United States Catholic Conference

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina provides grant funding through an application process to nonprofit organizations that do one or more of the following for people experiencing poverty in the state: meet immediate needs, break the cycle of poverty, and/or make change at a system level. The organizations that receive grant funding work in the areas of health, education, and social services.

To help meet its mission, the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina is committed to the following programmatic activities: conducting and/or commissioning research that relates to the causes and consequences of poverty; plan for and execute advocacy activities that support local, state, and federal policy change that will remove barriers for people experiencing poverty; to understand the historical and systemic causes of poverty and how to break through barriers in the future; provide capacity building and technical support for grantee partners; and convene stakeholders across all sectors to collaborate to reduce poverty in South Carolina.