Previous Grant Awards

SC American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission (SC250) Grants support American Revolution in SC (1770-1783) education and cultural tourism projects. Available grant amounts are dependent on funding from the South Carolina State Legislature each year.

Grant Awards

Since launching nine grant programs in 2022, SC250 has issued over 150 grant awards. Contact us at 803-898-3392 or info@southcarolina250.com for more information.

Examples of Approved Grants Return to Grant Programs Information Page

Click each year to see the list of awardees. Fiscal Years run from July 1 to June 30. Grants are listed under the fiscal year in which they applied.

22FY (Only One Cycle)

County 250 Organizing Grants

$3,000 – Darlington County – Lecture Series, Site Visits, & Info Kiosk (Darlington Co.)
$3,000 – Laurens County Chamber Foundation – Phase 1 Hammond Store Archaeology (Laurens Co.)
$3,000 – Oconee County – Awareness Marketing (Oconee Co.)
$3,000 – Anderson County – Strategic Planning (Anderson Co.)
$3,000 – Berkeley County – Committee Set up, Strategic Planning (Berkeley Co.)
$3,000 – Cherokee County – Strategic Planning (Cherokee Co.)
$3,000 – Community Foundation of the Lowcountry – Committee Organization & Strategic Planning (Beaufort Co.)

Museum Style Panel Grants

$5,000 – Morris Center- Jasper County Assets Map & Stories (Jasper Co.)

Local Activities Grants

$15,000 – CHAPS – Marketing for Liberty Trail Portal to Upstate (Cherokee Co.)

County Asset Assessment & Historic Tourism Plan Grants

$10,000 – Beaufort County 250 via SCBPT – Asset Report & Tourism Plan (Beaufort Co.)

Education Grants

$10,000 – SCAAHC – Teacher Professional Development Webinar (All State)
$10,000 – SoCam1780 – Liberty Live School Visits (Kershaw)

Signage & Marker Grants

$15,000 – SCBPT – Fort Johnson American Revolution Interpretive Signs (Charleston Co.)

Site Grants

Planning

$20,000 – SCBPT – Burdell’s Plantation Archaeology (Orangeburg Co.)
$5,000 – Laurens County 250 – Ft. Lindley Archaeology (Laurens Co.)
$5,000 – CHAPS – Ft. Thicketty Archaeology (Cherokee Co.)

Acquisition

$30,000 – SCBPT – Jacksonborough Property – Provisional State Capitol (Colleton Co.)

Renovation

$9,900 – Friends of the Charleston National Parks – Thomas Park Improvements including Battle of Breach Inlet Interpretation (Charleston Co.)

23FYQ1 (Cycle 1)

County 250 Organizing Grants

$3,000 – Union County – Battle of Blackstock’s Farm Living History Event (Union Co.)

Museum Style Panel Grants

$5,000 – Anderson County Museum – Andersonians at War (Rev War Mural) (Anderson Co.)
$5,000 – Daniel Morgan Chapter NSDAR – It Took Us All Exhibit (Cherokee Co.)

Local Activities Grants

$8,000 – Southern Campaign 1780 – Public Safety for Battle of Camden Event & Liberty Live Educational Supplies (Kershaw Co.)
$6,825 – Southern Campaign 1780 – Reusable Supplies for Battle of Camden Event (Kershaw Co.)

County Asset Assessment & Historic Tourism Plan Grants

$10,000 – Dorchester County – asset report & tourism plan (Dorchester Co.)

Publication Grants

$160,093 – SCBPT – Francis Marion Papers Multi-Volume / Digital Project (All State)

Signage & Marker Grants

$10,000 – City of Camden – Battle of Hobkirk Hill Signage (Kershaw Co.)

Site Grants

Planning

$7,000 – Laurens County 250 – Additional Hammond Store Archaeology (Laurens Co.)
$50,000 – SCBPT – Camden Forensic Archaeology (Kershaw Co.)
$35,000 – SCBPT – Stono Ferry (Charleston Co.)

Acquisition

$30,000 – SCBPT – Jacksonborough Property (Provisional State Capitol) (Colleton Co.)
$87,000 – SCBPT – Hammond’s Store (Laurens Co.)
$70,000 – SCBPT – Burdell’s Plantation (Orangeburg Co.)

23FYQ2 (Cycle 2)

County 250 Organizing Grants

$3,000 – Discover Greenwood – Strategic Planning (Greenwood Co.)
$3,000 – McCormick County Chamber of Commerce – Survey of Sites & Documentation (McCormick Co.)
$3,000 – Friends of the Buford Massacre Battlefield, Inc. – Strategic Planning (Lancaster Co.)

Museum Style Panel Grants

$4,800 – City of Camden / Rev War Visitors Center – Outdoor Interpretive Signs (Kershaw Co.)

Local Activities Grants

$5,000 – Revolutionary War Museum & Library, Inc. – Weapons of War Display (Laurens Co.)
$5,450 – Laurens District Chapter SC Genealogical Society – Annual Meeting with Rev War Theme (Laurens Co.)
$8,000 – Long Gone, LLC – Marketing of Rev War Tourism (Kershaw Co.)
$10,000 – Long Gone, LLC – Rev War Week (Kershaw Co.)
$4,385.28 – SC Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum – Revolutionary War Day 2023 (Richland Co.)

County Asset Assessment & Historic Tourism Plan Grants

$7,500 – Cherokee County – asset report & tourism plan (Cherokee Co.)

Research Grants

$15,000 – Watson Research Enterprise – The Impact of American Revolution on Slave Manumissions 1760-1800 (Richland Co.)
6,000 – SCBPT – Transcribing Loyalists Claims Phase 1 (Vol. 26) (All State)

Publication Grants

$6,000 – SCBPT – Text for Charleston Battlefield Guide (Charleston Co.)
$28,300 – Lake Hartwell Country – Regional Rev War Assets Website and Searchable Database (Anderson, Oconee, Pickens Co.)

Education Grants

$10,000 – Florence County Museum – Snow’s Island Exhibition (Florence Co.)
$10,000 – Long Gone, LLC – American Revolution History Club for Kids (Kershaw Co.)
$9,999 – Cherokee County 250 – Interactive Am Rev Education Days (Cherokee Co.)

Signage & Marker Grants

$9,599 – Cherokee Historical & Preservation Society – Cherokee Co. Liberty Trail Connections Tour (Cherokee Co.)

Site Grants

Acquisition

$124,000 – SCBPT – Bradham Property (Battle of Eutaw Springs Camp) (Orangeburg Co.)
$70,000 – SCBPT – Alexander’s Old Fields Patriot Victory (Chester Co.)

Development

$5,495 – Berkeley County Museum – Fort Fair Lawn Docent Program (Berkeley Co.)
$41,760 – Culture & Heritage Museums of York Co – Watt’s Site at Historic Brattonsville (York Co.)

23FYQ3 (Cycle 3)

County 250 Organizing Grants

$3,000 – Kershaw County – Strategic Planning (Kershaw Co.)
$3,000 – Sumter County Museum – Strategic Planning (Sumter Co.)
$3,000 – Col. Philemon Waters Chapter SC Society of the Sons of the American Revolution – Interpretive Sign for Tarleton’s Camp at Scott’s Creek on his way to Cowpens (Newberry Co.)
$3,000 – Florence Convention & Visitors Bureau – Survey of People, Places, & All Things Revolutionary (Florence Co.)

Museum Style Panel Grants

$5,000 – SC Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum – Revolutionary War Veteran Daguerreotype Exhibit (Richland Co.)

Local Activities Grants

$7,573.08 – Union County Historical Society – 2^nd Annual Battle of Blackstocks (Union Co.)
$7,050 – Dorchester Heritage Center – Discovery Education Outreach Series (Dorchester Co.)
$16,150 – Southern Campaign 1780 – Long Term Event & Education Items to Improve Demos (Kershaw Co.)
$8,750 – Southern Campaign 1780 – Long Term Event & Education Trailer (Kershaw Co.)

Research Grants

$20,000 – National Society of Colonial Dames of America SC – Discovering Diverse Stories of Daily Life in Occupied Charleston (Charleston Co.)

Publication Grants

$5,000 – Cheritawba Games – Crown & Crescent: Am Rev Strategy Game (Richland Co.)

Education Grants

$10,000 – Anderson County – Revolutionary-Era Traveling Trunks (Anderson Co.)

Signage & Marker Grants

$4,600 – City of Johnsonville – Witherspoon’s Ferry Historic Marker (Florence Co.)
$10,000 – SC Society Children of the American Revolution – Hanging Rock Signage (Lancaster Co.)

23FYQ4 (Cycle 4)

County 250 Organizing Grants

$3,000 – Chester County – Strategic Planning (Chester Co.)
$3,000 – Abbeville Co. Historical Society – Rev Up Kickoff Event (Abbeville Co.)
$3,000 – Spartanburg Co. Historical Association – Strategic Planning (Spartanburg Co.)
$3,000 – Pickens County – Awareness Marketing (Pickens Co.)
$3,000 – Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce – Graphic Design Tour Update Phase 1 (Clarendon Co.)
$3,000 – Town of Lexington – Strategic Planning (Lexington Co.)
$3,000 – Town of Kingstree – Interpretive Marker & Map (Williamsburg Co.)
$3,000 – Georgetown County – Strategic Planning (Georgetown Co.)
$3,000 – Allendale County – Burton Ferry Marker (Allendale Co.)

Museum Style Panel Grants

$5,000 – Laurens County Museum – Interactive American Revolution Laurens Co. Map (Laurens Co.)

Local Activities Grants

$1,000 – Theodosia Burr Chapter DAR – Speaker Presentations (Horry Co.)
$6,076 – Laurens County Chamber Foundation – Lecture Series plus Essay & Poster Contests (Laurens Co.)
$6,475 – SC250 Charleston, Inc. – Web design & other Marketing (Charleston Co.)
$6,680 – Chamber Music Charleston – Web pages for Charleston Arts & Cultural Council American Revolution activities (Charleston Co.)
$8,000 – National Society of the Colonial Dames SC – 250^th Anniversary of Charleston’s Tea Party (Charleston Co.)

County Asset Assessment & Historic Tourism Plan Grants

$10,000 – Laurens County Chamber Foundation – Asset Assessment & Historic Tourism Plan (Laurens Co.)

Research Grants

$20,000 – Cherokee County – Ft. Thicketty Research Project (Cherokee Co.)
$13,000 – Charleston Library Society – E Pluribus Unum “Diverse Voices of Revolutionary Correspondence” Digitization Project (Charleston Co.)
$9,600 – Lake City Creative Alliance – Lynches Lake American Revolution Soldiers Research (Florence Co.)
$5,000 – Paul A Wood – William Cunningham Biography (Kershaw Co.)

Publication Grants

$15,000 – Joan A. Inabinet & L. Glen Inabinet – Living Under British Occupation – Camden, SC 1780-1781 Book (Kershaw Co.)
$3,500 – Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce – Updated Clarendon Co. Revolutionary-Era Trail/Tour Phase 2 (Clarendon Co.)

Education Grants

$19,753 – Southern Campaign 1780 – Liberty Live Education Program School Visits Year 2 (Kershaw Co.)

Signage & Marker Grants

$10,000 – Historic Camden Foundation – Interpretive Sig Refurbishment at Historic Camden & Camden Battlefield (Kershaw Co.)

Site Grants

Development

$30,000 – Pickens County – Andrew Pickens Interpretive Center Exhibit (Pickens Co.)
$50,000 – Berkeley County Museum – Creative Exhibits Bringing Berkeley County’s Revolutionary War to Light (Berkeley Co.)
$50,000 – Sumter County Museum – Thomas Sumter Interpretive Center Exhibit (Sumter Co.)
$30,000 – Georgetown County Historical Society – Francis Marion Interpretive Center Exhibit (Georgetown Co.)

24FYC1 (Cycle 1)

County 250 Organizing Grants

$3,000 – Upcountry History Museum – Greenville County Survey of American Revolution Sites (Greenville Co.)
$3,000 – Calhoun County – Freedom Fighters of Calhoun Co. Living History Event (Calhoun Co.)
$3,000 – Lee County – Interpretive Sign & Tri-fold Pamphlets (Lee Co.)
$3,000 – Jasper County – Heyward Burial Site Refurbishment Phase 1 (Jasper Co.)

Local Activities Grants

$4,000 – SC Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum – Rev War Day 2024 (Richland Co.)

County Asset Assessment & Historic Tourism Plan

$7,500 – Jasper County – Historic Tourism Improvements at Heyward Site (Jasper Co.)

Research Grants

$6,000 – SCBPT – Transcribing Loyalist Claims Phase 2 (All State)

Publication Grants

$8,000 – Discover Greenwood – Greenwood Co. 250 Brochure & Website (Greenwood Co.)
$58,750 – SC American Revolution Trust, Inc. – Phase 2 & 3 of Website Infrastructure & Collection Onboarding (All State)

Education Grants

$20,000 – Historyman Comics – The Rise of Thomas Sumter Comic Books/Graphic Novel (All State)
$10,000 – The Charleston Museum – Rev War Education Programs (Charleston Co.)

Signage & Marker Grants

$10,000 – Historic Camden Foundation – Interpretive Sign Additions (African Americans During the Rev, Role of Disease, Life Under Occupation) (Kershaw Co.)
$10,000 – Jasper County – Interpretive Panels at Purrysburg (Jasper Co.)
$10,000 – Discover Greenwood – Commemorating Andrew Williamson’s White Hall (Greenwood Co.)
$5,825 – McCormick County Chamber of Commerce – Willington SC Am Rev Gateway Interpretive Sign (McCormick Co.)
$4,663.20 – Spartanburg County Historical Association – Marker Repair & Interpretation (Spartanburg Co.)
$10,000 – Allendale County – Three Interpretive Signs (Allendale Co.)
$7,765 – Abbeville Co. Historical Society – Three Markers (Abbeville Co.)

Site Grants

Acquisition

$75,000 – SCBPT John Felder Escrow Agent – Gillon Site (Calhoun Co.)

Development

$39,300 – Historic Camden Foundation – Camden Battlefield Improvements (Kershaw Co.)
$84,000 – SC Parks, Recreation, & Tourism – New Interpretation, etc. of American Revolution Importance in State Parks (All State)

24FYC2 (Cycle 2)

Local Activities Grants

$5,567.96 – 33^rd Regiment of Foot, Inc. – Education & Recruitment Tools (Georgetown Co.)

Research Grants

$5,900 – Dr. Greg Brooking – Henry Laurens: A Life Book (All State)

Signage & Marker Grants

$4,000 – Friends of the Buford Massacre Battlefield, Inc. – Information Kiosks for Buford Battlefield (Lancaster Co.)

24FYC3 (Cycle 3)

Local Activities Grants

$12,000 – Town of James Island – James Island Driving Tour (Charleston Co.)
$41,250 – SC American Revolution Trust – Operational Support (All State)

County Asset Assessment & Historic Tourism Plan

$7,500 – Cherokee County Historic Tourism Plan (Cherokee Co.)

Education Grants

$7,000 – Cherokee County – Rev War Education Day 2024 (Cherokee Co.)

Signage & Marker Grants

$15,000 – McCormick County Chamber of Commerce – Fort Charlotte Memorial Site (McCormick Co.)

Site Grants

Development

$147,000 – Jasper County – Thomas Heyward/ Old House Site Development Next Phase (Jasper Co.)
$139,500 – Historic Camden Foundation – Occupied Camden Structures (Kershaw Co.)
$75,000 – SCBPT – Gillon Site Development (Calhoun Co.)

24FYC4 (Cycle 4)

Local Activities Grants

$3,000 – Allendale County – 250 Promotional Materials (Allendale Co.)

Research Grants

$15,000 – Eleanor Brown – Berkeley County African Americans in the American Revolution Research (Berkeley Co.)

Education Grants

$15,000 – Southern Campaign 1780 – Carolinas Rev War Education Day & Reenactment Weekend 2024 (Kershaw Co.)

24FYC5 (Cycle 5)

County 250 Organizing Grants

$3,000 – Barnwell Co. – State Historic Marker (Barnwell Co.)
$3,000 – Dillon Co. – Rouse’s Ferry Interpretive Sign (Dillon Co.)
$3,000 – Fairfield Co. – Strategic Planning & Inaugural Tour (Fairfield Co.)
$3,000 – York Co. – Strategic Planning (York Co.)

Local Activities Grants

$2,000 – Friends of the Buford Massacre Battlefield, Inc. – Religious Influences in the Carolina Back Country Leading Up to the American Revolution (Lancaster Co.)
$8,180 – SC Military History Foundation – War Songs: Military Music of the American Revolution & Beyond (Richland Co.)

Signage & Marker Grants

$15,000 – St. Philip’s Church – Rev War Leaders Churchyard Marker Project (Charleston Co.)

24FYC6 (Cycle 6)

County 250 Organizing Grants

$3,000 – Marlboro County – Strategic Planning (Marlboro Co.)

Local Museum Style Panel Grants

$800,000 – SC State Museum – SC Revolutionary War Exhibition

Local Activities Grants

$8,000 – Spartanburg County Historical Association – Festifall 2024 (Spartanburg Co.)
$9,500 – Friends of the Buford Massacre Battlefield, Inc. – Am Rev Engagement Series for Lancaster County Area (Lancaster Co.)
$9,995 – Georgetown County – Georgetown Celebrates! Local Am Rev Activities Series (Georgetown Co.)
$123,200 – Slave Dwelling Project – Living History Through the Eyes of the Enslaved (Berkeley Co.)
$124,000 – Santee Cooper Country – American Revolution Marketing (Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, & Sumter Co.)
$148,500 – Battle of Sullivan’s Island – Live Action/Animated Video Presentation (Charleston Co.)

Research Grants

$50,500 – Herb Frazier with Joe McGill – Black Loyalists & Black Patriots in SC (Charleston Co.)

Education Grants

$13,150 – Spartanburg County Historical Association – Kate Barry Book & Teacher Guide Distribution in Spartanburg Elementary Schools (Spartanburg Co.)
$15,000 – Drayton Hall Preservation Trust – African Americans Choices in American Revolution Virtual Tour & Traveling Trunks (Charleston Co.)
$121,033 – Gullah Traveling Theater – Da’Gullah Revolutionary Experience Performances (Beaufort & Jasper Co.)
$92,000 – Orangeburg Co. Chamber of Commerce – The Untold Stories of SC’s African American Revolutionaries Traveling Performances (Orangeburg Co.)

Signage & Marker Grants

$15,000 – Upper Savannah Council of Governments – Battle of Long Cane Signage & Interpretation (Greenwood/McCormick Counties)
$50,000 – City of Travelers Rest – Dicey Langston Statue (Greenville Co.)
$118,000 – Friends of the Charleston National Parks – Interpretive Waysides at Ft. Moultrie (Charleston Co.)

Site Grants

Planning

$15,000 –CAPSOL Inc.- African Americans in the Revolution Interpretive Center Planning (Lee Co.)

Development

$122,750 – Historic Camden – “The Fallen” Remembrance Hall (Kershaw Co.)

25FYC1 (Cycle 1)

County 250 Organizing Grants

$3,000 – Edgefield County Historical Society on behalf of Edgefield County 250 – American Revolution Brochure (Edgefield Co.)

Museum & Library Style Exhibits Grants

$14,017.20 – City of Gaffney – Cherokee Revolutionary War Sites Floor Map (Cherokee Co.)

Historic Tourism Marketing Grants

$13,209 – City of Camden – Revolutionary November Marketing (Kershaw Co.)
$11,250 – Sumter County Museum – Thomas Sumter Interpretive Center Marketing (Sumter Co.)

Signage & Marker Grants

$15,000 – Edgefield County Historical Society on behalf of Edgefield Co. 250 – American Revolution Monument (Edgefield Co.)
$14,750 – Town of Lexington on behalf of Lexington Co. 250 – American Revolution Markers & Interpretive Signs (Lexington Co.)

25FYC2 (Cycle 2)

Museum & Library Style Exhibits

$14,687 – Charleston Museum – American Revolution Tour of Heyward-Washington House (Charleston Co.)

Some C2 Applications are still under due diligence and should be finalized by November 18, 2024.

Grant Awards

2022 Fiscal Year

2023 Fiscal Year

2024 Fiscal Year

2025 Fiscal Year