In South Carolina, First Horizon Foundation provides grants to eligible nonprofits in the following cities and surrounding areas: Charleston, Columbia and Greenville/Spartanburg.
Organizations we’ve supported in South Carolina include:
Kids on Point
Based in Charleston, Kids on Point provides year-round academic, athletic and enrichment support to underserved youth in the city. The average Kids on Point student spends 450 hours per year with the organization. Our grant helps Kids on Point continue to serve the Charleston community with its vital programming.
Lowcountry Food Bank
Lowcountry Food Bank distributed more than 31 million pounds of food to more than 200,000 people in 2018. Our Foundation’s grant helps ensure that the organization can continue fighting hunger across the state’s 10 coastal counties.
Medical University of South Carolina Children’s Hospital
Our Foundation provided a grant toward the construction of the hospital’s new state-of-the-art facility. The hospital has been ranked as one of the nation’s top children’s hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
Timeline 2020 for grants applications:
- October 28, 2019 – Grant application process opens
- January 17, 2020 – Application deadline
- March 31, 2020 – Grant awards announced
Foundation grants are not provided to or for:
- Individuals
- Trips and Tours
- Solely religious, social or fraternal organizations
- Charities that redistribute funds to other charitable organizations, except in the case of recognized united fund-type organizations
- K-12 schools
- Political organizations or those having the primary purpose of influencing legislation or promoting a particular ideological point of view
- Operating budget deficits
Questions? Please contact the representative for your area below:
| Region | Phone | |
| South Carolina | 980-224-1012 | Rick Manley |
