2025 Major Impact Grant Awards
Helping Local Charities Dream Bigger
The Wexford Foundation looks for opportunities to help deserving agencies make a major impact in their community or create transformational change in their ability to deliver services to their clients.
In September 2025, the Wexford Foundation was proud to award five local charities Major Impact Grants totaling $383,485.
Meet Our 2025 Grant Recipients
Local charities doing extraordinary work for our neighbors in need
The Children’s Center
$125,000
The Children’s Center grant upgraded their playground with new equipment and replace the old, worn-out surfacing with modern, impact-absorbing material. The playground is an integral part of the center’s facility and will positively impact many youths for years to come in the community.
CAPA
$43,600
CAPA received funding to renovate their Open Arm’s Children’s Home. The grant will be used to purchase furniture, blinds and add a fresh coat of paint to create a warm nurturing environment for children. This transformation will improve the functionality, as well as the appearance of the Open Arm’s Children’s Home.
Hopeful Horizons
$75,000
The grant to Hopeful Horizons provides funding to upgrade their emergency domestic violence shelter in Beaufort. The interior repairs, replacements and addition will significantly improve living conditions for the shelter residents; revitalize the shelter’s atmosphere; and create more welcoming living spaces.
Volunteers in Medicine
$70,000
Volunteers in Medicine of Hilton Head received funding to purchase two essential pieces of cutting-edge diagnostic ophthalmology equipment. This advanced vision care system provides high-resolution images to assist with early detection of visual impairments or blindness such as diabetic retinopathy, plus cancer, strokes and cardiovascular disease.
Second Helpings
$69,885
The Second Helpings grant renovated their truck fleet with new e-tracks, custom crates, food scales, and battery boosts to make transporting food more efficient and safer. Three trucks will also be outfitted with a cooling curtain to further preserve perishable foods. These upgrades will vastly improve their ability to provide food to those that so desperately depend on it.
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