Every day, we connect people who want to make a difference with opportunities to strengthen our community. Through philanthropy, partnerships, and leadership, we help turn generosity into lasting impact across the Midlands and beyond.
Since 1984, Central Carolina Community Foundation has helped donors, nonprofits, businesses, and community leaders work together to address today's challenges while building resources for tomorrow. We believe lasting change happens when people, ideas, and investments come together around a shared purpose.
We help individuals, families, businesses, and professional advisors create charitable giving strategies that reflect their values and make a meaningful difference. Whether establishing a donor advised fund, creating a scholarship, supporting a favorite nonprofit, or planning a legacy gift, we make giving simple, personal, and effective.
Strong nonprofits are essential to a thriving community. We invest in organizations working every day to improve lives across our 11-county region through grantmaking, capacity-building programs, research, and strategic partnerships. We also power Midlands Gives, helping nonprofits increase visibility, engage new donors, and build long-term sustainability. By connecting charitable resources with local expertise, we help nonprofits expand their impact and strengthen our community for generations to come.
Education changes lives and strengthens our community. We partner with generous donors to award scholarships that help students pursue higher education with less debt and greater opportunity. Each year, our scholarship programs support hundreds of students as they prepare to become the next generation of leaders, professionals, and changemakers in the Midlands and beyond.
Some challenges are too big for any one organization to solve alone. We bring together philanthropy, nonprofits, businesses, government, and community leaders to develop collaborative solutions that strengthen our region. From statewide disaster response to innovative initiatives that help nonprofits embrace artificial intelligence, we serve as a trusted convener and catalyst for action.
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Meet Our AffiliatesWhile some of our work takes us across South Carolina and beyond, our primary footprint is in 11 counties in central South Carolina.
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