The Beaufort Fund Grant Program
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Geographic Scope: Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties in the southern Lowcountry region
Award History:
- Distributed $9.3 million to organizations since establishment in 1998
- 2018 cycle: 89 organizations received combined $704,600
- 50% increase in grantee organizations from 2017 to 2018
Focus Areas: Supports organizations addressing community needs identified in the Foundation's Civic Engagement Agenda, including:
- Access to economic opportunity
- Education
- Affordable places and inclusive spaces
Key Features:
- Three categories created to suit needs of small, large, and first-time applicants
- Organizations compete within similar fiscal scope, life cycle, and programmatic impact categories
- Serves primarily rural nonprofit communities with limited donor pools
Program Officer: Veronica Hemmingway
Contact Information:
- Charleston: 1691 Turnbull Avenue North, North Charleston, SC 29405 | Phone: 843-723-3635
- Beaufort: 2015 Boundary Street, Suite 215, Beaufort, SC 29902 | Phone: 843-379-3400
What Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 459
- Total given
- $26.02M
- Median grant
- $17K
- Range
- $5,057–$2.3M
- By dollars: South Carolina 85%, North Carolina 3%, New York 2%. Top recipient cities: Charleston, SC; North Charleston, SC; Beaufort, SC.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 23% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Beaufort County School District · Beaufort, SC
Education
$2.3M
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation · Columbia, SC
Education
$2M
Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce · Beaufort, SC
Neighborhood & community dev
$1.26M
Ashley Hall Foundation · Charleston, SC
Education
$1.06M
New Morning · Columbia, SC
Health
$1.04M
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Foundation
Categories
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