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12 funders with a record of paying for “colleton”
Where the money went
Ccedc TwoWalterboro, SCCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $850,241 · through 2024Largest: $474,937 to COLLETON COUNTY — colleton county grants to provide direct assistance to dogwood hills.
Largest: $3,000 to IN -HIS-NAME COLLETON — to support the community by offering food, clothing, shelter, and suppotive program for families, individuals, for the colleton county and surrounding areas
Community Foundation of the LowcountryHilton Head Island, SCCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $86,000 · through 2024Largest: $35,000 to COLLETON RIVER CHARITABLE FUND — transfer of monies from the colleton river collegiate helping hands fund to colleton river charitable fund
Largest: $5,500 to COLLETON COUNTY FIRST STEPS — all children start school ready
Largest: $2,500 to COLLETON COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION 6 (GREEN POND) — to assist the organization in carrying out its exempt purpose
Best Friends Animal SocietyKanab, UTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $129,905 · through 2023Largest: $61,850 to COLLETON COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES — program service support
Genesis HealthcareColumbia, SCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $33,500 · through 2024Largest: $13,000 to Colleton County Rice Festival — general operations
Palmettopride the Governor'SColumbia, SCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $26,236 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to KEEP COLLETON BEAUTIFUL — keep sc beautiful
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $17,000 · through 2021Largest: $8,500 to Community Foundation of the Lowcountry Inc — contribution to operation colleton river ocr - support for colleton river
Largest: $1,000 to COLLETON COUNTY HISTORICAL & PERSERV SOC — assist in charitable purpose
Share Our StrengthWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to COLLETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT — childhood hunger programs
Ccedc OneWalterboro, SCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $17,000 · through 2020Largest: $17,000 to COLLETON COUNTY MUSEUM — community foundation of the lowcountry grant to install a commercial kitchen for the senior feeding program at the colleton museum.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →