GWC Celebrates Our 2023 Grant Awards!
Greenwood Women Care is pleased to announce our 2023 GWC Grant Awards! Our collective funds received through annual membership and other designated contributions enabled GWC to disburse $75,000 total in grant funding for ten nonprofits serving residents of Greenwood County. In our five years of offering GWC Grants, we have made 51 grants totaling $331,800! GWC Grants were awarded to: Beyond Abuse $7000 Staff training on the investigation, evaluation, treatment, and prosecution of child abuse Faith Home $10,000 Addiction recovery services for women Community Initiatives $10,000 Materials and staff costs for expansion of obstetrics clinic at La Clinica Gratis Greenwood Community Theatre $10,000 Penguin Project theatre program for children and youth with special needs Tranquility Point $7500 Water therapy program for children and disabled, limited-mobility veterans, and 1st responders Connie Maxwell Children’s Ministries $7500 Fitness equipment for middle school and high school student residents on Connie Maxwell Campus Burton Center $5500 Tablets for Day Program serving people with disabilities and special needs The Greenwood Promise $7000 Scholarships for the junior and senior years for bachelor’s degree programs Junior Achievement of Greater SC $3500 Materials for K-12 classes in financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and work and career readiness New Morning $7,000 Staff training and salaries for family planning counseling and access to contraceptives at Greenwood County clinics Please see the article about our grant awards featured in the Lakelands Connector here. Grant recipients were determined by ranked voting by our Members from October 16-18. 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 2023 GWC Grants checks to the recipients, and manage all the other aspects of this core activity of GWC! Congratulations to our 2023 GWC Grant recipients! We are grateful for all your excellent efforts to improve the quality of our shared life in Greenwood County!
