Duke Energy Awards $225K in Grants to Organizations Making Home Improvements for South Carolina Seniors
Duke Energy has awarded $225,000 to South Carolina organizations that help seniors make needed home repairs to enable senior citizens to continue to enjoy life in their current homes. The company’s Senior Home Repair Program provided 15 qualifying nonprofits grants of up to $20,000 through a request for proposals announced in September.
Each organization will administer the funds based on the nonprofit’s mission, some addressing long waiting lists for such repairs. Grant uses include installing safety handrails in bathrooms, replacing rotting floors, installing handicap ramps and repairing unsafe steps. Grant funding cannot be used for weatherization, energy efficiency upgrades or solar products and equipment.
Grants were awarded to the following organizations:
- Academic Technology and Wellness Academy (Cherokee County) – $10,000
- AIM – $20,000
- Caring and Sharing Inc. (Georgetown, Florence and Williamsburg counties) – $20,000
- Citizens United for Redevelopment and Economic Stability of Chester – $10,000
- Darlington Long-Term Recovery Group – $10,000
- Habitat for Humanity Greenville County – $20,000
- Habitat for Humanity Spartanburg – $20,000
- Habitat for Humanity of York County – $20,000
- Helping Florence Flourish – $15,000
- Home Works of America, Inc. (Greenwood County) – $10,000
- Marion Dillon Habitat for Humanity – $15,000
- Marlboro County Coordinating Council Inc. – $10,000
- Rebuild Upstate (Oconee and Pickens counties) – $10,000
- Sumter United Ministries – $20,000
- United Way of Sumter, Clarendon and Lee Counties – $15,000