GRANTMAKING - 2002 GRANT AWARDS


$90,000 Arts Council of Greenwood County Greenwood, SC. Annual support over the next 3 years.
$50,000 Greenwood Community Children’s Center Greenwood, SC. Continue
the Healthy Families Greenwood County program.
$38,820 University of South Carolina Columbia, SC. Provide supplies, TOP curriculum and training for instructors and students in CAPPE program.
$30,000 Alzheimer’s Association Anderson, SC. Start-up support of a new Greenwood branch office.
$25,000 Erskine College Due West, SC. The Drummond Center.
$25,000 Western Piedmont Education Consortium Greenwood, SC. Train teachers in standards and provide training for future administrators.
$20,000 The Palmetto Conservation Foundation Columbia, SC. Determine the
birthplace of Dr. Benjamin Mays.
$15,000 Greenwood Community Theater Greenwood, SC. Update lighting and sound equipment.
$14,000 Family Connection of South Carolina, Inc. Columbia, SC. Start-up funds for Family Connection program in Greenwood area.
$12,144 Old Ninety Six Girl Scout Council Mauldin, SC. Support program aide, resources and activities for Girl Scout programs in low-income, high-risk neighborhoods in Greenwood County.
$10,000 American Legion Post 20 Greenwood, SC. Additional grant to assist in retiring the restoration project debt.
$10,000 Greenwood School District 51 Ware Shoals, SC. License and service fee for HOSTS program.
$10,000 Laurens County School District 55 Laurens, SC. Extend Montessori education to middle school.
$10,000 Northwestern University Evanston, IL. Continuation of ABCD work in SC and support for the work of the ABCD Institute.
$10,000 Saluda County First Steps Saluda, SC. Matching grant to assist with literacy component of First Steps strategies.
$10,000 South Carolina African-American HIV/AIDS Council Greenwood, SC. Support activities of the Greenwood Syphilis Elimination Coalition for the year 2003.
$8,000 Greenwood County Greenwood, SC. Community Park for Grendel Village.
$7,500 Cambridge Academy Greenwood, SC. Develop overall funding plan and implementation plan.
$7,500 EdVenture Children’s Museum Columbia, SC. Development and implementation of the Stuffee health and wellness program for kindergarten and first grade students.
$7,500 Rocky Bottom Camp for the Blind Columbia, SC. Update water system.
$6,640 Educational Matching Grants Program Greenwood, SC. Matching grants to support higher education.
$6,000 South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics Hartsville, SC. Summer Program for Research Interns (SPRI).
$5,000 Friends of the Reedy River, Inc. Greenville, SC. Educate and influence landowners in Laurens and Greenwood counties to protect and preserve lands critical to the Reedy River watershed.
$5,000 Governor’s School for the Arts Greenville, SC. Support Outreach program at Lander.
$4,000 Greenwood Reaches Adolescent Dreams (GRAD) Greenwood, SC. Summer Life Skills program.
$3,333 The Greenwood Museum Greenwood, SC. Science and Social Studies Standards teaching kits.
$3,000 United Way of Pickens County Easley, SC. Professional development for staff.
$2,000 Education Enrichment Foundation of Greenwood County Greenwood, SC. Purchase office equipment.
$2,000 National Center for Family Philanthropy Washington, DC. Support for family foundations.
$1,500 City of Greenwood Greenwood, SC. Support Festival of Discovery.
$1,500 The Foundation Center Atlanta, GA. Improve and expand educational programs in South Carolina.

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