What is actually open, and what you can claim without competing.

• Community Grants (Endowment Fund at Coastal Community Foundation)

  Rotary Club of Charleston Breakfast

  IRS-certified 501(c)(3); local Charleston-area organizations engaged in charitable, educational or philanthropic work.

  Award: not published (small club grants)

  2026-11-30Funder’s page →

• Spark Good Local Community Grants

  Walmart Inc. / Walmart Foundation

  501(c)(3) public charity verified through Deed (Walmart's Spark Good platform); also government entities, K-12 schools/colleges, and faith-based organizations with a project benefiting the wider…

  Award: $250 to $5,000

  2026-11-30Funder’s page →

• Child & Family Well-Being - December pre-application

  The Duke Endowment

  Child welfare agencies, foster care and kinship programs, evidence-based home visiting, child advocacy centers, family preservation, early childhood maltreatment prevention

  Award: not published

  2026-12-15Funder’s page →

• Arts Project Support Grants (organization track)

  South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC)

  Small tri-county arts nonprofits, and non-arts nonprofits with a discrete arts project - a mural, a concert series, a teaching-artist residency.

  Award: Up to $2,500 per fiscal year; maximum two awards totaling no more than $2,500 annually

  2027-02-25Funder’s page →

• Accessibility Grants - FY27

  South Carolina Arts Commission

  Arts organizations, venues, and disability-inclusive arts programs

  Award: Up to $2,500

  2027-03-25Funder’s page →

• Art of Community: Rural SC Grants - FY27

  South Carolina Arts Commission

  Rural community development and arts organizations in rural Berkeley, Dorchester and Charleston county areas

  Award: Up to $5,000

  2027-03-25Funder’s page →

• Recreational Trails Program (RTP), FY2027 cycle

  SC Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism (SCPRT)

  Land trusts, greenway and blueway groups, Friends-of-park nonprofits and paddling-trail organizations in the tri-county with a specific capital trail project and a government or landowner partner

  Award: Reimburses 80% of eligible costs; SCPRT/sctrails.net guidance cites individual trail grants of roughly $10,000-$100,000 (total project cost $12,500-$125,000).

  2026-10-08Funder’s page →

• Conservation Bank Grants / Trust Fund awards

  South Carolina Conservation Bank

  Accredited land trusts operating in the tri-county - Lowcountry Land Trust, Open Space Institute, Ducks Unlimited and peers - with a willing seller and an appraisal in hand

  Award: No per-award cap published.

  2026-10-31Funder’s page →

• Greenbelt Fund - Rural and Urban Grants Program (transportation sales tax greenspace funds)

  Charleston County - Greenbelt Program

  Accredited land trusts and conservation organizations acquiring fee-simple land or conservation easements - and, on the Urban track, smaller urban greenspace acquisitions

  Award: Approximately $29 million projected available across the program; individual awards have ranged into the millions (one recent land trust round totaled $8.5 million…

  2027-01-29Funder’s page →

• Community Engagement Grants

  Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina

  Nonprofits serving any of SC's 46 counties; one-time or occasional activities engaging communities experiencing poverty, tied to economic mobility, housing security and/or health care; activity…

  Award: Up to $1,500

  2026-10-05Funder’s page →

• Health Care

  The Duke Endowment

  Restricted by James B.

  Award: not published (grants are typically six- to seven-figure, multi-year; 2025: $374M approved across all areas)

  2026-11-15Funder’s page →

• Health Care - November pre-application

  The Duke Endowment

  Not-for-profit hospitals and inpatient facilities only; not community nonprofits

  Award: not published

  2026-11-15Funder’s page →

• Partners for Pets grants (Empty the Shelters, Fix the Future spay/neuter, Grateful Pet)

  BISSELL Pet Foundation

  Animal welfare 501(c)(3) or municipal shelter enrolled in Partners for Pets; Empty the Shelters requires a physical shelter facility, sterilisation and microchipping of adopted animals, mandatory…

  Award: not published; Empty the Shelters reimburses reduced adoption fees per pet; Fix the Future pays vets directly

  RollingFunder’s page →

• Community Care Grants (and Disaster Relief Grants)

  Banfield Foundation

  501(c)(3) nonprofits or local/state government agencies delivering veterinary care to pets of owners in need through on-site, mobile or pop-up clinics.

  Award: Not published on the page read; secondary sources cite $5,000-$15,000 for medications, vaccines and supplies

  Date not publishedFunder’s page →

• HOME-ARP - Tenant-Based Rental Assistance and Supportive Services, 2026 cycle

  SC State Housing Finance and Development Authority (SC Housing)

  No direct nonprofit fit this cycle.

  Award: $12 million for Tenant-Based Rental Assistance and $1.3 million for Supportive Services in the 2026 cycle

  2026-10-30Funder’s page →

• Winthrop Family Fund (winter cycle)

  Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina

  Allendale and Hampton county nonprofits only - not usable by Charleston-area organizations

  Award: Up to $5,000

  2027-02-02Funder’s page →

• Alleviating Hunger / hunger relief window

  Publix Super Markets Charities

  Food banks, food pantries, mobile markets, school backpack programs, senior nutrition

  Award: Not published.

  2027-04-30Funder’s page →

• Truist Foundation grants

  Truist Foundation

  501(c)(3) public charity, US-based, IRS good standing; program must fit one of two pillars: career pathways to economic mobility for adults 18+, or strengthening small businesses; within Truist's…

  Award: $15,000 minimum for local/regional grants

  2026-11-30Funder’s page →

• N.E.W. Fund (Neighborhoods Energized to Win) (winter cycle)

  Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina

  Neighborhood associations, block clubs, resident-led low-to-moderate-income groups

  Award: Up to $3,000

  2027-02-02Funder’s page →

• RCCF Community Grants

  Rotary Club of Charleston (Rotary Club of Charleston Fund)

  501(c)(3) or equivalent; project located in Charleston County; specific one-year, non-recurring need; application MUST be sponsored by a member of the Rotary Club of Charleston (each member may…

  Award: $250 to $1,500 (most $750-$1,500)

  2027-03-01Funder’s page →

Bills you stop paying

Costs most nonprofits already carry, reduced or removed. The only group to read as cash saved.

• TechSoup / Intuit

  QuickBooks Online Plus or Advanced donated subscription · one time

  $1,600–$3,910about 3h to claim
• Zeffy

  Zero-fee fundraising platform

  $1,500–$9,000about 20h to claim
• Google

  Google Workspace for Nonprofits

  $840–$4,200about 6h to claim
• Adobe

  Adobe for Nonprofits

  $675–$3,300about 3h to claim
• Canva

  Canva for Nonprofits

  $500–$1,800about 1h to claim
• Truist - Community Checking

  Nonprofit checking

  $120–$300about 3h to claim
• Amazon Business

  Free Amazon Business account, discounted Prime Business

  $50–$520about 2h to claim
• Human-I-T

  Free Gold Membership for nonprofits

  up to $480about 1.5h to claim

Free tools

Donated or discounted products at list price. Worth it only if you would use them.

• Salesforce

  Power of Us Program

  $7,200–$19,800about 8h to claim
• monday.com

  monday.com for Nonprofits

  $1,440–$2,450about 2h to claim
• Slack (Salesforce)

  Slack for Nonprofits

  $870–$4,350about 2h to claim

Donated time, goods and exposure

Volunteer and professional hours at the provider's published rate, donated goods, free media.

• U.S. Department of Education / College of Charleston Office of Financial Assistance

  Federal Work-Study off-campus community service placement

  $5,000–$12,500about 16h to claim
• Taproot Foundation

  Taproot Plus

  $2,000–$11,500about 14h to claim
• Trident United Way - Volunteer Matching

  Year-round matching of corporate and individual volunteers to agencies via…

  $1,200–$4,500about 6h to claim

Donations already owed to you

Money donors and employers have set aside that does not arrive until someone claims it.

• Double the Donation

  Matching gift auto-identification

  $3,000–$18,000about 20h to claim
• GivingTuesday

  Free global giving day

  $500–$5,000about 12h to claim
• PayPal Giving Fund

  Free enrollment to receive PayPal, eBay for Charity and Meta/Facebook…

  $200–$3,000about 2h to claim

For your staff

Little or no cost to you; the figure is your employees' gain, not yours.

• US Dept of Education - Public Service Loan Forgiveness

  Full-time staff of a 501(c)(3) can have remaining federal Direct Loan…

  $3,000–$15,000about 2h to claim
• IRS - 403(b) plan

  501(c)(3)s may sponsor a 403(b)

  $600–$2,700about 8h to claim
• IRS - Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP / dependent-care FSA)

  Staff set aside up to $7,500 pre-tax for child/dependent care

  $380–$1,720about 6h to claim