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- ACE Mentors of Greater Charleston
- Adopt a Stream – South Carolina
- Alzheimer’s Family Support Services – The ARK of SC
- Amor Healing Kitchen provides nutritious, locally-sourced, plant-based meals made with love by teen volunteers for people facing health challenges.
- Art Forms & Theatre Concepts The Lowcountry's premeir African American theater company
- Art Pot
- Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired SC
- Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) – Charleston a group of individuals and institutions that promote the study of African American history by hosting lectures and panel sessions.
- Audubon South Carolina is a leading conservation organization in the state with 26,000 members and two nature centers in Aiken and Dorchester counties. Our mission is to protect birds and the habitats they need.
- Avian Conservation Center
- Be a Mentor
- Be Kind Charleston a group that promotes kindness in our community, will be creating cards to encourage others
- Be The Change Charleston "dedicated to empowering individuals with disabilities through community connection & employment opportunities. "
- Berkeley County First Steps provides resources and leadership to assist families in preparing their children to reach school healthy and ready to succeed
- Beyond Basic
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry
- Black Liberation Fund "operating under an abolitionist theory of change," BLF supports "those harmed by the prison industrial complex through our community bail fund and aftercare services."
- Bliss Spiritual Co-op
- Boon Project for Young Adults Fighting Cancer supports young adult cancer fighters and their unique needs, through providing beneficial programs and creating a cooperative cancer fighting culture that works to heal the whole patient.
- Bundles of Joy Diaper Bank
- Camp Happy Days mission is to offer support and encouragement to children diagnosed with cancer and their families by providing cost free year-round programs, special events and access to crisis resources. Their goal is to improve the physical, emotional and psychological health of the entire family.
- Cane Bay Family YMCA Farmers Market
- Carlos Dunlap Foundation
- Carolina Basset Hound Rescue
- Carolina Children’s Charity, Inc.
- Carolina Youth Development Center
- Catholic Charities of South Carolina seeks to exemplify and inspire Christian service. We welcome people of all faiths, backgrounds, and cultures to help serve our communities together.
- Charitable Society of Charleston
- Charleston Area Justice Ministry – CAJM
- Charleston Area Seniors
- Charleston Artist Guild
- Charleston Black Pride
- Charleston Climate Coalition
- Charleston Cocktail Week "supports the food and beverage industry in Charleston"
- Charleston County First Steps
- Charleston County Public Library
- Charleston County School District
- Charleston Dorchester Mental Health Center
- Charleston Food Not Bombs
- Charleston Friends of the Library
- Charleston Habitat for Humanity
- Charleston Hispanic Association
- Charleston House
- Charleston Interreligious Council
- Charleston Junior Womens Club
- Charleston Leadership Foundation
- Charleston Miracle League
- Charleston Moves
- Charleston Parks Conservancy
- Charleston Parks Department
- Charleston Pride
- Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services provides free civil legal assistance for low-income clients.
- Charleston Promise Neighborhood
- Charleston Reads
- Charleston Recreation Department
- Charleston Surfrider
- Charleston Symphony Orchestra League Inc fosters the arts in Charleston by supporting the Charleston Symphony, funding scholarships for musicians of all ages, and advocating music appreciation throughout the community through a variety of volunteer activities such as our Designer Show House, and Golf Tournament.
- Charleston Waterkeeper
- Charleston Women in Tech
- Cinderella Project Charleston
- Closet of Hope
- COFC Sustainability
- ConNECKted Too | Tiny is Powerful an "arts organization still rejecting traditional, extractive, exclusionary, racist, hierarchal systems and operations while pushing for expansive definitions of art, artists and their functions."
- Cuisine Rescue
- Cultural Arts Center Charleston
- Defy & Conquer is dedicated to giving female victims of domestic and sexual violence the power to reclaim control of their lives through jiu jitsu training.
- Destiny Community Cafe
- Disabilities Board of Charleston County
- Doors to Dream
- Dorchester County First Steps
- Dorchester Habitat for Humanity
- Down Syndrome Association of the Lowcountry (DSAL)
- Dress for Success – Charleston County Chapter
- Drew Wynne Foundation helps realize the dreams of motivated entrepreneurs and supports their pursuit of those goals and is looking to partner with organizations that support small business.
- East Cooper Community Outreach
- East Cooper Faith Network
- East Cooper Habitat for Humanity
- East Cooper Meals on Wheels
- Ebony City Soccer Club ECSC's Lil’ Peles Soccer team was established in 1981 to provide a vehicle structured activities that would help channel the energy of the area youth in a positive direction by using the world's game of Futbol
- Edisto Island Open Land Trust
- Enough Pie
- Epworth Children’s Home
- Exquisite Kids
- Feral Cat Helpers
- Fields to Families
- First Tee – Greater Charleston teaches kids valuable life skills and healthy habits through the game of golf.
- Folly Beach Turtle Watch Program
- Folly Beach Wahine Classic
- Food Rescue US – Charleston
- Fresh Future Farm
- Friends of Keep Charleston Beautiful
- Gibbes Museum of Art
- Going Places
- Grateful Goldens Rescue
- Green Heart Project
- Greyhound Pets of America
- Grow Purpose Whether it is maintaining our online environmental education resource center or serving our clients and collaborators in their community endeavors, our belief is that collaboration is the key to overcoming the barriers to our collective success.
- Habitat for Humanity of Berkeley County
- Heart Math Tutoring – Charleston
- Holy City Children
- Holy City Closet
- Holy City Missions
- Home Again
- Hope Acres Rescue
- Hope Center The Hope Center connects our neighbors to the support and services that promote self-sufficiency and stability.
- I Am Voices
- I Heart Hungry Kids
- I Serve with Joy
- I-HOPE Women’s Business Center
- International Center for Sustainability promotes ideas and information regarding Permaculture, Sustainability, Art and Self-Realization. We seek to empower individuals and groups with information, opportunities, and life skills enabling them to experience better lives.
- James Island Youth Soccer Club
- Junior League of Charleston
- Katie’s Krops
- Keep Charleston Beautiful
- Keep North Charleston Beautiful
- Keeper of the Wild Wildlife Rescue and Sanctuary
- Kids on Point
- Lasagna Love Feed families, spread kindness, strengthen communities.
- Latina Women of South Carolina a volunteer organization created to increase awareness of the safety and sustainability of wildlife and nature
- Laundry Matters
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society LLS works to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
- Lifeforce Housing First
- Lowcountry Action Committee a Black led grassroots organization dedicated to Black liberation through service, political education, and collective action in the Lowcountry.
- Lowcountry Autism Foundation is committed to enhancing the lives of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families through individually designed programming, advocacy, and awareness efforts.
- Lowcountry Black Parents Association
- Lowcountry Blessing Box Project
- Lowcountry C.A.R.E.S.
- Lowcountry Food Bank helps fight hunger by distributing food to nearly 300 partner agencies in 10 coastal counties of SC.
- Lowcountry Lab Rescue
- Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network
- Lowcountry Maritime Society
- Lowcountry Mutual Aid
- Lowcountry Orphan Relief (LOR)
- Lowcountry Period Project
- Lowcountry Veterans provides transitional housing to homeless US military veterans in the Charleston area
- Lowcountry Youth Services
- Lutheran Services Carolinas
- M.A.D. USA – Men Against Domestic Violence
- Magdalene House of Charleston is a recovery home for women facing addiction.
- Marie’s Kids
- MARSH Project a grassroots and community-based group working to restore and preserve our local marshland
- Meals on Wheels Charleston + CASA
- Meals On Wheels of Summerville Incorporated
- Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston
- Meet the Needs Charleston
- Middleton’s Village to Village repairs donated cars to donate to families in rural South Carolina that are in need!
- MUSC Children’s Health
- MUSC HEALTH – Volunteers
- MUSC Sustainability promotes campus sustainability through programs and initiatives across campus, but also provides sustainability expertise and leadership to our campus and the Greater Charleston Community.
- MUSC Urban Farm
- My Sister’s House
- Naked Lady Society
- National Alliance on Mental Illness – NAMI Charleston
- North Charleston Dental Outreach
- Ohm Radio
- One80Place
- Operation Home
- Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach Services
- Palmetto Pride
- Palmetto Project
- Park Circle Cares
- Pedals 4 Peanuts
- Pet Helpers
- Pink House Neighborhood Resource Center
- Positive Vibes Ronjanae Smith Inc stands against gun violence and offers support to families impacted by gun violence in the North Charleston community
- Project Rhino Charleston
- Project Street Outreach
- Raising Up the Lowcountry
- Reading Partners South Carolina is a children's literacy nonprofit that mobilizes volunteers to empower aspiring readers in underserved schools to read confidently at grade level through one-on-one tutoring.
- Representation Matters Foundation
- Ronald McDonald House Charities – Charleston
- Roper St. Francis Healthcare
- Salvation Army – Charleston Area
- Sea Island Habitat for Humanity
- Second Chance Bikes collects, repairs, and distributes used bicycles to people in Charleston who need affordable, reliable transportation. Our bicycles help people obtain better employment opportunities, physical and mental health care, nutritious food, and recreation.
- Shifa Clinic provides a variety of support services to alleviate the effects of socioeconomic disadvantages on the health and social well-being of the underserved
- Slow Food Charleston
- SOS Lowcountry offers support for breast cancer patients "from diagnosis to remission"
- Soul Harvesters Outreach Ministry
- South Carolina Advocates for Epilepsy
- South Carolina Aquarium
- South Carolina for Criminal Justice Reform
- South Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition
- South Carolina Waterfowl Association
- South Carolina Wildlife Federation
- Special Olympics – South Carolina
- Stone Soup Collective
- Summerville Family YMCA
- Sweetgrass Garden Coop
- Teachers’ Supply Closet
- The Bee Cause Project
- The Blood Connection – Charleston
- The Company Company
- The Cooper River Bridge Run Inc
- The Formation Project building a community led by and for survivors of human trafficking
- The Point
- Threshold Repertory Theatre
- Trailblazers Medical Missions
- Tri-County Women’s Project
- Trident Literacy Association (TLA)
- Trident United Way
- Undergarment Society
- United Way of the Lowcountry
- Uplift Charleston
- WakeUp Carolina an addiction recovery community organization (RCO) offering recovery-focused advocacy activities, community education, outreach programs, and peer-based recovery support services.
- Waylyn Heart Team
- We are Sharing Hope SC SC's organ and tissue recovery provider
- Youth to Ocean
- YWCA of Greater Charleston