Find out what your nonprofit can claim, in one 30-minute call.
We checked 341 grant programs and 191 nonprofit discounts on the providers’ own pages. Send us your website, and we will show you which ones fit, what each is really worth, and which to skip.
Free. You keep the lists whether or not you hire us.
- grant programs checked
- 341grant programs checked
- open or reopening
- 172open or reopening
- offers with no competition
- 191offers with no competition
- dead ends ruled out
- 52dead ends ruled out
Built for SC nonprofits serving
- Pediatric Health
- Autism Support
- Food Security
- Cancer Care
- Family Resilience
- Housing
- Education Access
The 30-minute call
You leave with three lists, whether or not you hire us.
Send your website when you book. We read it the way a program officer would, so the call is about your organization, not a slide deck about ours.
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Your open grants, with real deadlines
We checked 341 programs on the funders' own pages. You leave knowing which of the 172 still open fit your work, what each awards, and when it is due.
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What you can claim without competing
191 discounts, donated services and unclaimed revenue sources. We tell you which apply to you, the hours each takes, and the catch, because every one has a catch.
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What to stop spending time on
52 programs that ended, closed to local charities, or never existed. Plus 9 mistakes that quietly cost organizations like yours money.
Free. No obligation. Everything we show you is sourced and dated.
Grant Programs
Open grant programs by cause area.
Every program here was checked against the funder’s own page on 2026-09-20. Our research is deepest in the Charleston area, plus state and federal programs open to any South Carolina nonprofit. Closed, invitation-only and unclear programs are left out.
Education & Youth
Schools, afterschool, literacy, mentoring and early childhood.
35 programs open or reopeningCommunity Grants (Endowment Fund at Coastal Community Foundation)
Rotary Club of Charleston Breakfast
IRS-certified 501(c)(3); local Charleston-area organizations engaged in charitable, educational or philanthropic work.
Award: not published (small club grants)
2026-11-30Funder’s page →Spark Good Local Community Grants
Walmart Inc. / Walmart Foundation
501(c)(3) public charity verified through Deed (Walmart's Spark Good platform); also government entities, K-12 schools/colleges, and faith-based organizations with a project benefiting the wider…
Award: $250 to $5,000
2026-11-30Funder’s page →Child & Family Well-Being - December pre-application
The Duke Endowment
Child welfare agencies, foster care and kinship programs, evidence-based home visiting, child advocacy centers, family preservation, early childhood maltreatment prevention
Award: not published
2026-12-15Funder’s page →
32 more in this area
On a call we match every open program to your organization, with deadlines, award ranges and what each funder actually wants to see.
Funding & Opportunity Stack
Four you have probably heard of. 187 you probably have not.
Free bank accounts, donated volunteer teams, a sales tax refund most charities never file for. None of these is a competition: you qualify, you apply, you receive it. We tell you the catch with each one, because every one has a catch.
Up to $10K/month in ad credit
Google Ad Grants
In-kind Google Search advertising for eligible nonprofits.
Official ProgramWhy it matters: Turns existing demand into donor, volunteer, and program visibility.
GrantedSC helps: eligibility, activation, campaign structure, compliance
The catch: Credit, not cash. It cannot be saved, and accounts are paused for low click-through. Most small nonprofits use a fraction of it.
Free for up to 50 users
Canva for Nonprofits
Free access to Canva's premium tools for eligible charitable organizations.
Official ProgramWhy it matters: Makes polished campaign, event, and donor materials easier to produce.
GrantedSC helps: application, brand setup, templates, team training
The catch: None to speak of. One of the quickest wins on the list.
Free Basic; up to 75% off Premium
Microsoft for Nonprofits
Microsoft 365 Business Basic free for up to 300 users, with nonprofit pricing on Premium, Azure and more.
Official ProgramWhy it matters: Strengthens everyday operations, collaboration, security, and data systems.
GrantedSC helps: portal setup, license mapping, tenant cleanup, adoption
The catch: The free ten-seat Business Premium grant ended in July 2025. Premium is now a discount, not a donation.
Admin-fee catalogue
TechSoup
Donated and discounted software for a small admin fee, such as QuickBooks Online for $80 a year.
Official ProgramWhy it matters: Finds savings across software, hardware, services, and training.
GrantedSC helps: membership, vendor selection, renewals, stack planning
The catch: Several donations are once per organization, not yearly. QuickBooks is one of them.
The full list is matched to your organization on the call.
The bills a typical nonprofit simply stops paying come to about $5,285 to $23,510 a year. The rest is worth what you use, which is why we help apply, configure and hand each one over to your team.
What nobody else tells you
52 programs we checked so you can skip them.
Fundraising blogs recycle the same lists for years. Half of what they recommend has ended, costs more than it returns, or was never open to a Charleston charity. An hour spent on a dead program is an hour taken from your mission.
We also keep a list of 9 rules and deadlines that quietly cost nonprofits money, such as the $20-a-day penalty for a late Form 990, or paying a service to register you on SAM.gov, which is free.
- AmazonSmileEnded in 2023. Still recommended on fundraising blogs.
- Kroger Community RewardsEvery Charleston store in Kroger's locator is a Harris Teeter, which runs its own program.
- Lowcountry Giving DayThe foundation no longer hosts it.
- Charity ConnectionA closed list of 11 charities chosen by the race, with no way to apply.
- Encore FellowsNot free: the host pays a $25,000 stipend plus a program fee of $6,000 to $10,000.
- Nonprofit processing rateThere isn't one. Square's standard fees apply to nonprofits.
- and 46 more.
How it works
Start free. Go further only if it is worth it.
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Free scan
We read your website the way a program officer would and check which funders and nonprofit programs fit your work. You get the report before we ever talk.
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Assessment
A fixed 30-day engagement: funding readiness, the programs you can claim without competing, and a reusable profile of your organization so you stop retyping the same answers.
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Activate
We apply for the nonprofit programs you qualify for and set them up so your team can run them. Each one names its condition and what it is really worth.
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Apply and track
Ongoing support for the grants worth pursuing: a calendar built from published deadlines, drafts in your voice, and reporting. You approve everything before it goes out.
Who you talk to
One person in Charleston, not a sales team.
GrantedSC is Hans Turner. When you book a call, you talk to the person who did the research and who would do the work. There is no account executive and no handoff.
This is a new firm, and we say so. We do not have a wall of client logos or award totals to show you yet. What we have is research you can check: 341 programs read on the funders’ own pages, each with its source and the date we read it.
If the honest answer is that there is not enough here to justify hiring anyone, that is what you will hear on the call.
Pricing
Published prices. No proposal to wait for.
We do not quote you a return, because nobody honestly can: funders decide awards. We will not suggest the assessment unless the free scan shows enough to justify it.
The call and scan
Free30-minute call
- Your website read the way a funder reads it
- Open grants that fit, with deadlines
- What you can claim without competing
- What to stop spending time on
Assessment
$6,00030 days, fixed scope
- Funding readiness review
- We apply for the programs you qualify for and set them up
- A reusable profile so you stop retyping answers
- A grant calendar built from published deadlines
- Half to begin, half on delivery
Ongoing support
$4,500a month, after the assessment
- Grant drafts in your voice
- Calendar and deadline management
- Reporting and impact documentation
- You approve everything before it goes out
- 30 days' notice to stop
FAQ
Common questions from SC nonprofits.
- Our research is deepest in the Charleston area: Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties, plus the state and federal programs open to any South Carolina 501(c)(3). We will tell you plainly if your county is outside what we have checked.
- The scan is free. The 30-day assessment is $6,000, half to begin and half on delivery. Ongoing grant support afterward is $4,500 a month. We will not suggest the assessment unless the scan shows enough to justify it.
- We will not quote you a return, because nobody honestly can. What we can show you is specific: 172 grant programs open or reopening, each with its published deadline and award range, and 191 discounts, donated services and unclaimed revenue sources that need no competition. Of those, the bills a typical nonprofit simply stops paying come to about $5,285 to $23,510 a year. Everything else depends on your work and what you choose to pursue.
- No. Funders decide, and anyone who guarantees an award is misleading you. We are also a new firm and do not yet have a track record of awards to point to. What we can promise is that every program we put in front of you was checked against the funder's own page, with the date we checked it.
- No, and you should be wary of anyone who says so. It is up to $10,000 a month of search advertising credit. It is not cash, it cannot be saved, and most small nonprofits use a fraction of it. It is still worth having. We set it up properly and tell you what it realistically does.
- Everything on this site was last checked on 2026-09-20. Programs close, change and end. Of 341 programs we checked, about half were closed for the cycle, invitation-only or unclear, and we leave those out of what we show you.
Book this week
Thirty minutes. Three lists you keep.
- 1Send your website when you book, so the scan is ready before we talk.
- 2On the call: the grants that fit, what you can claim without competing, and what to skip.
- 3You keep all three lists. If it makes sense to go further, we say what it would cost. If not, we say that.
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