GRANTMAKING - OUR GRANTMAKING SPANS THE COMMUNITY'S BROADEST AREAS, FROM ARTS AND CULTURE TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND PROVIDES CRITICAL OPERATIONAL AND PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT FOR THE NETWORK OF NONPROFIT ACTIVITIES IN OUR 2-COUNTY SERVICE AREA AND BEYOND. IN 2024, THE WACCAMAW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DISPERSED 232 GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALING $2,319,523. THESE GRANTS WERE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS: 59 GRANTS TOTALING $556,269 SUPPORTING VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS, 19 GRANTS TOTALING $219,159 SUPPORTING NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, 61 GRANTS TOTALING $712,541 SUPPORTING HUMAN NEEDS, 5 GRANTS TOTALING $73,925 SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS, 27 GRANTS TOTALING $112,902 SUPPORTING HEALTH INITIATIVES, AND 43 GRANTS TOTALING $468,159 IN SUPPORT OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, 11 GRANTS TOTALING $78,949 IN SUPPORT OF THE ARTS, 6 GRANTS TOTALING $17,167 SUPPORTING ANIMAL NEEDS, AND 1 GRANT TOTALING $3,000 FOR OTHER PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS.
