GWC Grant Guidelines
Greenwood Women Care is committed to learning about needs and opportunities in Greenwood County and supporting nonprofit organizations that serve Greenwood County residents through our GWC Grants.
Thank you for your interest in GWC Grants. Please review the GWC Grant Guidelines to determine whether your organization’s program or project is suitable for GWC funding consideration.
GWC Grant Application and Process
PLEASE NOTE:
Applications for 2024 GWC Grants will be accepted from August 1-31, 2024.
The required Verification Checklist may be downloaded here.
Instructions for completing the downloaded form can be found here.
GWC Grants Information sessions are held annually in advance of the opening of the granting cycle. GWC has also offered a Grant Writing 101 workshop each granting year at no charge to local nonprofit staff and volunteers. These convened in July 2023 for the current grant cycle.
Updated details for the 2024 cycle will be posted here in the spring of 2024 and announced through GWC’s bcc’d email nonprofits contact list and local news media. (Please email gwc@greenwoodcf.org to be added to this list.)
Lakelands Counts
For current information about community indicators and services in Greenwood County, see Lakelands Counts.
Lakelands Counts is an easy-to-use platform that supports community improvement work in Abbeville, Greenwood, McCormick, and Saluda counties. It contains data, best practices, and resources, and hosts over 140 health and quality of life data indicators. Users may customize maps and reports to visualize and analyze data.
Please see our GWC Grants at a Glance here.
GWC Women’s Health Grant
Greenwood Women Care (GWC) is pleased to announce a new grant initiative for this community. The GWC Women’s Health Grant will be offered in the first quarter of every other year, beginning in 2021.
The GWC Women’s Health Grant will support holistic care and health education to improve physical, mental, or social health and well-being. This grant is funded by a Field of Interest Fund endowed by Jim and Denise Medford and held by the Greenwood County Community Foundation.
The GWC Women’s Health Grant subcommittee developed the granting and evaluation process for this grant award. A single grant will be made to an organization working to improve women’s health. The anticipated amount of the award will be announced for each cycle. Funded projects should occur between April 1 of the current year and April 30 of the following year.
The 2023 Women’s Health Grant cycle has concluded.
2023 Women’s Health Grant subcommittee: Marilyn Murphy (chair), Kelly Addy, Anne Craig, Alice Hodges, Sally Kauffmann, Jan Puzar, Karen Smith, and Mary Woodiwiss.
The 2025 Women’s Health Grant Guidlines and Application will be made available on this page in late 2024.
Please read about our 2023 GWC Women’s Health Grant award recipient here.
Please read about our 2021 GWC Women’s Health Grant award recipient here.
GWC Grant Writing 101
Grant Writing 101, a workshop featuring professional presenters and practical information on completing effective grant applications, is offered annually at no charge to local nonprofit staff and volunteers. Please see details of this year’s workshop in the Grant Application Process section above.
A video of our virtual 2020 Grant Writing 101 workshop may be found here. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recording errors, this video begins within the first informational session of the 2.5-hour long workshop.
GWC Grants Final Reports
Click on the links below to view excerpts from the Final Reports provided by GWC grantees. We hope you enjoy learning about what each of our GWC Grant recipients accomplished for the benefit of our community!
2023
Greenwood Women Care awarded grant totaling $75,000 to ten local nonprofits in 2023.
Final report summaries and photos will be compiled and posted in early 2025.
2022
Greenwood Women Care awarded grant totaling $56,800 to eleven local nonprofits in 2022.
Final report summaries and photos will be compiled and posted in early 2024.
2021
Greenwood Women Care awarded grant totaling $78,449 to twelve local nonprofits in 2021.
Final report summaries and photos submitted by each grantee have been compiled and may be viewed here.
2020
Greenwood Women Care awarded grant totaling $74,000 to ten local nonprofits in 2020, our second granting year.
Final report summaries and photos submitted by each grantee have been compiled and may be viewed here.
2019
Greenwood Women Care awarded grant totaling $47,625 to eight local nonprofits in 2019, our first granting year.
Final report summaries and photos submitted by each grantee have been compiled and may be viewed here.
