Homeless housing program

To launch a comprehensive housing and services program for the homeless to decrease homelessness in Columbia and address a persistent obstacle to downtown development

Central Carolina Community Foundation

To supplement an existing donor-advised fund

United Way of the Midlands

To ensure United Way's civic leadership position in the Columbia area by jump-starting its rebuilding efforts

Afterschool Alliance

To provide technical assistance and cross-community learning opportunities to Knight grantees working on out-of-school-time programming and related youth-development initiatives in seven Knight communities

Computers for Job-help Center

To increase Richland County residents' access to and knowledge of the technology they need to be competent job seekers and employees

BG Time

To bridge ethnic, economic and especially generational lines to raise digital literacy among seniors, enhancing their participation in civic dialogue

Richland County School District One

For school-based support of off-site after-school programming for students at Sanders and Gibbes Middle Schools

University of South Carolina Research Foundation

For the evaluation of the after-school enrichment programs for Sanders and Gibbes Middle Schools

Columbia Museum of Art

To provide museum-based enrichment and academic programs for middle school students participating in after-school programs from Gibbes and/or Alcorn Middle Schools

Riverbanks Zoological Park Society

To provide standards-based after school programming for sixth and seventh grade students at Gibbes and Alcorn Middle Schools

William J. Brennan Jr. Center for Justice

To achieve implementation of the Help America Vote Act and combat serious electoral problems by providing state policymakers and nonprofit organizations with legal assistance, legislative counseling and drafting, research and technical support

EdVenture Children's Museum

To establish an after-school program designed to teach leadership skills to 30 middle school students per year from Alcorn or Gibbes middle schools