2025 Grant Recipients
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2025 Grant Facts​
• 38 grant requests totaling $937,213
• 32 grants awarded to local nonprofits
• 20 nonprofits received grants of $10,000 or more
• $476,904 in grants were awarded to 32 local nonprofits in these categories
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Hunger: $130,000
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Housing: $113,010
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Health – $113,144
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Education – $120,750
• An additional $83,900 was directed to Seasonal Funds/holiday expenditures
• Total grant requests including seasonal/ holiday funds: $1,021,113
• Total monies distributed: $560,804- a record for CRCF
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Important Note: CRCF received 2024 donations of $549K ( a record donations) to be distributed to local non profits in 2025. We granted $560,804 in 2025 based on having some funds not being used in 2024 and carried over into 2025. Additionally, CRCF offset all Community Foundation administrative fees by interest income from investments. This action also allowed CRCF to have funds carried over from 2024.
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Hunger:
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Antioch Educational Center
Feeding Our Communities Program
Total Amount: $25,000
Backpack Buddies of Greater Bluffton and Hardeeville
Boxes of Food and Fresh Produce to Bluffton High Schools
Total Amount: $20,000
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Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen
Healthy Fresh Initiative
Total Amount: $25,000
Low Country Food Bank
Creating Food Security in Beaufort, Hampton, Jasper and Colleton
Counties
Total Amount: $20,000
Meals-on-Wheels, Bluffton-Hilton Head
More Than Just A Meal
Total Amount: $20,000
Second Helpings
Healthy Food Initiative Jasper
Total Amount: $20,000
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Health:
Bluffton Jasper Volunteers in Medicine
Patient Referral and Technology
Total Amount: $12,000
Childhood Cancer Partners of Carolinas
Childhood Safety Net
Total Amount: $9,898
Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, Inc.
South Carolina Nurse Retention Initiative
Total Amount $12,000
Friends of Caroline Hospice
Equipment Needed - Bariatric Hoyer Lift and Golf Cart
Total Amount: $5,000
Heroes On Horseback
Equine Therapy for Special Needs Children
Total Amount: $7,000
Memory Matters
Memory Care Adult Day Respite Program Meals
Total Amount: $10,000
Mirasol Health, Inc.
Palliative Care Outreach and Operations
Total Amount: $20,000
Operation Patriot FOB
Warrior and Family Retreat Program
Total Amount: $10,000
Pregnancy Center and Clinic of Low Country Inc
HEALTHY MOMS & HEALTHY BABIES: Providing Essential Items for
Families in Need
Total Amount: $9,746
Special Olympics of South Carolina
Breaking Barriers to Health: Medical Care & Therapeutic Programs for
Athletes with Disabilities
Total Amount: $7,500
Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island
Continuous Glucose Monitoring Devices for All Bluffton Residents
Suffering with High Glucose Levels
Total Amount: $20,000
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Education:
Boys & Girls Club of the Lowcountry - Bluffton Unit
Expanding Literacy Education at the Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton
Total Amount: $44,000
The First Tee of the Lowcountry
Supporting Financial Aid for First Tee Programming
Total Amount: $15,000
Lowcountry Autism Foundation
Autism and the Arts
Total Amount: $20,000
Neighbor Outreach Connection
Uplifting People in Need in Greater Bluffton through NOC's Core Program
Total Amount: $20,000
Programs for Exceptional People
Write, Cook, Share: PEP's Literacy & Life Skills Project
Total Amount: $8,000
Real Champions, Inc.
Advocate Membership
Total Amount: $6,250
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The Sandbox
Field Trips for 8 Title 1 Schools for 2025/2026 Academic Year
Total Amount $2,500
University of South Carolina Beaufort
Student Emergency Fund
Total Amount: $5,000
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Housing:
Family Promise of Beaufort County
Shelter Program
Total Amount: $12,000
The Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project
Livable Housing Home Repairs
Total Amount: $25,000​
Bluffton Self Help
Pathways for Personal Success | General Operating
Total Amount: $20,000
Child Abuse Prevention Association
Resource Family Support
Total Amount: $1,010
Hopeful Horizons
Empowering Futures: Equipping Survivors with Tools for Lasting Success
Total Amount: $20,000
The Children's Center, Inc.
Community Vitality Depends on Childcare
Total Amount: $10,000
Lowcountry Legal Volunteers
Shining a Light on Local Families - Bluffton and Beyond
Total Amount: $15,000
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