Since our founding in 1961, WAHHI has made generous donations to projects that benefit our community. In 2016, we established the WAHHI Charitable Fund administered by the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry. Since then, we have awarded grants to local nonprofits to support specific program needs. Our grants are given to projects that align with the core values of WAHHI’s mission statement: To facilitate communication among women, to encourage projects that benefit the community and to promote the natural and cultural beauty of the Lowcountry. The grants will encourage and recognize programs that respond to the ever-changing needs of our community through innovative approaches to meet community challenges. This year we are specifically wanting to fund nonprofit organizations which strengthen engagement between women and children and the community. We urge you to be creative in your responses, for example could your proposed program provide an opportunity to collaborate with another nonprofit?
All grant applicants are required to meet four criteria:
1. Applicant must have 501(c)(3) status.
2. Applicant must fit our area of focus.
3. Applicant must serve our geographical area.
4. Applicant must have offices located in the geographical boundaries as defined by the WAHHI constitution.
Grant amounts will not exceed $7,500.00
Grant applications will be accepted by the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry until November
8, 2024, and grants will be awarded in January 2025.
Contact Jan Stallmeyer, Charitable Fund Committee Chair at charitablefund@wahhi.org with any questions.