Counties/Area Served: Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Hampton
Key Programs: Affordable Housing Programs
Phone #: 803-584-3600
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Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce
Key Programs: First Time Homebuyer Classes, Financial Literacy Training, Culinary Arts Classes, Microloan Program, Emergency Loans, Emergency Home Repairs
Phone #: 843-986-1102
Website: www.bcbcc.org
Mission: BCBCC is dedicated to the economic empowerment of African American communities and small businesses… Dedicated to offering products, services and educational programming for multi-cultural business-owners and professionals within the Beaufort and neighboring communities.
Blackville Community Development Corporation
Key Programs: Home Rehabilitation, Home Rentals, Art & Mural Projects, Community Service
Phone #: 803-284-0735
Website: www.blackvillecdc.org
Mission: To improve the quality of life in communities…We are all about helping a community reach their dreams and goals by offering affordable housing, decent jobs, and workshops that are aimed at improving the community holistically.
CLIMB Fund
Key Programs: Flexible small business and micro loans, technical assistance, advisory services
Phone #: 843-973-7298
Website: https://climbfund.org/
Mission: Offers opportunity by assisting the growth and development of micro-enterprise and small business concerns, thereby creating and retaining employment opportunities in its service market. The LDC provides flexible business lending products, along with extensive technical assistance, to women-owned, minority-owned, low-income, veteran, and other under served business owners.
The Charleston Rhizome Collective
Key Programs: Art Projects and Workshops
Phone #: 843-723-1018
Website: www.jemagwga.com
Mission: We seek to develop a body of artworks and art projects as a trail intersecting with layers of class, race, trades and domains, questioning and creating points of entrée in the arts for all, educators, artists, activists, participants or commissioners and clients.
East Cooper Community Outreach (ECCO)
Key Programs: Food and Clothing, Financial Assistance, Household Furnishings, Dental Care, Medical Clinics, Prescription Assistance Programs, Counseling Services Health Education, Empowerment
Phone #: 843-849-9220
Website: www.eccocharleston.org
Mission: To provide safety net services to our low income neighbors, while empowering them to create a better future for themselves, their families, and our communities.
Eastside Community Development Corporation
Key Programs: Affordable Transitional Housing, Stop the Violence/Unity Day, Eastside Pride Liter Program, Back to School Giveaway, Be Great Summer Camp, Ohana Youth Cooking, Be Fit Feel Great Fitness
Phone #: 843-952-7193
Website: www.ecdcorp.org
Mission: We are here to help provide our residents with the tools and resources they need to grow out of the hardships and into their well-deserved American Dream. We are here to help beautify the community, advocate for more affordable housing, demand for more educational resources for our youth, promote getting back to school by offering a small scholarship, and many other needs of the community.
Habitat for Humanity of Berkeley County
Key Programs: Habitat for Humanity Homeownership Program, Habitat Restore, Revitalization Program, Community Impact Center, Thrivent Faith Build
Phone #: 843-203-3749
Website: www.berkeleyhabitat.org
Mission: Seeking to put God’s love into action. Habitat for Humanity of Berkeley County brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. Through affordable home ownership opportunities, financial education, advocacy efforts, and neighborhood empowerment programs, Berkeley Habitat transforms families, revitalizes neighborhoods, and is working together to build a stronger community.
Increasing H.O.P.E.
Key Programs: Intro to Financial Freedom, Debt Buster, Creating Financial Freedom, Keys to Home Ownership, Small Business Success
Phone #: 843-225-4343
Website: https://increasinghope.org/
Mission: Our mission is creating financial freedom for families in South Carolina.
Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities
Key Programs: Revitalization Project, Achieve Grant, Community Land Trust, Lowcountry Development Trust, Hear Our Voices Tours, NIH Grant, SC Environmental Justice Network, Education
Phone #: 843-693-3911
Website: http://lamcnc.org/index.htm
Mission: The mission is to promote a sense of ownership within the community that translates into empowered residents that actively participate in initiatives to improve the quality of life of their communities.
Lowcountry Community Action Agency, Inc.
Key Programs: Head Start Program, Telemedicine, Low Income Home Energy Program, Community Services Block Grant
Phone #: 843-549-5576
Website: https://www.lowcountrycaa.org/
Mission: To Use Partnerships And Services To Guide And Ensure Self-Sufficiency, And Economic Independence Within The Community.
Lowcountry Rice Culture Project
Key Programs: Rice Forum, Rice Arts Forum, The Study of: Art, Food, Politics, Land Use, and Healthcare
Phone #: 843-872-5062
Website: http://www.lowcountryriceculture.org/
Mission: Purpose is to discover and revive the significance of rice cultivation and its legacies, and to use this history as a launching off point for broad discussions of race, class, art, trade, history and economics—in short, the various aspects of culture in the Southeast.
Metanoia
Key Programs: Homeownership, Quality Affordable Rentals, Financial Literacy Classes, Owner Occupied Repair Program, Chicora Community Garden, Youth Entrepreneurship, Youth Entrepreneurship & Volunteer Center, Youth Leadership Academy, Summer Freedom School, Community Organizing
Phone #: 843-529-3014
Website: http://pushingforward.org/
Mission: Metanoia is a movement of people rooted in faith. We invest in neighborhood assets to build leaders, establish quality housing and generate economic development. We are pushing forward into new relationships with God and one another to create strong communities.
New America Corporation
Key Programs: New America Leadership Scholarship, New America Capital, New America Rentals, New America Development & Construction
Phone #: 803-534-0035
Website: www.new-america.org
Mission: We endeavor to build strong, vibrant, diverse and equitable communities through fostering opportunities in housing, business, and education.
Orangeburg County
Palmetto Works Community Development Corporation
Key Programs: Culinary and Hospitality Operatives Prepared to Serve (C.H.O.P.S.), Palmetto Kids!, Work it Out Leadership Academy
Phone #: 843-333-1911
Website: https://palmettoworks.com/
Mission: To help children, adolescents, and adults do their age and developmentally appropriate work through Palmetto Kids Music & Arts Academy, Work-It-Out Leadership Academy, and C.H.O.P.S.
Sea Island Habitat for Humanity
Key Programs: Eliminating substandard housing locally through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes; ReStore
Phone #: 843-768-0998
Website: https://www.seaislandhabitat.org/
Mission: Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope.
Seven Mile C.A.G.E.
Sewee to Santee Community Development Corporation
Southeastern Housing and Community Development
Key Programs: Neighborhood Initiative Program, Benefit Access (Healthy Connections Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, Medically Indigent Assistance Program), Repurpose Warehouse, Affordable Housing, Rental Housing, Owner Occupied Rehab, Homebuyer Counseling
Phone #: 803-534-9950
Website: http://southeasternhcd.org/
Mission: To build sustainable communities by stimulating economic development, creating affordable housing opportunities, and empowering individuals and families towards self-sufficiency.