South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development
Programs
Program 1 [2020]
Community Impact Fund- The Community Impact Fund is made possible by generous funding from the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. Its purpose is to make grants available to member organizations for capacity building initiatives, development of affordable housing and/or other economic development projects. Through our regranting program the Community Impact Fund, $75,000 in 8 grants that supported financial literacy, affordable housing, workforce development training, and small business development services.Landowner WorkshopsHost a series of statewide workshops aimed at small farmers and Landowners to increase their participation in USDA NRCS programs. In 2020 7 workshops were held virtually and were attended by 250 farmers.- 15 landowners accessed USDA resources in 2020 as a result of the Landowner Workshops and OutreachGarden GrantsIn partnership with USDA, SCACED provided 4 Community Garden grants and 1 Hoop House grant to low income, underserved rural communities in South Carolina to improve access to fresh produce for that community. Garden grants total $3,000. Hoop House grants total $10,000.Community Development InstituteCDI offers professional organizations and their staff an opportunity to build skills, learn from peers and connect to existing state, regional and national resources. We offer structured training sessions throughout the year and cover a broad range of topics. - 78 people attended 7 Community Development Institute Trainings in 2020. Examples of 2020 topics include: ACCESSING PPP LOANS DEI A SERIES TITLED "ADVOCACY BOOTCAMP"GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$244.2KProgram 2 [2020]
Individual Development Account ProgramProgram Description: The South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development (SCACED) statewide Individual Development Account (IDA) program is a 3:1 matched savings account program that allows individuals to use their savings and match money toward any of three productive assets: a home, a small business orpost-secondary education. Participants are required to save their funds, participate in financial literacy education and asset based training before having access to their match funds.- 23 people graduated from the IDA program (16 businesses were created, 4 students went back to school and 3 homes were purchased)GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$131.3KProgram 3 [2020]
CoNECKted - SCACED has partnered with the Charleston Rhizome Collective (an artist collaborative in Charleston, SC) to administer a national Arts Place grant they were awarded. SCACED acts as fiscal agent for these funds since the Collective is not a 501c3 nonprofit entity. The grant was awarded for a project that connects the arts to local small businesses in an attempt to strengthen the business and arts relationship and increase the ability of the arts and local businesses to thrive in gentrifying neighborhoods. This program ended in 2020.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$69.5K
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