GWG seeks to address inequities within our community by supporting projects that address every individual’s needs for food, clothing, shelter and safety as well as projects that address underlying social problems.
Year Granted: 2014
Grant Amount: $60,000
To support the "Save-A-Smile" program in Greenville County, an initiative of Catholic Charities of the Upstate, which will serve 150 low-income individuals in need of dentures in the coming year.
Visit WebsiteYear Granted: 2014
Grant Amount: $40,000
For a pilot program that will intensively target 40 at-risk 8th graders at League Academy, a charter middle school, as they transition to high school.
Visit WebsiteYear Granted: 2014
Grant Amount: $100,000
Used towards funding the construction of a new therapeutic treatment building for children of families served by The Phoenix Center and Serenity Place.
Visit WebsiteYear Granted: 2013
Grant Amount: $45,748
For 20% funding of a pilot program called Ready to Learn-Ready to Teach that will prepare autistic children ages 3-11 to succeed in the regular classroom through a highly effective treatment known as Applied Behavior Analysis or ABA, and will also train educators to teach these children successfully.
Visit WebsiteYear Granted: 2013
Grant Amount: $46,777
For 100% funding, over two years, of a Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma prevention program that will support implementation of the "Period of Purple Crying" Program for families of babies delivered at GHS Children's Hospital; the aim of the program is to have maternity nurses educate parents on the subject of normal early infant crying. The grant will also be applied towards the purchase of specialized medical equipment that will enable the two GHS pediatricians who perform medical evaluations on children at the Julie Valentine Center to document abusive head trauma.
Visit WebsiteYear Granted: 2013
Grant Amount: $35,697
For partial funding, over two years, for the position of Tenant Relations Coordinator of the Community Empowerment Program.
Visit WebsiteYear Granted: 2012
Grant Amount: $49,042
To increase the number of fresh, prepared from scratch meals served to at-risk children in Greenville County through the Feeding Hungry Children Project, and at the same time enable students from Project Host's CC Pearce Culinary School to gain the skills needed to work in professional kitchens.
Visit WebsiteYear Granted: 2012
Grant Amount: $79,367
For supporting 2 years of the rigorous pursuit of accreditation from the Council of Accreditation, the national accrediting body established by the Child Welfare League of America for behavioral, healthcare and human services organizations. Once accredited, Pendleton Place will be eligible to apply for funding available only to accredited agencies.
Visit WebsiteYear Granted: 2012
Grant Amount: $46,998
For upgrading of the organization's commercial kitchen with a chill blaster and a steamer that will allow for the preparation of nutritious, good quality, safe meals more efficiently and economically.
Visit WebsiteYear Granted: 2012
Grant Amount: $43,500
For the purchase of two Isuzu work trucks that will replace two crew cab trucks currently on their last legs, and enable the organization to provide services to 250 regularly served elderly or handicapped clients and many more one-time clients.