January 8, 2025
Aflac’s spring grant cycle applications are open March 1-15, 2025
Aflac awarded $457,028 to 53 South Carolina nonprofit organizations during its 2024 spring and fall grant cycles. Funds support programs and services that promote health and well-being, advance education, and build upon Aflac’s commitment to children and families facing cancer.
Since the Aflac Charitable Fund at Central Carolina Community Foundation was established in 2016, 349 grants totaling more than $2.8 million have been awarded to nonprofits across South Carolina.
“Whether supporting childhood cancer initiatives on an international scale or providing assistance for a diverse set of causes right here in South Carolina, Aflac has a long history of supporting communities where we work, live, and raise families,” said Bob Ruff, senior vice president, Group Voluntary Benefits, at Aflac, and member of the Central Carolina Community Foundation board of directors. “We are pleased to extend Aflac’s culture of care and celebrate how these local charitable organizations are using contributions made by Aflac to improve neighborhoods and communities across the Palmetto State.”
American Cancer Society – Charleston
Beautiful Gate Center – North Charleston
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lowcountry – North Charleston
Camp Cole – Eastover
Camp Happy Days – Charleston
Carolina Therapeutic Riding – Columbia
Children’s Attention Home, Inc. – Rock Hill
Children’s Trust of South Carolina – Columbia
Classy Smiles – Murrells Inlet
Cure Sanfilippo Foundation – Columbia
Emerson Rose Heart Foundation – Clemson
Fairfield County Council on Aging – Winnsboro
GRASP – Great Falls
Happy Wheels – Lexington
Logan Elementary Foundation – Columbia
Mission Lexington – Lexington
Nancy K Perry Children’s Shelter – Lexington
Neighborhood Cancer Connection – Greenville
Public Education Partners – Greenville
Richland County CASA, Inc. – Columbia
Richland Library Friends and Foundation – Columbia
SC School for the Deaf and the Blind Foundation Inc. – Spartanburg
Serve & Connect – Columbia
SOS Health Care Inc. – Murrells Inlet
South Carolina Cancer Alliance – Columbia
The Free Medical Clinic – Columbia
The Period Project – Greenville
YMCA of Columbia – Columbia
Anderson Free Clinic – Anderson
Big Homie Lil Homie Mentoring – Columbia
Camp Rise Above – Charleston
City Year Columbia – Cayce
Cola Town Bike Collective – Columbia
Community Initiatives, Inc. – Greenwood
Free Medical Clinic of Newberry County, Inc. – Newberry
Homeless No More, Inc. – Columbia
Indian Waters Council, Boy Scouts of America – Columbia
Junior Achievement of Greater South Carolina – Columbia
Lions Vision Services – Columbia
Lowcountry Autism Foundation – Bluffton
Lowcountry Food Bank – Charleston
MedNeed of SC – Cayce
Midlands Housing Alliance, Inc. – Columbia
Palmetto Project – North Charleston
Programs for Exceptional People – Bluffton
Ronald McDonald House Charities Columbia, SC – Columbia
Sistercare, Inc. – Columbia
Successteam Foundation for Youth Development – Montmorenci
The Therapy Place – Columbia
United Way of Horry County – Myrtle Beach
Vision To Learn – North Charleston
WarriorWOD Foundation – Ravenel
Youth Corps – Columbia
The Aflac Charitable Fund was established at Central Carolina Community Foundation to enhance its charitable giving program in South Carolina. The Community Foundation is a centralized point of contact for all grant requests, administration, evaluation, outreach, and distribution. Aflac’s grants committee is comprised of a dedicated group of community-minded employee volunteers.
Applications for Aflac’s spring grant cycle will be open March 1-15, 2025.