Education

GWG promotes lifelong learning by supporting projects that educate individuals for a productive life from early childhood through higher education as well as those providing for teacher development and access to quality educational programs and job training.

Augustine Literacy Project of the Upstate

Year Granted:

Grant Amount: $97,759

Honoring 20 Years, Growing to Serve

The mission of ALP is to improve the reading, writing and spelling skills of young children living in poverty. Highly trained volunteer tutors provide free, one-on-one literacy instruction to K-3 students, using a specific phonics-based curriculum to ensure children read on grade level by third grade, unlocking their potential and strengthening the future. Currently, 46% of SC third graders are not reading on grade level.

The GWG grant funding will allow ALP to hire a program coordinator who, in turn, will train more tutors, serve more struggling readers and meet the rising demand across Greenville County.

Outcome/Impact: A minimum of 30 new tutors trained per year, serving 60 additional students per year.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upstate

Year Granted:

Grant Amount: $66,250

BBBSU is an affiliate of the nation’s oldest and largest mentoring organization, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. The one-to-one mentoring program with Greenville County Title I schools is designed to prevent or mitigate the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences from abuse, neglect and household dysfunction, especially among children in low-income households. GWG grant funds will help BBBSU introduce a new approach to childhood trauma intervention that’s designed to add 70 new mentors to teach and train 250 youth how to prioritize their mental health and break generational patterns of trauma; create healthier home environments and reduce county expenses by alleviating the strain on social services, law enforcement and emergency healthcare.

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Nicholtown Child And Family Collaborative

Year Granted:

Grant Amount: $100,000

Support and expand over two years the Nurturing Parenting Skills and Parent Café programs which offer free, family-based education to teen parents and adults. The programs introduce resources to cultivate economic mobility, encourage family stability and provide training for parents who have experienced past child abuse and neglect and are at a high-risk of repeating this cycle.

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Public Education Partners

Year Granted:

Grant Amount: $75,427

Fund the third and final year of a pilot program in Greenville County that provides training in Conscious Discipline. This a promising research-based classroom management program that addresses both teacher and student needs to create a healthy learning environment. The grant will fund the program in 27 schools.

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Greenville Literacy Association

Year Granted:

Grant Amount: $76,000

Two-year funding for a full-time Training and Career Counselor to support under-skilled adults.

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United Way OnTrack Greenville

Year Granted:

Grant Amount: $50,000

Support a school-based collaboration aligning community resources to identify learning gaps due to the pandemic and keep students on track to high school graduation.

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Legacy Early College

Year Granted:

Grant Amount: $98,566

To fund increasing program costs and support program expansion to over 300 underserved students.

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YouthBASE

Year Granted:

Grant Amount: $80,000

To create a second YouthBASE site to provide individualized academic and social skills for at-risk students in the Judson/Welcome community. YouthBASE is a proven model and this project will double the capacity of the organization to ensure more children receive early intervention and stay on track for high school graduation.

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Girl Scouts of SC – Mountains to Midlands

Year Granted:

Grant Amount: $88,540

$88,540 over 2 years to establish Girl Scout troops for girls who are from low-income homes or are homeless.

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Fostering Great Ideas

Year Granted:

Grant Amount: $47,000

To develop a Greenville Tech student/staff mentoring program for foster children to assist with college applications and ensure college success

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