Arts Emergency Relief Grants

These guidelines are for reference only.

FY22 Relief grants funding eligibility is restricted to FY22 operating support grantees.

About This Grant

Purpose

The purpose of this South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) grant is to support individual artists who have lost income related to their artistic practice due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

• Eligibility

  1. The applicant must be
     • a practicing artist in dance, music, opera, musical theatre, theatre, visual arts, design arts, crafts, photography, media arts, literature, and/or folk & traditional arts;
     • a legal resident of the US and SC with a permanent residence in the state for at least one year prior to the application date and throughout the grant period; and
     • 18 years of age or older at the time of application.
  2. The applicant must not be a degree-seeking, full-time student during the grant period.

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  A note for organizations

  Due to limited available funds, SCAC is unable to post an open call for nonprofit organizations for FY21 Arts Emergency Relief Grants. Organizations that meet funding parameters and areas of priority will be directly emailed and provided an access code to apply. Organizations will be invited to apply in accordance with the following restrictions:

  1. Must either have, or have applied for, an FY21 SCAC operating support grant
  2. Must be currently registered with the S.C. Secretary of State’s Office
  3. May not be a university or unit of government
  4. Must not have received an SC CARES Non-Profit Relief Grant (PDF list of recipients). Because those grants far exceeded what SCAC is able to offer, and in order to maximize what we are able to give to each applicant, we are focusing funding on organizations that did not receive SC CARES awards.

• Restrictions

  1. Applicants may submit only one FY2021 SCAC Arts Emergency Relief Grant application per deadline.
  2. Applicants may not duplicate emergency funds.
     • Example: If your studio rental is $500, you may not receive $500 for that month’s rent from an SCAC Arts Emergency Relief Grant and $500 for that same month’s rent from another source of emergency funds (such as the NEA or SouthArts). You could, however, receive $250 from SCAC and $250 from another source, for a total of $500 for that month’s rent.
  3. The applicant must not have full-time employment beyond their work as an individual artist (a minimum of 50% of the applicant’s taxable income must come from their work as an artist).
  4. Only individual artists may apply for this grant. Ensembles, groups, or artist collaboratives may not apply.

• Use of Funds

  Eligible financial losses include, but are not limited to, those which – due to the COVID-19 pandemic – resulted from an inability to

  • teach arts classes or workshops;
  • participate in paid residencies;
  • perform, curate, or otherwise participate in paid gigs;
  • display work in art galleries or museum shows;
  • sell work at craft fairs or artistic conventions;
  • offer services as a teaching artist.

  Note: Applicants will need to provide documentation of lost income.

• Additional Requirements of this Grant

  Any activities carried out within this grant must align with state guidelines regarding COVID-19.

• Priority

  Priority will be given to applicants

  • Who reside in the SCAC’s FY21 Opportunity Initiative Counties:
    
    • Allendale
    • Calhoun
    • Dillon
    • Edgefield
    • Laurens
    • Lee
    • Marion
    • Marlboro
    • Saluda
  • Who reside in the federally-designated Promise Zone counties:
    • Allendale
    • Bamberg
    • Barnwell
    • Colleton
    • Hampton
    • Jasper
  • Who did not receive an FY2020 SCAC Arts Emergency Relief grant.
  • Who have not received any other FY2021 SCAC grants.
  • Who have completed the S.C. Artists Pandemic Economic Impact Survey, conducted by SCAC and the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation.

• Deadline & Grant Period

  Deadline

  March 26, 2021

  Applications may be submitted until 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the deadline date. However, please be aware that staff members will not be available to assist you with questions or technical difficulties after SCAC closes at 5 p.m. that day.

  Grant Period

  July 1-December 31, 2020

• Funding & Match

  Funding

  Up to $500

  SCAC artist grant awards are considered taxable income.

  Grant awards will be based on:

  1. panel review of the applications
  2. availability of funds, and
  3. Board approval.

  Matching Requirements

  None

How to Apply

Applications are accepted through our grants portal, which uses the Foundant platform.

New to Foundant? For frequently asked questions, registration instructions, and other helpful information, we highly recommend visiting the Grants Portal FAQ, before you begin working in the system.

PLEASE NOTE: You are urged to consider the Review Criteria (detailed in the “Review Process” section of these guidelines, under “After You Apply”) as you prepare your application materials. These criteria will be used to evaluate your application and determine the funding of your proposal.

• Preparing Your Documentation

  As part of your application, you will need to upload documentation of income lost during the grant period, with dollar amounts shown. All documents will need to be combined into one file (acceptable file types: xlsx, xls, doc, docx, pdf, jpg, jpeg, gif, bmp). We strongly encourage you to prepare your file for upload before you visit the grants portal and begin your application. If you need assistance in this process, please contact grants@arts.sc.gov.

  Documentation can include, but is not limited to

  • Canceled contracts
  • Emails and/or screenshots confirming cancellations
  • Receipts for art sales during the grant period, along with evidence of cancellations or closures preventing additional art sales during that time
  • Receipts, tax documents (please crop out or obscure any confidential or sensitive information, such as your Social Security number), or other written proof of previous income from an event, on which to base your expected income from that event during the grant period; e.g.,
    • A tax document showing income from a 2019 event, along with emails or screenshots confirming cancellation of the 2020 event
    • Receipts for art sales from July 1-December 31, 2019, with evidence of cancellations or closures preventing art sales from July 1-December 31, 2020
    • A tax document showing income from a previously-taught class, along with emails or screenshots confirming cancellation of that class scheduled during the grant period
    • Other written proof comparing income from a consistent event with income lost due to cancelation of that event during the grant period
    • Other written proof comparing income from a similar time period with income lost during the grant period

  Helpful Hint: To be eligible for the maximum award of $500, you will need to submit documentation that shows losses of at least $500. You do not need to submit documentation for all losses during the grant period.

• Your Online Grants Management Account

  The applicant must have an active account in our Grants Portal.

  • If you have previously used Submittable to apply for other SCAC grants or programs, please note that the grants portal is a different system. Your Submittable credentials will not work; you will need a grants portal account to apply for this grant.
  • If you have used the grants portal as both an artist and as a contact for a school or organization, be sure you log on with the correct account to apply for this grant.

• Starting Your Application

  1. Follow the “Apply” link below. The grants portal will open in a new browser tab or window.
  2. Log on, then click the “Apply” link at the top of your Applicant Dashboard.
  3. Find “Arts Emergency Relief” in the list of available grant applications, and click the “Apply” button to the far right.

Not quite ready to apply? You can preview the application before you create an account or start an application.

After You Apply

• Review Process and Criteria

  The Grants Team will review submitted applications for completeness and compliance with guideline and application requirements. A review panel of arts professionals, including SCAC program staff and management, will evaluate the applications based on the published Review Criteria and Priority areas. An applicant’s panel comments are available to them upon request. Staff will then develop funding recommendations, based on these evaluations and the availability of funds. Recommendations will be presented to the Board of Commissioners, which makes final award decisions. Award notification is expected by the end of April 2021.

  Review Criteria

  Artistry

  • Applicant indicates a commitment to craft and level of activity in their artistic field.
  • Applicant is a member of the S.C. Arts Directory

  Financial Health

  • Applicant shows evidence of income lost during July 1-December 31, 2020 as a result of COVID-19.
  • Number of dependents
  • Access to other sources of emergency relief

  Priority

  • Applicant resides within an SCAC FY21 Opportunity County
    
    • Allendale
    • Calhoun
    • Dillon
    • Edgefield
    • Laurens
    • Lee
    • Marion
    • Marlboro
    • Saluda
  • Applicant resides within a federally-designated Promise Zone county
    • Allendale
    • Bamberg
    • Barnwell
    • Colleton
    • Hampton
    • Jasper
  • Applicant did not receive an FY2020 SCAC Arts Emergency Relief grant.
  • Applicant has not received any other FY2021 SCAC grants.
  • Applicant has completed the S.C. Artists Pandemic Economic Impact Survey.

• If You Receive a Grant Award

  If your application is funded, you (and your fiscal agent/receiver, if applicable) will enter into a contractual agreement with the South Carolina Arts Commission, and you must comply with all requirements stated in that contract. You will receive notification and instructions when your contract is available in the Grants Portal. You must submit your completed contract packet, including signatures and other documentation as instructed, by the date indicated in the system. You must also complete all other assigned follow ups by the due date.

  Please note: Any significant revisions to grant-funded activities must be approved in writing, in advance, by the SCAC. Significant revisions to grant-funded activities must be emailed to grants@arts.sc.gov to be processed for approval or denial.

  Additional details about managing an SCAC grant are available on our agency website.

  Grant Payments

  Payment will be released upon receipt and approval of the grant contract.

  Funding Credit

  This grant program is funded by the South Carolina Arts Foundation. In addition to giving credit to the SCAC and the National Endowment for the Arts, grantees must also credit this source in all advertising, news releases, printed materials, and promotion and publicity.

  Final Report

  No Final Report is required for Arts Emergency Relief Grants.

Questions?

For additional information, please contact the Grants Team (grants@arts.sc.gov | 803.734.8695).

Grants Coaching

We also highly recommend a visit to our Grants Coaching webpage, for

• category-specific information for grant applicants,
• topic sessions, and
• opportunities for one-on-one assistance.

Missed a group call or session? Look for the video link to access a recording of that presentation.

FY20 Arts Emergency Relief Grants

• About the First Round of Relief Grants

  The first round of SCAC Arts Emergency Relief Grants were awarded in June 2020, providing support to arts organizations and artists to offset losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Individual artists were eligible to receive up to $1,000; funding eligibility for organizations was determined by their budget size. The application period was April 29-May 15, 2020. The FY20 Relief Grant guidelines content is available as a PDF file.

  FY20 Arts Emergency Relief grant awards totaled $506,736, funded in part by support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the South Carolina Arts Foundation. A portion of CARES Act funding was granted to the NEA for distribution in part to state arts agencies like the SCAC. The subgranted funding was designated solely to provide relief to arts organizations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The SCAC awarded 177 grants totaling $381,636 to South Carolina arts organizations. The Foundation and the donors to its South Carolina Artist Relief Fund campaign contributed around $50,000 of the $125,100 the SCAC spread among 168 individual artists.

• FY20 Relief Grant Awards

  This list of the South Carolina Arts Commission’s FY20 Arts Emergency Relief Grant Awards is also available as a PDF file.

  TOTAL FY20 ARTS EMERGENCY RELIEF GRANT AWARDS		$507,736
  Grantee	County	Award
  34 West Theater Company	Charleston	$3,888
  701 Center for Contemporary Art	Richland	$3,554
  Aaron Railey	Lexington	$500
  Adalia Ellis	Florence	$750
  Adam Crowell	Berkeley	$750
  Aiken Center for the Arts	Aiken	$3,176
  Aiken Civic Orchestra	Aiken	$327
  Aiken Community Theatre Inc.	Aiken	$2,693
  Aiken Performing Arts Group, Inc.	Aiken	$2,933
  Aiken Symphony Orchestra	Aiken	$2,350
  Andrew Mille	Charleston	$750
  Angela Easterling	Greenville	$1,000
  Anita Blewer	Charleston	$750
  Ann Brodie’s Carolina Ballet	Richland	$1,384
  Annette Dees Grevious	Orangeburg	$1,000
  Annex Dance Company	Charleston	$625
  Arianne King Comer	Charleston	$750
  Arpad Darazs Singers	Lexington	$625
  Art Forms and Theatre Concepts, Inc.	Charleston	$1,737
  Art League of Hilton Head	Beaufort	$3,888
  Art Pot Multicultural Group	Charleston	$500
  Artists Collective | Spartanburg (f.k.a. West Main Artists Cooperative)	Spartanburg	$2,056
  Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg	Spartanburg	$1,738
  Arts Access South Carolina	Richland	$ 10,967
  Arts and Heritage Center of North Augusta	Aiken	$1,385
  Arts Center of Coastal Carolina	Beaufort	$2,978
  Arts Council of Chester County	Chester	$3,359
  Arts Council of Greenwood County	Greenwood	$4,998
  Arts Council of York County	York	$4,421
  Ballet Spartanburg	Spartanburg	$4,798
  Barnwell County Arts Council	Barnwell	$625
  Beaufort Symphony Orchestra, Inc.	Beaufort	$1,303
  Belton Center for the Arts, Inc.	Anderson	$2,333
  Benjamin Weiss	Charleston	$500
  Black Creek Arts Council, Inc	Darlington	$2,842
  Bobby Branton	Charleston	$1,000
  Bonnie Boiter-Jolley	Richland	$750
  Brandon Nichols	Dorchester	$750
  Buddy Strong	Anderson	$750
  Bullets and Bandaids	Spartanburg	$500
  Burroughs-Chapin Art Museum	Horry	$4,798
  Camela Guevara	Charleston	$700
  Cameron Williams	Charleston	$500
  Carolina Art Association	Charleston	$3,126
  Carolina Crown	York	$2,994
  Carolina Dance Collaborative	Greenville	$2,583
  Carolina Master Chorale	Horry	$1,978
  Carolina Youth Symphony	Greenville	$3,970
  Caroline Harper	Richland	$750
  Caroline Stetler	Charleston	$500
  Carrie Creech	Greenville	$750
  Catherine Fleming	Charleston	$750
  Cathy Hunter	Colleton	$750
  Centre Stage – South Carolina!	Greenville	$4,466
  Chamber Music Charleston	Charleston	$2,450
  Chantale Gagne	Charleston	$750
  Chapin Community Theatre	Lexington	$1,500
  Chapman Cultural Center	Spartanburg	$3,118
  Charleston Academy of Music	Charleston	$4,998
  Charleston Artist Guild	Charleston	$3,158
  Charleston Concert Band/Charleston Community Band	Charleston	$625
  Charleston Gaillard Management Co.	Charleston	$1,563
  Charleston Jazz	Charleston	$1,014
  Charleston Stage Company, Inc.	Charleston	$2,779
  Charleston Symphony Orchestra	Charleston	$2,985
  Cherokee Historical and Preservation Society, Inc.	Cherokee	$625
  Christina Chastain	Lancaster	$750
  Christina Laurel	Pickens	$500
  Christopher Lane	Lexington	$750
  Cierra Asmond	Richland	$750
  Circle Theatre	Barnwell	$500
  City of Abbeville, The	Abbeville	$625
  City of Charleston-Cultural Affairs	Charleston	$3,126
  Clemson University – Brooks Center	Pickens	$1,500
  Coastal Ballet USA Inc	Charleston	$500
  Coastal Youth Ballet Theatre	Horry	$1,489
  ColaJazz Foundation	Richland	$1,000
  Colleton County Arts Council	Colleton	$1,000
  Colour of Music Festival	Charleston	$1,000
  Columbia Baroque	Richland	$625
  Columbia Children’s Theatre	Richland	$4,998
  Columbia Choral Society	Richland	$868
  Columbia City Ballet	Richland	$2,843
  Columbia City Jazz Conservatory	Lexington	$2,373
  Columbia Museum of Art	Richland	$3,126
  Columbia Music Festival Association	Richland	$2,870
  Columbia Stage Society, Inc	Richland	$4,265
  Connie Lippert	Oconee	$1,000
  CREATE Conway, Inc.	Horry	$625
  Creative Stylez Dance Company	Richland	$1,500
  Cris Sumpter	Charleston	$500
  Cultural Arts Center Fountain Inn	Greenville	$1,000
  Cynthia Gibson	Spartanburg	$750
  Cynthia Huston	Charleston	$750
  Dana Rose	Beaufort	$500
  Dance Matters	Charleston	$349
  Daniel Mumm	Charleston	$1,000
  Darion McCloud	Richland	$1,000
  Daryl Knox	Charleston	$750
  David Russell	Kershaw	$500
  Debra Sherrill-Ward	Charleston	$750
  Dennis Breedlove	Florence	$1,000
  Dillon County Theatre Association	Dillon	$500
  Donellia Chives	Beaufort	$1,000
  Douglas Berky	Pickens	$750
  Electric City Playhouse	Anderson	$1,000
  Elisabeth Clonts	Lexington	$1,000
  Elizabeth Ringus	Barnwell	$750
  Emily Miller	Charleston	$750
  Emma Barnes	Beaufort	$400
  Emrys Foundation	Greenville	$1,500
  Engaging Creative Minds	Charleston	$4,277
  Enough Pie	Charleston	$1,780
  Ensemble Eclectica	Richland	$625
  Eric Jordan	Charleston	$500
  Erika McKelvey	Charleston	$750
  Fernanda Ornellas Caggiano	Charleston	$750
  Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County	Kershaw	$4,230
  Florence County Museum	Florence	$2,566
  Florence Little Theatre	Florence	$3,789
  Florence Regional Arts Alliance	Florence	$2,221
  Florence Symphony Orchestra	Florence	$3,110
  Foothills Philharmonic	Greenville	$625
  Foothills Playhouse	Pickens	$1,000
  Footlight Players	Charleston	$3,473
  Fort Lawn Community Center	Chester	$1,489
  Friday Arts Project	York	$475
  Friends of Tapp’s Arts Center	Richland	$496
  Gateway Arts Center/Council	Oconee	$625
  George Vanderford	Union	$750
  Gerald (Jerry) Stevenson	Richland	$750
  Gerard Erley	Richland	$750
  Gerry Thompson	Horry	$1,000
  Gino Castillo	Charleston	$750
  Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium	Anderson	$3,164
  Greenville Arts Festival	Greenville	$3,126
  Greenville Center for Creative Arts	Greenville	$4,099
  Greenville Chautauqua Society	Greenville	$2,666
  Greenville Civic Chorale	Greenville	$2,768
  Greenville County Youth Orchestra Association	Greenville	$1,901
  Greenville Jazz Collective	Greenville	$625
  Greenville Light Opera Works	Greenville	$2,851
  Greenville Symphony Association	Greenville	$3,126
  Greenville Theatre	Greenville	$2,800
  Greenwood Community Theatre	Greenwood	$4,004
  Greenwood Performing Arts	Greenwood	$3,554
  Gregg Barfield	Anderson	$1,000
  Gregory Boatwright	Lexington	$500
  Gullah Traveling Theatre	Beaufort	$625
  Gwendolyn McKinnon	Beaufort	$1,000
  Hagood Mill Foundation	Pickens	$1,500
  Harold Meers	Charleston	$750
  Heal with HeARTS	Charleston	$625
  HEART Inclusive Arts Community	Charleston	$1,000
  Heather Martinez	Charleston	$750
  Hilton Head Choral Society	Beaufort	$2,851
  Hilton Head Dance Theatre	Beaufort	$1,000
  Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra	Beaufort	$3,200
  Hirona Matsuda	Charleston	$750
  Hub City Writers Project	Spartanburg	$3,573
  Igor Begelman	Greenville	$750
  Institute for Patient-Centered Design, Inc.	Charleston	$500
  International Ballet	Greenville	$2,215
  Irene Yereb	Charleston	$750
  James King	Greenville	$750
  James Wilson	Bamberg	$1,000
  Janet Kozachek	Orangeburg	$750
  Jean Barlow	Lexington	$750
  Jean Hein	Richland	$750
  Jennifer Weiss	Charleston	$500
  Jessica Reynolds	Anderson	$750
  Jill Bahr	Charleston	$1,000
  Jim Litzinger	Richland	$750
  Jo Ann Graham	Beaufort	$750
  John Abraham	Charleston	$750
  John Benson	Spartanburg	$750
  John Durham	Greenville	$750
  John Holenko	Charleston	$750
  John Miranda	Richland	$750
  John Tudor	Lexington	$750
  John Wilkie	Charleston	$750
  Jonathan Miller	Charleston	$500
  Joseph Innella	Charleston	$750
  Julia Jones	Lexington	$500
  Kaminer Haislip	Charleston	$750
  Karen (Alicia) Leeke	Richland	$750
  Kate Osmond	Charleston	$750
  Katherine Fix	Richland	$750
  Katherine Rausch	Spartanburg	$750
  Kathryn Collins	Charleston	$750
  Kathy Prosser	Oconee	$1,000
  Katie Badgett	Dorchester	$750
  Keith Davis	Greenville	$750
  Keith Tolen	Richland	$750
  Kelsey Hunt	Colleton	$500
  Key Changes Therapy Foundation, Inc.	Lexington	$1,500
  Kim Hunter	Charleston	$750
  Kimberly Lucia	Charleston	$500
  Kimberly Roberts	Lexington	$1,000
  Kristin Benson	Spartanburg	$750
  Kristin Hall	Lexington	$500
  Kristin LaRoy	Greenville	$750
  Kristy Bishop	Charleston	$1,000
  Lacy Miller	Charleston	$750
  Lake City Creative Alliance	Florence	$1,000
  Lancaster County Council of the Arts	Lancaster	$2,768
  Larry Hough	Lee	$1,000
  Laura Amiger	Beaufort	$1,000
  Lauren Smith	Charleston	$500
  Lean Ensemble Theater	Beaufort	$1,000
  Lee County Arts Council	Lee	$495
  Leslie Madden	Charleston	$500
  Lexington Community Band	Lexington	$1,500
  Libby Imbody	Oconee	$1,000
  Liz Reeder	Charleston	$500
  Long Bay Symphonic Society, Inc.	Horry	$3,554
  Margaret Hoybach	Dorchester	$750
  Maria Mebane	Charleston	$1,000
  Maria White Ceramics	Charleston	$1,000
  Maribel Acosta	Charleston	$1,000
  Marina Cantlon	Charleston	$500
  Marionette Theatre of South Carolina	Richland	$4,998
  Mark Rapp	Richland	$750
  Market Theatre Company, The	Anderson	$2,333
  Marlanda Dekine	Georgetown	$750
  Marlboro Civic Center Foundation	Marlboro	$1,000
  Maurice Gelpi	Berkeley	$750
  McClellanville Arts Council	Charleston	$2,999
  McCormick Arts Council at the Keturah	McCormick	$3,110
  Melanie (Kellie) Jacobs	Charleston	$750
  Melanie Minette Hand	Charleston	$500
  Metropolitan Arts Council	Greenville	$3,126
  Michael Daniel	Horry	$750
  Michael Rodriguez	Dorchester	$750
  Michael Story	Lexington	$750
  Michaela Pilar Brown	Richland	$1,000
  Michel McNinch	Richland	$1,000
  Michele Blank	Charleston	$750
  Mira Scott	Beaufort	$750
  Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage	Jasper	$2,538
  Music Foundation of Spartanburg	Spartanburg	$3,346
  Music in Landrum (Young Classicals)	Spartanburg	$625
  Myllasa Riggins	Richland	$750
  Myra Bowie	Charleston	$500
  Nakeisha Daniel	Charleston	$750
  Nancy Davidson	Charleston	$750
  Natalie Daise	Georgetown	$750
  Newberry Museum, The	Newberry	$1,000
  Newberry Opera House Foundation	Newberry	$3,200
  North Charleston Pops	Charleston	$2,851
  Oconee Community Theatre	Oconee	$500
  Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center	Orangeburg	$1,999
  Palmetto Luna Arts	Richland	$625
  Pat Conroy Literary Center	Beaufort	$3,074
  Patricia Mixon	Lexington	$750
  Patrick Marzett	Charleston	$500
  Pawleys Island Concert Band	Georgetown	$625
  Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art	Georgetown	$1,978
  Peace Center Foundation	Greenville	$2,880
  Penelope Winslow	Chester	$750
  Philip Lipton	Charleston	$750
  Photo SC	Richland	$1,500
  Port Royal Sound Foundation	Beaufort	$4,265
  Preserving Our Southern Appalachian Music	Pickens	$1,385
  Proud Mary Theatre Company	Spartanburg	$1,500
  Public Works Art Center	Dorchester	$1,500
  Puppetry Arts Theatre of Charleston	Charleston	$625
  PURE Theatre	Charleston	$3,473
  Quintin Chaplin	Charleston	$500
  Redux Contemporary Art Center	Charleston	$4,998
  Rensing Center	Pickens	$625
  Responsible ARTistry, Inc.	Beaufort	$500
  Richard Holgate	Charleston	$750
  Robert Helmkamp	Charleston	$750
  Robert Maniscalco	Dorchester	$1,000
  Robert Reed	Charleston	$750
  Rock Hill Symphony Orchestra	York	$1,500
  Roderice Gilliam-Wheeler	Spartanburg	$750
  Roy (Ike) Carpenter	Edgefield	$1,000
  Russell Bratcher	Charleston	$1,000
  S. C. Bach	Greenville	$625
  Sadie Nichols	Dorchester	$750
  Sallie Bowers	Charleston	$500
  Sandlapper Singers	Richland	$1,385
  Sandra Roper	Greenville	$500
  Scott Henderson	Charleston	$750
  Sculpture in the South	Dorchester	$875
  Seacoast Artists Guild	Horry	$1,000
  Seth Gangwer	Colleton	$750
  Shelia Thompson	Charleston	$750
  Sherard Duvall	Richland	$750
  Sigal Music Museum AKA Carolina Music Foundation	Greenville	$3,110
  Singers of Summerville	Dorchester	$1,500
  South Carolina Artisans Center	Colleton	$2,221
  South Carolina Children’s Theatre	Greenville	$2,667
  South Carolina Philharmonic. Inc.	Richland	$2,961
  South Carolina State Museum Foundation	Richland	$1,000
  South Carolina Theatre Association	Greenville	$823
  South Carolina Watermedia Society	Charleston	$971
  South Carolina Writers Association	Richland	$1500
  Southern Guitar Festival and Competition	Richland	$625
  Spartanburg Art Museum	Spartanburg	$3,675
  Spartanburg Little Theatre	Spartanburg	$4,242
  Speaking Down Barriers	Spartanburg	$3,554
  Spoleto Festival USA	Charleston	$2,694
  Stacey Bradley	Charleston	$750
  Stan Gill	Charleston	$750
  Steam Ed Publishing/A Backpack Journalist	Charleston	$500
  Stephen Webb	Charleston	$750
  Sue-Ham Community Development Center	Williamsburg	$500
  Sumter Civic Dance Company	Sumter	$625
  Sumter County Gallery of Art	Sumter	$2,450
  Susan Gregory	Charleston	$750
  Susan Lenz	Richland	$750
  Sweet Adelines International-Heart of Columbia	Lexington	$625
  Sylvia Hiers	Orangeburg	$750
  Sze Man Cecilia HO	Greenville	$1,000
  Tate Nation	Charleston	$500
  Teena Wilder	Sumter	$250
  Theatre of the Republic	Horry	$2,553
  Theatre on the Move Inc.	Greenville	$500
  Thomas Garrett	Aiken	$500
  Thomas Meddaugh	Charleston	$500
  Thomas Williams	Charleston	$1,000
  Timothy Davis	Greenville	$750
  Timothy Lowry	Dorchester	$1,000
  Timothy Young	Charleston	$1,000
  Tom Poland	Richland	$500
  Tomas Jakubek	Charleston	$750
  Toni Coffman	Charleston	$750
  Trané N’Chel	Charleston	$750
  Trustus, Inc.	Richland	$2,779
  Union County Carnegie Library	Union	$625
  USC – Koger Center for the Arts	Richland	$1,500
  Varna International Music Academy	Richland	$1,500
  Victoria Glover	Lexington	$750
  Village Repertory Co	Charleston	$3,634
  Warehouse Theatre	Greenville	$4,466
  Watering Hole Poetry Organization, The	Richland	$625
  William Miller	Horry	$750
  Wits End Poetry	Greenville	$1,777
  Workshop Theatre of SC	Richland	$2,605
  Yasufumi Ishida	Horry	$750
  Zachary Zaba	Lexington	$750
  Zandrina Dunning	Charleston	$500
  Zoe Naselaris	Charleston	$750

  Panelists

  • Ce Scott-Fitts
  • Dr. Sarah Lynn Hayes
  • Kathleen “Kathi” Bateson
  • Rusty Sox
  • Victoria Smalls
  • DéLana Dameron