Video: “We are Waccamaw” – 2023 Economic Growth and Real Estate Summit

Watch: Mike Mancuso, Executive Director of the Waccamaw Community Foundation, gives a presentation during the 2023 Economic Growth and Real Estate Summit at Coastal Carolina University.

Waccamaw Community Foundation, United Way of Horry County and Black River United Way Partner Up To Eliminate Childhood Education Gap

Only 36 percent of Horry County kindergartners and just 46 percent of Georgetown County kindergartners enter the area’s public-school systems prepared for the academic and social challenges that await, but three of the Grand Strand’s leading philanthropic organizations have partnered up to help end the problem.

Waccamaw Community Foundation Accepting Applications For Eight Scholarships

Students in Horry and Georgetown counties are making plans for college in the fall, and the Waccamaw Community Foundation’s 2023 Scholarship Program is helping lighten the financial burden.

Watch Now: Waccamaw Community Foundation’s 2022 End-of-Year Video Wrapup

Welcome to the end of another year! As we reflect on the past 12 months, it’s important to take a moment to celebrate our accomplishments and look ahead to what the future holds.

Waccamaw Community Foundation Announces New Nonprofit Directory for Waccamaw Region

The Nonprofit Directory serves as the region’s one-stop-shop for critical information about the region’s Nonprofit Organizations and the impactful work that they are doing in Horry and Georgetown Counties.

Brittain, Cail, Evans, and Hucks Join Waccamaw Community Foundation Board of Directors

Emma Ruth Brittain, Cheryl Cail, Wallace Evans, Jr., and Robert Hucks, II, have been elected to the Waccamaw Community Foundation’s board of directors.

Waccamaw Community Foundation: Providing disaster recovery, scholarships & grants

“We really work very closely to connect donors with the nonprofits needed in our community. We’re kind of the intermediary, we’re the ones that connect those two and try to help build resiliency for the nonprofits,” said Michael Mancuso, Waccamaw Community Foundation Executive Director.

Sustain SC Launches Land and Water Action Fund

Sustain SC is thrilled to announce the launch of its Land and Water Action Fund, a new conservation fund dedicated to protecting South Carolina’s precious natural resources. Google contributes the first donation to the fund with a $500,000 grant, which will go toward permanently protecting a portion of Waites Island from development.

Waccamaw Community Foundation, Google Provide Matching $500,000 Grants To Ensure Protection For Waites Island

The Waccamaw Community Foundation, the Grand Strand’s leading philanthropic organization, has joined Google in providing matching $500,000 grants that will go toward permanently protecting a portion of Waites Island from development.

Parts of SC barrier island safe from development after $500K Google donation

Waties Island, one of South Carolina’s last remaining undeveloped barrier islands, has been the target of conservation efforts for decades and a recent land purchase through a donation by tech giant Google seeks to expand on that.