2017 Recipients

Congratulations to our 2017 Spartanburg Regional Foundation grant recipients

AccessHealth Spartanburg: $67,790
This grant provides funding for a new AccessHealth building and patient screening tools.

Angels Charge Ministry: $5,000
This grant provides funding for previously incarcerated women who need intensive behavioral health counseling, medications and dental care.

BirthMatters: $1,750
This grant provides assistance with staff training for doula certification.

Carolina Farms and Hatchery: $1,500
This grant funds equipment to support a food donation program

Christmas In Action: $11,000
This grant provides funding to rebuild/build wheelchair ramps and provide home repairs to disadvantaged elderly or disabled homeowners in Spartanburg County.

Faith, Hope and Love Christian Ministries: $4,000
This grant provides funding assistance to increase the capacity of a halfway house for men.

Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute: $2,433
This grant funds a pilot program for a young clinical investigators camp at Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute.

Greer Relief & Resources Agency: $8,000
This grant provides funds for a software program called Charity Tracker to help prevent homelessness for at-risk disabled and/or elderly members of Greer, Taylors, Duncan, Lyman and Wellford communities.

Hatcher Garden & Woodland Preserve: $10,000
This grant provides funds for materials to build a handicap accessible multi-sensory garden.

Healthy Smiles of Spartanburg, Inc.: $10,000
This grant provides funds to purchase equipment and supplies for the Pediatric Oral Health Program.

Landrum Rescue Squad: $11,000
This grant provides funds to purchase an Automated Chest Compression System for the Landrum area.

Medical Group of the Carolinas—Senior Health: $5,000
This grant supports elderly patients with transportation, medical equipment or prescriptions.

Middle Tyger Community Center: $20,000
This grant provides funding assistance to renovate the driveway and entrance of the Senior Wellness Center so the facility will be accessible to visitors with disabilities.

Project HOPE Foundation: $15,000
This grant provides funding for the renovation of a new therapeutic clinic in Spartanburg for children with autism.

Road to Royalty: $750
This grant provides funding to purchase supplies and materials for a pilot program in Woodruff to promote self-awareness, sisterhood and leadership among 9-12 year-old girls.

Spartanburg Medical Center Administration: $154,676
This grant provides funding for renovations of a new Employee Health location.

Spartanburg Medical Center Behavioral Health: $34,500
This grant provides funding for renovations, brain stimulation therapy equipment and training for employees.

Spartanburg Medical Center – Emergency Center: $8,403
This grant funds five video/audio systems to support patient needs.

Spartanburg Medical Center- Nursing Administration: $51,250
This grant pays for course materials for employees seeking professional nursing certifications.

Spartanburg Medical Center – Organ, Tissue, Eye Donor Program: $5,000
This grant will start an organ, tissue and eye donation program fund.

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Chaplaincy and Pastoral Education: $60,000
This grant provides funding for renovations and furnishings for a new chapel at Spartanburg Medical Center.

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Corporate Education: $42,650
This grant provides funding to train thirteen additional Crisis Prevention Institute Instructors.

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Sports Medicine Institute: $29,000
This grant funds six Cardea Portable Electrocardiogram Units and supplies, which will be used during pre-sports participation exams for student athletes.

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Transportation Service: $5,098
This grant funds training equipment to help improve staff skills.

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Transportation Service: $26,000
This grant funds a Stryker Power-LOAD™ system, which will reduce repetitive lifting injuries and allow paramedics to focus on the patient.

St. Luke's Free Medical Clinic: $16,000
This grant provides funds to purchase equipment and software for an educational classroom.

Temple Education Ministries, Inc.: $5,000
This grant provides funds to purchase freezer blankets that will assist in the transportation of food to at-risk individuals.

The Family Effect: $4,200
This grant provides funding assistance for renovations to the Phoenix Center’s outpatient facility, which provides treatment for those who struggle with substance abuse.

The Salvation Army: $6,000
This grant provides funds to purchase parts to repair a freezer used to store food donations.

Union Medical Center Administration: $25,000
This grant supports a telemedicine cart and IT connectivity.