GWC Celebrates our 2024 Grant Awards!, November 2024
Greenwood Women Care is pleased to announce our 2024 GWC Grant Awards! Our collective funds received through annual membership and other designated contributions enabled GWC to disburse $72,100 in total in grant funding for eleven nonprofits serving residents of Greenwood County. In our six years of offering GWC Grants, we have made 62 grants totaling nearly $404,000!
GWC 2024 Grants were awarded to:
Greenwood Pathway House $10,000 Training and support for families experiencing homelessness
Food Bank of Greenwood County $10,000 Soup Kitchen operational costs including supplies, maintenance, food, marketing, and IT support
Greenwood Cancer Fund $8,000 Prescriptions, medical supplies, and transportation for individuals diagnosed with cancer
Greater Greenwood United Ministry $8,000 Colorectal cancer prevention program staffing, teaching supplies, and test kits
Healthy Learners $8,000 Transportation costs, medical and dental fees for access to health care for underserved children
A Place for Us Ministries $5,300 Compassion retreat for employees from Beyond Abuse, Meg’s House, and The Children’s Center
Alzheimer’s Association – SC Chapter $5,300 Education, support, and 24/7 helpline for caregivers, including equipment, staffing, and supplies
CrossRoads Women’s Center $5,000 Assistance for coping with unplanned pregnancy including staffing, Chromebooks, and education
Carolina Health Centers $5,000 Nurse-family partnership program for new mothers
Servants for Sight $2,500 Vision care for low-income Greenwood County residents including supplies and medical expenses
Alston Wilkes Society $5,000 Reintegration program for offenders and former offenders including staffing and direct assistance
Congratulations to our 2024 GWC Grant recipients! We are grateful for all your excellent efforts to improve the quality of our shared life in Greenwood County!
Please see the article about our grant awards featured in the Index Journal here.
Grant recipients were determined by ranked voting by our Members from October 21-23. Our Grants Review & Awards Committee gathered information obtained from the platform used for our online ballots. Using raw scores, weighted averages, and percentile rankings based on the total amount available to grant, the Committee evaluated the data and determined the number of projects to be funded and the amount of each grant.
Special thanks to the Grants Review & Awards Committee for all your efforts to: create a grant writing workshop, publicize this granting opportunity to local nonprofits, process applications, present information on grant requests to Members to help us make informed voting decisions, explain our voting process, determine awards based on our votes, deliver our 2024 GWC Grants checks to the recipients, and manage all the other aspects of this core activity of GWC!
Congratulations to our 2024 GWC Grant recipients! We are grateful for all your excellent efforts to improve the quality of our shared life in Greenwood County!
