Grant Awards
All South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) grant awards are contingent upon availability of funds, submission and approval of final reports, and compliance with program grant guidelines.
FY2023 Grant Awards
FY23 grant awards for full-year categories were approved by the SCAC Board of Commissioners on June 16, 2022. Additional grants are awarded throughout the year. Last updated 1 July 2022 at 1:30 ET.
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Grantee County Award A C Moore Elementary School Richland $12,500 Andrew Jackson High School Lancaster $12,500 Andrew Jackson Middle School Lancaster $12,500 Ashley River Creative Arts Elem School Charleston $12,500 Beaufort Middle School Beaufort $12,500 Busbee Creative Arts Academy Lexington $12,500 Calhoun Academy of the Arts Anderson $12,500 Campobello Gramling School Spartanburg $12,500 Cannons Elementary School Spartanburg $12,500 Cheraw Intermediate School Chesterfield $12,500 Cherryvale Elementary Sumter $12,500 Chester Park Elementary School of the Arts Chester $12,500 Clinton Elementary School Lancaster $12,500 Crestwood High School Sumter $12,500 East Aiken School of the Arts Aiken $12,500 East Point Academy Lexington $12,500 Fairfield Central High School Fairfield $12,500 The Fine Arts Center – Greenville County Schools Greenville $12,500 Fort Dorchester High School Dorchester $12,500 H E Bonner Elementary School Berkeley $12,500 H E McCracken Middle School Beaufort $12,500 Hand Middle School Richland $12,500 Heath Springs Elementary School Lancaster $12,500 Hilton Head School for the Creative Arts Beaufort $12,500 Holly Springs – Motlow Elementary School Spartanburg $12,500 Kelly Miller Elementary School Fairfield $12,500 Kingsbury Elementary Sumter $12,500 L W Conder Elementary School Richland $12,500 Lady’s Island Elementary School Beaufort $12,500 Lady’s Island Middle School Beaufort $12,500 Lake City Early Childhood Center Florence $12,500 League Academy of Communication Arts Greenville $12,500 Logan Elementary School Richland $12,500 Long Middle School Chesterfield $12,500 Lower Richland High School Richland $12,500 Mabry Middle School Spartanburg $12,500 McDonald Green Elementary School Lancaster $12,500 Midlands Arts Conservatory Richland $12,500 Mossy Oaks Elementary School Beaufort $12,500 New Ellenton Middle STEAM Magnet School Aiken $12,500 New Prospect Elementary School Spartanburg $12,500 North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary Charleston $12,500 Northside Elementary School of the Arts York $12,500 Nursery Road Elementary Arts Magnet Lexington $12,500 OP Earle Elementary School Spartanburg $12,500 Palmetto Center for the Arts Richland $12,500 Philip Simmons Elementary School Berkeley $12,500 Philip Simmons Middle School Berkeley $12,500 Pine Street Elementary Spartanburg $12,500 Pleasant Hill Middle School Lexington $12,500 Ridge View High School Richland $12,500 Rosewood Elementary School Richland $12,500 Round Top Elementary Richland $12,500 Saluda River Academy for the Arts Lexington $12,500 Saluda Trail Middle School York $10,200 Sanders Clyde Creative Arts Elementary School Charleston $12,500 Satchel Ford Elementary School Richland $12,500 SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities Greenville $15,000 SC School for the Deaf & Blind Spartanburg $15,000 South Florence High School Florence $12,500 Southside Middle School Florence $12,500 Southwood Academy of the Arts Anderson $12,500 Stone Academy of Communication Arts Greenville $12,500 Thornwell School for the Arts Darlington $12,500 White Knoll Middle School Lexington $12,500 Whitesville Elementary School Berkeley $12,500 Windsor Hill Arts Infused Elementary School Dorchester $12,500 Woodland Heights Elementary Spartanburg $12,500 Total FY23 ABC Advancement Grant Awards $852,700 -
Grantee County Award 701 Center for Contemporary Art Eighth Annual Young Artist Festival for ages 6-17 Richland $6,909 Aiken Center for the Arts Aiken Center for the Arts Interwoven projects Aiken $15,000 Aiken Civic Orchestra ACO Children’s Concert Series Aiken $15,000 Aiken Symphony Guild Children’s Concert Aiken $10,350 Aiken Symphony Orchestra Concerts in Classrooms Aiken $15,000 Anderson County Arts Council Arts Education with At-Risk Youth Anderson $15,000 Arts Center of Coastal Carolina Power Puppets: Building Puppets & Curriculum Connections in Science, Technology and ELA (PP:CC) Beaufort $13,565 Arts Council of Greenwood County Arts Center Robotics Greenwood $15,000 Ballet Spartanburg Dream, Discover, Design with STEAM (STEAM Outreach Education for Grades 3-5 & 6-8) Spartanburg $15,000 Boys & Girls Clubs of the Upstate Afterschool Arts @ Boys & Girls Clubs Spartanburg $15,000 Burroughs-Chapin Art Museum Grow the Art Museum’s Community Art Education Program Horry $15,000 Carolina Art Association Art Access with the Gibbes Charleston $15,000 Chamber Music Charleston CMC Youth Chamber Music Initiative Charleston $15,000 Chapman Cultural Center Arts Heal through SEL Spartanburg $15,000 Charleston Gaillard Management Co. Arts Integrated Literacy with the Gaillard Charleston $15,000 Charleston Stage Company, Inc. CityStage: Charleston Stage in the Community Charleston $9,900 Charleston Symphony Orchestra Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra Programs Charleston $15,000 Clemson University Something Very Fishy: Evaluating the effectiveness of an arts approach to teaching ocean literacy Pickens $11,334 Columbia Children’s Theatre Riverbank Elementary School – Two-Year Theatre Residency Richland $8,567 Columbia City Ballet 2022-2023 Educational Outreach & Engagement Series Richland $9,600 Columbia Museum of Art CMA Arts Integration Institutes + Workshops Richland $15,000 Fort Lawn Community Center Working the Arts! Chester $15,000 Girl Scouts of South Carolina – Mountains to Midlands Express Yourself Greenville $15,000 Greenville Center for Creative Arts Aspiring Artists After-School Program & Community Art Project Greenville $15,000 Greenville Symphony Association Greenville Symphony Children’s Concert 2023 featuring The Planets by Holst Greenville $15,000 Greenville Theatre Free Professional Theatre for Title 1 Schools Greenville $15,000 Greenwood Community Theatre Greenwood Community Theatre – Taking literary based shows to schools in the Lakelands region Greenwood $15,000 Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Link Up Music Program & Young Person’s Concerts-Beaufort County Underserved Youth 2022-23 & 2023-24 Beaufort $15,000 Market Theatre Company, The Market School Squad Touring Show Anderson $14,427 McCormick Arts Council at the Keturah Painting a Brighter Future McCormick $5,834 Metropolitan Arts Council SmartARTS Arts Integration Residencies for Greenville County Schools Greenville $15,000 North Charleston Pops Pops Kidz Advantage Program Charleston $15,000 Puppetry Arts Theatre of Charleston Inc (Tuffy Tiger Productions) Tuffy Tiger Arts In Education Initiative Charleston $6,700 PURE Theatre PURE Theatre Youth Companies Charleston $14,012 ReCraft Creative Reuse Center Re:Designing Creativity — Elevating Elementary-Level Design Learning through Creative Reuse Greenville $15,000 Redux Contemporary Art Center Education and Outreach Programming 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 Charleston $15,000 South Carolina Philharmonic. Inc. SC Philharmonic presents 2023 Link Up “The Orchestra Rocks” Richland $15,000 Summerville Community Orchestra Youth Orchestra and Education Initiative Dorchester $10,000 The Children’s Museum of the Upstate Educational and Artistic Children’s Programming at TCMU Greenville $15,000 The Drama Lady Theatre Group Arts Literacy Tour: Julius Caesar Florence $15,000 The Village Group Learning to appreciate our Culture and Environment Georgetown $7,243 Trustus, Inc. Trustus Theatre Apprentice Company Richland $15,000 University of South Carolina Culturally Responsive Dance Pedagogy as a Vehicle for SEL and Responding to Learning Loss Richland $15,000 University of South Carolina Beaufort USCB Emerging Artists 2023 and 2024 Beaufort $11,865 Warehouse Theatre The Warehouse Theatre’s This Wooden O Shakespeare Program Greenville $15,000 Yo Art Inc. Media Arts Programming in Title I Schools Charleston $15,000 Total FY23 Term Time Arts Education Project Grant Awards $620,306 -
Grantee Project County Award Aiken Music Festival Joye in Aiken Summer Jazz Camp Aiken $25,000 Arts Center of Coastal Carolina Creating, Collaborating and Communicating Through Arts Integration! Beaufort $25,000 Arts Council of Greenwood County Summer Outreach Program Greenwood $25,000 Carolina Art Association Summer Camp at the Gibbes Charleston $25,000 Coker University, McCall School of Visual and Performing Arts Coker University/Darlington County ArtSummer Intensive Darlington $25,000 Columbia Museum of Art CMA Summer Camps Richland $25,000 Creative Stylez Dance Company Creative Stylez Dance Summer Camp Richland $16,674 Fort Lawn Community Center It’s the Arts in Fort Lawn! Chester $25,000 Greenville Center for Creative Arts GCCA Summer Art Camp Greenville $19,879 Lancaster County Council of the Arts LCCA Summer Arts and Sciences Camps Lancaster $25,000 Preserving Our Southern Appalachian Music Traditional Arts/Music Summer Camps Pickens $25,000 Public Works Art Center Public Works Art Center Summer Camps 2022 & 2023 Dorchester $23,344 Varna International Music Academy Violins of Hope SC and Varna International Music Academy Richland $25,000 Total FY23 Summer Arts Education Projects Grant Awards $309,897 -
Grantee County Award Barnwell County Consolidated School District Barnwell $15,000 Florence School District 3 (Lake City) Florence $30,000 Laurens School District 55 Laurens $14,000 Lexington School District 2 Lexington $30,000 Marion County School District Marion $30,000 Newberry County School District Newberry $15,000 York School District 3 (Rock Hill) York $30,000 Total FY23 District Arts Coordinator Grant Awards $164,000 -
Grantee County Award Chesterfield County School District Chesterfield $24,750 Fairfield Co School District Fairfield $27,900 Florence School District 1 Florence $25,000 Greenville Co School District Greenville $28,050 Kershaw Co School District Kershaw $17,100 McCormick School District McCormick $19,500 Orangeburg County School District Orangeburg $25,000 Williamsburg Co School District Williamsburg $21,900 Total FY23 District Arts Support Grant Awards $189,200 -
Grantee Discipline County Award Dr. Eunjung Choi Performance (Dance, Music, or Acting) Orangeburg $10,000 Michael Smallwood Playwriting/Screenwriting Charleston $10,000 Rebecca Godwin Prose Colleton $10,000 Marlanda Dekine Spoken Word/Slam Poetry Georgetown $10,000 Total FY23 Fellowship Awards $40,000 -
Grantee Project County Award Tammy Leach (Mentor) Wassamasaw Tribe Regalia & Embroidery Beading Orangeburg $3,000 Joshua Shumak (Apprentice) Wassamasaw Tribe Regalia & Embroidery Beading Charleston $750 Total FY23 Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant Awards $3,750 -
Grantee Project County Award Arts Center of Coastal Carolina Gullah on the Go: From Virtual to Interactive Engagement Beaufort $6,000 City Baptist Jubilee Choir Union Project Sharing Richland $6,000 Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Lowcountry Gullah Cultural Series Beaufort $6,000 University of South Carolina – Lancaster 10th Anniversary Celebration: Traditional Artist Demonstration Lancaster $6,000 Waccamaw Indian People 2022 Pauwau & Cultural Arts Festival Horry $5,200 Total FY23 Folklife for Nonprofit Organizations Grant Awards $29,200 -
Grantee County Award 34 West Theater Company Charleston $21,868 701 Center for Contemporary Art Richland $19,993 Aiken Center for the Arts Aiken $24,811 Aiken Community Theatre Aiken $16,830 Aiken Music Festival Aiken $23,093 Aiken Performing Arts Group, Inc. Aiken $16,499 Aiken Symphony Orchestra Aiken $14,689 Anderson County Arts Council Anderson $19,993 Ann Brodie’s Carolina Ballet Richland $8,649 Art Forms and Theatre Concepts, Inc. Charleston $10,855 Art League of Hilton Head Beaufort $21,868 Artist Collective of Spartanburg (fmr West Main Artists Cooperative) Spartanburg $12,848 Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg Spartanburg $9,234 Arts and Heritage Center of North Augusta Aiken $8,654 Arts Center of Coastal Carolina Beaufort $46,525 Arts Council of Chester County Chester $15,931 Arts Council of Greenwood County Greenwood $26,553 Arts Council of York County York $27,630 Ballet Spartanburg Spartanburg $35,613 Beaufort Arts Council Beaufort $17,874 Beaufort Symphony Orchestra Inc. Beaufort $8,143 Belton Center for the Arts, Inc. Anderson $13,121 Black Creek Arts Council, Inc Darlington $17,761 Burroughs-Chapin Art Museum Horry $31,864 Carolina Art Association Charleston $48,844 Carolina Ballet Theatre Greenville $18,608 Carolina Crown York $39,759 Carolina Dance Collaborative Greenville $16,143 Carolina Master Chorale Horry $12,360 Carolina Youth Symphony Greenville $24,811 Caroline Mack Center for the Arts Sumter $5,468 Catawba Cultural Preservation Project York $28,323 Centre Stage – South Carolina! Greenville $34,888 Chamber Music Charleston Charleston $15,311 Chapman Cultural Center Spartanburg $48,723 Charleston Academy of Music Charleston $28,114 Charleston Artist Guild Charleston $19,735 Charleston Gaillard Management Co. Charleston $24,423 Charleston Jazz Charleston $15,843 Charleston Stage Company, Inc. Charleston $43,418 Charleston Symphony Orchestra Charleston $46,655 Cherokee Historical and Preservation Society, Inc. Cherokee $25,038 City of Abbeville Abbeville $11,319 City of Charleston-Cultural Affairs Charleston $48,844 City of North Charleston-Cultural Arts Charleston $43,418 Coastal Youth Ballet Theatre Horry $9,304 Columbia Children’s Theatre Richland $29,676 Columbia Choral Society Richland $5,426 Columbia City Ballet Richland $37,765 Columbia City Jazz Conservatory Lexington $14,829 Columbia Classical Ballet Co. Richland $19,008 Columbia Film Society Richland $39,374 Columbia Museum of Art Richland $48,844 Columbia Music Festival Assn Richland $22,416 Columbia Stage Society, Inc Richland $29,988 Engaging Creative Minds Charleston $31,741 Enough Pie Charleston $11,123 FBN Productions Lexington $5,468 Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County Kershaw $33,048 Florence County Museum Florence $36,084 Florence Little Theatre Florence $29,601 Florence Regional Arts Alliance Florence $11,800 Florence Symphony Orchestra Florence $16,523 Flowertown Players, Inc. Dorchester $15,311 Footlight Players Charleston $21,708 Fort Lawn Community Center Chester $9,304 Friends of Tapp’s Arts Center Richland $3,100 Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium Anderson $19,775 Greenville Arts Festival Greenville $48,844 Greenville Center for Creative Arts Greenville $25,618 Greenville Chautauqua Society Greenville $14,994 Greenville Civic Chorale Greenville $17,301 Greenville County Youth Orchestra Association Greenville $10,098 Greenville Light Opera Works Greenville $16,929 Greenville Symphony Association Greenville $48,844 Greenville Theatre Greenville $43,745 Greenwood Community Theatre Greenwood $25,024 Greenwood Performing Arts Greenwood $18,881 Hagood Mill Foundation Pickens $37,613 Hampton County Arts Council Hamptpn $12,916 Hilton Head Choral Society Beaufort $15,148 Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Beaufort $42,484 Holly Springs Center Pickens $17,999 Hub City Writers Project Spartanburg $27,911 International Ballet Greenville $17,301 Key Changes Therapy Foundation Lexington $44,450 Lancaster Co Council of the Arts Lancaster $17,301 Lee Co Arts Council Lee $3,091 Long Bay Symphonic Society, Inc. Horry $24,991 Marionette Theatre of South Carolina Richland $23,429 Market Theatre Company, The Anderson $12,393 McClellanville Arts Council Charleston $16,869 McCormick Arts Council at the Keturah McCormick $16,523 Metropolitan Arts Council Greenville $48,844 Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage Jasper $15,863 Music Foundation of Spartanburg/Spartanburg Philharmonic Spartanburg $26,141 Newberry Opera House Foundation Newberry $44,998 North Charleston Pops Charleston $14,256 One Columbia Richland $40,534 Orangeburg Co Fine Arts Center Orangeburg $10,621 Palmetto State Arts Education Greenwood $4,588 Pat Conroy Literary Center Beaufort $19,213 Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art Georgetown $12,360 Peace Center Foundation Greenville $45,005 Port Royal Sound Foundation Beaufort $29,988 Preserving Our Southern Appalachian Music Pickens $8,654 Public Works Art Center Dorchester $20,069 PURE Theatre Charleston $21,708 Rattlesnake Art Foundation Anderson $1,335 Redux Contemporary Art Center Charleston $26,553 Sandlapper Singers Richland $8,654 SC Children’s Theatre Greenville $41,683 SC Theatre Association Greenville $5,144 Sculpture in the South Dorchester $5,468 Sigal Music Museum Greenville $17,494 South Carolina Philharmonic. Inc. Richland $46,266 Spartanburg Art Museum Spartanburg $22,968 Spartanburg Little Theatre Spartanburg $33,141 Speaking Down Barriers Spartanburg $19,993 Spoleto Festival USA Charleston $42,094 Storytree Theatre Charleston $9,996 Summerville Community Orchestra Dorchester $7,331 Sumter County Cultural Commission Sumter $4,330 Sumter County Gallery of Art Sumter $15,311 The Arts Center of Clemson Pickens $15,619 Theatre of the Republic Horry $19,944 Trustus, Inc. Richland $21,708 Varna International Music Academy Richland $15,205 Vaughn Newman Dance Greenville $12,491 Village Repertory Co Charleston $22,714 Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild Horry $10,351 Warehouse Theatre Greenville $34,888 Wits End Poetry Greenville $9,996 Workshop Theatre of SC Richland $16,283 Total FY23 General Operating Support Grant Awards $3,022,634 -
Grantee County Award Abbeville Artist Guild Abbeville $4,001 Aiken Choral Society Aiken $4,219 Aiken Civic Orchestra Aiken $2,204 All Children’s Theatre Horry $3,586 Annex Dance Company Charleston $4,219 Barnwell County Arts Council Barnwell $3,164 Charleston Concert Band dba Charleston Community Band Charleston $3,798 Cherokee Historical and Preservation Society, Inc. Cherokee $4,219 Columbia Baroque Soloists Richland $4,219 Crooked Creek Art League Lexington $3,798 Dance Matters Charleston $2,354 Edisto Art Guild Charleston $4,219 Ensemble Eclectica Richland $4,219 First Pres. Church of Greenwood: Festiva Arts Greenwood $4,219 Foothills Chorale Pickens $3,586 Foothills Conservatory for the Performing Arts Oconee $4,219 Foothills Philharmonic Greenville $3,586 Friday Arts Project York $3,206 Fripp Island Friends of Music Beaufort $4,219 Gateway Arts Center [Council] Oconee $4,008 Greenville Concert Band Greenville $4,008 Greenville Jazz Collective Greenville $4,008 Gullah Traveling Theater, Inc. Beaufort $4,219 Heal with HeARTS Charleston $4,008 Mount Pleasant Community Arts Center Charleston $3,375 Music in Landrum (Young Classicals) Spartanburg $4,219 North Augusta Cultural Arts Council Aiken $4,219 Palmetto Chamber Orchestra Richland $3,586 Palmetto Luna Arts Richland $4,219 Pawleys Island Concert Band Georgetown $4,219 Power Company Collaborative Richland $4,008 Puppetry Arts Theatre of Charleston Charleston $4,219 Recraft: Creative Reuse Greenville $4,008 SC Academy of Authors Richland $2,901 SC Bach Greenville $4,008 SC Jazz Foundation Richland $4,219 SC Watermedia Society Charleston $6,553 SC Writers Association Richland $4,219 Southern Guitar Festival and Competition Richland $4,219 Spartanburg Community Band Spartanburg $4,219 Sumter Civic Dance Company Sumter $4,219 Sweet Adelines International-Heart of Columbia Lexington $3,798 Sweet Adelines Intl DBA Vocal Matrix Chorus Greenville $4,219 The Arts Grand Strand Horry $4,219 The Watering Hole Poetry Organization Richland $4,219 Union County Arts Council Union $4,219 Union County Farm & Craft Market Union $3,375 Wisdom Players Senior Theatre Florence $4,008 Total FY23 Operating Support for Small Organizations Grant Awards $185,961 -
Grantee County Award Arts Council of York County York $15,000 Black Creek Arts Council, Inc Darlington $15,000 Chapman Cultural Center Spartanburg $15,000 City of Charleston-Cultural Affairs Charleston $15,000 Florence Regional Arts Alliance Florence $15,000 Metropolitan Arts Council Greenville $15,000 Sumter County Cultural Commission Sumter $15,000 Total FY23 Subgranting Grant Awards $105,000
FY22 Awards
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