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Arts and Culture
$90,000
Mental Health America of the Low Country · Bluffton, SC · 2022
A collaborative project to address mental health needs in the hispanic community
$89,382
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry - Bluffton Unit · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Youth Services
$87,921
Operation Patriots Fob · Okatie, SC · 2023
Human Services
$85,500
Friends of Caroline Hospice · Ridgeland, SC · 2024
Human Services
$85,000
Programs for Exceptional People · Bluffton, SC · 2022
Additional van to address critical transportation needs at program for exceptional people (pep)
$85,000
Hilton Head Regional Habitat for Humanity · Bluffton, SC · 2021
Habitat for humanity repair program
$84,500
Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen · Bluffton, SC · 2021
Ending food insecurity "efi"
$83,050
Neighborhood Outreach Connection · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Education
$81,111
Lowcountry Legal Volunteers · Bluffton, SC · 2021
Expanding and sustaining our service footprint
$81,100
Meals On Wheels Bluffton-Hilton Head · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Human Services
$80,035
Coastal Discovery Museum · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Education
$80,000
Bluffton Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine · Bluffton, SC · 2021
Bluffton japsper vim - medical testing for underserved
$80,000
Port Royal Sound Foundation · Okatie, SC · 2021
Port royal sound foundation implementation of master plan
$78,474
Family Promise of Beaufort County · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Human Services
$77,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Ukraine relief
$77,500
International Medical Corps · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Ukraine relief fund
$77,500
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Ukraine relief
$76,842
Hilton Head Humane Association · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Animal Welfare

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.