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Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Fo Undation
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About Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Fo Undation
Our mission is to elevate and enrich the lives of upstate neighbors in need by supporting local nonprofits, providing volunteer service, and distributing funds to organizations that foster healthier, happier, and more productive lives in our community.
Focus Areas
Education / scholarshipsFood security / hunger reliefShelter and domestic abuse supportAddiction and recovery supportSupport for disabled veteransServices for children and seniorsAnimal welfare (Oconee Humane Society listed among recipients)
Funding Style
general/unrestricted operating supportcore organizational supportflexible use fundingnon-project-specific funding
About Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Fo Undation
The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Fo Undation’s grantmaking is organized around three clear pillars: supporting lifelong learning, ending hunger, and creating safe spaces. That structure shows up in its recent support for local nonprofits serving Pickens County and the surrounding upstate community, with general support recurring across multiple years. One of the largest recent awards went to United Way of Pickens County for the Pathways Program, and the foundation also backed Camp Irock through the same intermediary, indicating a strong interest in youth-serving community programs. The giving pattern is closely tied to practical needs in the region: food assistance, shelter and recovery, education, and services for vulnerable residents. The foundation’s mission statement emphasizes improving the lives of upstate neighbors in need through local nonprofit support, volunteer service, and funding that helps organizations foster healthier, happier, and more productive lives. Recent grants also point to partnerships with groups serving families, seniors, children, people with disabilities, and disabled veterans. Its support for nonprofit operations rather than tightly restricted projects appears throughout the recent grant list, suggesting a flexible approach to local capacity building.
What Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Fo Undation Funds
In education and youth development, the foundation supported United Way of Pickens County’s Camp Irock with $55,000 in 2025 and $25,000 in 2024, alongside broader support for learning-related work such as scholarships, literacy, financial literacy, and special needs education. The same theme appears in its grant programs for lifelong learning. Food security is another core area. The foundation gave $50,000 in 2025 to Pickens County Meals on Wheels Inc and $33,000 in 2025 to Feed a Hungry Child Pickens County Inc, both tied to meal support and hunger relief for local residents. Its safe-spaces work includes shelter, abuse response, and recovery support. Recent grants included $30,000 to Safe Harbor Inc in 2025 and $25,000 to Family Promise of Pickens County Inc in 2025, matching the foundation’s stated focus on shelter services and domestic abuse support.
How Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Fo Undation Gives
Typical grant size centers in the $10,000 to $25,000 range, with a median of $20,000 and a 75th percentile of $25,000. Recent awards also include a larger outlier at $126,026, but most listed grants fall near the median and upper quartile. The pattern is repeated support to the same organizations across multiple years: Pickens County Meals on Wheels Inc, Safe Harbor Inc, Family Promise of Pickens County, Helping Hands of Clemson Inc, and Purple Heart Homes Golden Corner all appear more than once. The foundation operates as a charitable foundation with local, general support grantmaking and accepts unsolicited applications through several named grant programs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$697K
Total Assets
$364K
Total Revenue
$855K
Total Expenses
$763K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $25K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
REBECCA GILSTRAP
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