Key Programs: Small Dollar Consumer loans, Small Business loans, Community Loans, Financial Wellness Coaching, Home Buying Assistance, Affordable Housing
Phone #: 864-235-6331
Website: www.communityworkscarolina.org
Mission: Committed to building a brighter future for under served families and communities through financial education, lending, and investing. We envision robust and vibrant communities that offer the opportunity for financial stability and economic achievement for everyone.
Key Programs: Health and Wellness Advocacy, Community Action, Youth Engagement, Consumer Awareness
Phone #: 803-667-9810
Website: www.eatsmartmovemoresc.org
Mission: Advances community-led change to reduce obesity, by making the health choice the easy choice for every South Carolinian. Works with community partners to create healthy eating and active living options where we live, learn, work, pray and play. The focus of our work is advocacy, community action, youth engagement, and consumer awareness.
Key Programs: Advocacy, Affordable Rental Housing, Home Ownership, LoCAL Housing, Housing Solution for Homeless Service Providers, Men’s Workforce Development, Mixed Use Development, Community and Economic Development
Website: https://www.southcarolinahabitat.org/
Mission: Expanding the capacity of Habitat in communities across South Carolina by increasing access to resources, facilitating communication between affiliates and the community, and providing statewide representation leading to the creation of thriving communities that support families in need.
Key Programs: Affordable Rental Housing, Home Ownership, LoCAL Housing, Housing Solution for Homeless Service Providers, Men’s Workforce Development, Mixed Use Development, Community and Economic Development
Phone #: 864-269-4663
Website: www.homesofhope.org
Mission: Our vision is to provide opportunities for generational change throughout South Carolina. We do this in two ways, Rebuilding Communities and Rebuilding Lives.
Key Programs: Housing Rehabilitation Program, Affordable Rental and Community Service Program, Affordable Housing Development, Social Entrepreneurship Development, Community Needs Assessment, Conflict Analysis and Development, Social Enterprise, Fiscal Sponsorship, Summerton Hemp House Project
Phone #: 803-691-4742
Website: https://scuplift.org/
Mission: SC UpLift Community Outreach’s mission is to empower, enable and support community members in their efforts to revitalize greater midlands area neighborhoods. SC UPLIFT serves as a vehicle through which residents and businesses can work together to solve problems and improve life in their community.
Key Programs & Services: Personal checking & savigs accounts, IRA accounts, Community Recovery Initiative, Home Mortgage Loans, Personal Loans, Credit Cards, Auto Loans, Business Accounts, Commercial Loans, SBA Loans, Commercial Real Estate Development Program, Financial Coaching
Phone #: 864.438.2421 x3140
Website: https://www.self-help.org/
Mission: Self-Help Credit Union’s mission is creating and protecting ownership and economic opportunity for all, especially people of color, women, rural residents and low-wealth families and communities. Self-Help Credit Union does this by this by providing responsible financial services, lending to small businesses and nonprofits, developing real estate and promoting fair financial practices.
Key Programs: National Register of Historic Places, Historical Markers, Tax Incentives, Grants, Hurricane Grants
Phone #: 803-896-6196
Website: http://scaaheritagefound.org/
Mission: To support the efforts of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission, which are to identify and promote the preservation of historic sites, structures, buildings, and culture of the African American experience in South Carolina, and to assist and enhance the efforts of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
Key Programs: Financial Education and Trainings, Adovcacy, Underwrite and Finance QFEs
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Website: http://www.sccommunitycapital.org/
Mission: Our mission is to facilitate the investment of capital in South Carolina in order to improve the quality of life for all her citizens by providing responsible and affordable financial products and services that are a major catalyst for community and economic growth in under-served neighborhoods and communities.
Key Programs: Lending, Technical Assistance, Advocacy and Policy, Assessment and Knowledge Sharing
Phone #: 843-973-7285
Website: https://sccommunityloanfund.org/
Mission: To advance equitable access to capital to build assets and benefit the communities and people most in need of economic opportunity. Acknowledging that the need for our work is rooted in generations of injustice and disinvestment, we focus on serving people of color, women, low-income individuals, and those in rural communities.
Key Programs: Areas of legal services include: consumer/finance, education, elder law, employment, family, health, housing, income maintenance/public benefits, immigration/migrant, tax
Phone #: 803-744-4179
Website: https://sclegal.org/
Mission: South Carolina Legal Services is a statewide law firm that provides civil legal services to protect the rights and represent the interests of low income South Carolinians.
Key Programs: First-Time Homebuyer Program, Rental Education & Counseling, Fair Housing Rights, Homelessness Services, Credit Counseling, Personal Financial Coaching, Mortgage Assitance, National Farmworker Jobs Program
Phone #: 864-573-8783
Website: https://www.telamon.org/
Mission: Our mission is to provide educational services, but these don’t always occur in a classroom. Telamon-TRC staff members teach customers to access resources in their community, overcome barriers to employment or manage their finances. While not every service we provide will lead directly to better jobs and better lives, what we do often lays the foundation upon which our customers can build a better future.