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Litter Prevention Grant
Application Open: October 1
Submission Deadline: November 15
Award Announced: January 15
ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS
All litter control organizations, government departments, government organizations, non-profit organizations in South Carolina are eligible to apply for these funds.
LEVELS OF FUNDING:
The Litter Prevention Grant is a competitive grant that provides organizations up to $10,000 to develop successful anti-litter programs and enforcement activities at the local level.
Eligible grant activities may include any combination of the following:
- Community involvement cleanups and awareness campaigns
- Illegal dumpsite remediation and removal
- Adopt-A-Highway/Court Ordered Community Cleanup Programs
- Equipment Needed for Litter Enforcement
- Tarp campaigns
- Litter grabbers and heavy duty or OSHA materials for litter removal
- CPTED Projects (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) such as public art project, lighting, litter cleanup
- Trash Cans
Donated Items: Supplies needed for litter pickup events: Bags, Gloves, Safety Vests
2019 Grant Winners
|
County
|
Organization | Award Amount |
| Aiken | Aiken County Code Enforcement | $10,600.00 |
| Aiken | Aiken County Government | $1,800.00 |
| Bamberg | Bamberg County | $3,990.00 |
| Beaufort | Beaufort County | $15,000.00 |
| Horry | Beautify Carolina Forest, a 501(c)3 | $1,000.00 |
| Berkeley | Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office | $10,781.00 |
| Anderson | City of Belton | $7,693.00 |
| Darlington | City of Darlington | $5,000.00 |
| Marion | City of Marion | $1,504.00 |
| Kershaw | Clean County Commission | $5,000.00 |
| Dorchester | Dorchester County Public Works / Solid Waste | $13,000.00 |
| Fairfield | Fairfield County Council | $2,014.00 |
| Lexington | Gaston Police Department | $6,108.00 |
| Greenville | Greenville County Sheriff’s Office | $8,500.00 |
| Hampton | Hampton County/Hampton County Sheriff’s Office | $9,000.00 |
| Horry | Horry County Planning and Zoning | $6,000.00 |
| Lexington | Keep the Midlands Beautiful (Lexington County) | $5,950.00 |
| Richland | Keep the Midlands Beautiful (Richland County) | $5,950.00 |
| Lexington | Lexington County Solid Waste Management | $5,000.00 |
| Oconee | Oconee County | $8,788.00 |
| Orangeburg | Orangeburg County | $4,667.00 |
| Beaufort | Port Royal Police Dept / Codes Enforcement | $5,150.00 |
| Lexington | SC Department of Natural Resources – Bamberg County | $5,200.00 |
| Barnwell | SC Department of Natural Resources – Barnwell | $2,000.00 |
| Richland | SC Department of Natural Resources – Richland | $9,849.00 |
| Edgefield/McCormick | SC Department of Natural Resources – Edgefield/McCormick County | $3,868.00 |
| Spartanburg | Spartanburg County Environmental Enforcement | $11,969.00 |
| Greenwood | Town of Ninety Six | $12,275.00 |
| Florence | Town of Olanta | $3,800.00 |
| Anderson | Town of Pendleton | $4,760.00 |
| Greenville | Upstate Circle of Friends | $10,000.00 |
| Colleton | Walterboro City Appearance Board | $3,900.00 |
| Georgetown/Horry | Winyah Rivers Foundation/ Waccamaw Riverkeeper | $1,705.00 |
| York | York County Collection & Recycling | $1,250.00 |