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Litter Prevention Grant
Application Open: October 1
Submission Deadline: December 15
Award Announced: January TBD
ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS
All litter control organizations, government departments/organizations, non-profit organizations in South Carolina are eligible to apply for these funds. Priority will be given to groups who have not received a grant within the last two (2) fiscal years and those who partner with other volunteer organizations committed to litter reduction.
LEVELS OF FUNDING:
The Litter Prevention Grant is a competitive grant that provides organizations up to $5,000 to develop successful anti-litter programs and activities at the local level.
Eligible grant activities may include any combination of the following:
- Community involvement cleanups and awareness campaigns
- Tarp campaigns
- Illegal dumpsite remediation and removal
- Supplies for large on-going litter cleanups (i.e. monthly cleanups, assign-a-highway, community service)
- Heavy duty or OSHA materials for litter removal
- Litter pickup safety signs
- Conferences/Travel (up to $1,500)
In-Kind Donations:
- Litter cleanup supplies
- Tarps
- Trash bags (PalmettoPride green bags)
REPORT FORMS
- Great American Cleanup – August 1
- Mid-Year Progress – June 30
- Final Summary and Expenditures – December 31
2021 Grant Winners
| Organization | Award |
| Adopt-A-Highway Charleston County | $ 590.00 |
| Aiken County Adopt-A-Highway | $ 3,536.00 |
| Aiken County Code Enforcement | $ 5,298.00 |
| Bamberg County Code Enforcement | $ 5,315.00 |
| Barnwell County Sheriff’s Office | $ 3,647.00 |
| Beaufort County | $ 6,000.00 |
| Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority d/b/a The COMET | $ 3,590.00 |
| City of Barnwell | $ 3,687.00 |
| City of Cayce | $ 5,650.00 |
| City of Conway | $ 5,000.00 |
| City of Darlington | $ 5,515.00 |
| City of Greenville, Department of Public Works | $ 3,500.00 |
| City of Mullins | $ 8,503.00 |
| City of North Augusta | $ 2,650.00 |
| City of Spartanburg | $ 5,369.00 |
| City of Sumter | $ 4,160.00 |
| City of Walterboro | $ 6,130.00 |
| Dorchester County Public Works / Solid Waste | $ 9,400.00 |
| Estill Police Department | $ 8,929.00 |
| Gills Creek Watershed Association | $ 2,678.00 |
| Greenville Revitalization Corporation | $ 4,959.00 |
| Greenwood County | $ 4,775.00 |
| Lamar Police Department | $ 4,991.00 |
| Laurens County Sheriff’s Office | $ 7,797.00 |
| Lexington County | $ 4,120.00 |
| Litter Ends Here Greenville County | $ 7,500.00 |
| Marion County | $ 2,200.00 |
| Orangeburg County Litter Control | $ 2,067.00 |
| Port Royal Police Department / Codes / Litter / Marine Patrol | $ 1,500.00 |
| South Carolina Department of Natural Resource – Berkeley County | $ 4,000.00 |
| South Carolina Department of Natural Resources – Greenville County | $ 6,982.00 |
| Springfield Police Department | $ 2,100.00 |
| Town of Allendale | $ 10,000.00 |
| Town of Batesburg-Leesville | $ 2,406.00 |
| Town of Cheraw | $ 3,776.00 |
| Town of Olanta | $ 7,620.00 |
| Town of Saluda | $ 5,000.00 |
| Town of Springdale | $ 2,130.00 |
| York County Collection & Recycling | $ 4,860.00 |