🌊 Now Forming — Founding Board Recruitment Open · Hilton Head Island & Bluffton, SC
Support the Mission

Fund What
This Community Needs.

TIDE Lowcountry, Inc. is a filed South Carolina nonprofit currently pursuing 501(c)(3) federal tax-exempt status. We are actively seeking grant partnerships and community investment.

The Case for Funding

The Community Need
Is Real and Documented.


Beaufort County has one of the most active recovery communities in South Carolina — and one of the largest gaps in post-treatment support services. People leave treatment without the practical skills to sustain independent living. The result is relapse, crisis, and repeated demand on emergency and social services. TIDE Lowcountry addresses that gap directly.

The Problem
The Skills Gap

People in recovery and those new to independent living consistently lack foundational life skills — budgeting, housing navigation, legal literacy, parenting basics, and job readiness. These gaps drive relapse, family instability, and repeated crisis.

The Solution
Prevention Is Cheaper

Life skills education and crisis navigation reduce demand on emergency services, social services, and the justice system. Every participant who learns to manage a household, maintain housing, and navigate resources independently represents measurable cost savings to the community.

The Model
Volunteer Powered

TIDE Lowcountry's volunteer instructor model keeps program delivery costs low while maximizing community engagement. Retired professionals, local business owners, and community experts donate their time. Grant funding covers operations, not instruction.

"The tide came back. And so will they."

TIDE Lowcountry Inc. · Training. Independence. Development. Empowerment.

Grant Alignment

Funding Sources
We Are Pursuing


TIDE Lowcountry's program design aligns with multiple federal, state, county, and community grant categories. We welcome conversations with funders at any stage.

Federal Sources
  • SAMHSA Building Communities of Recovery (BCOR)
  • SAMHSA Recovery Community Services Program (RCSP)
  • Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) — Beaufort County
  • AmeriCorps VISTA — volunteer capacity building
State Sources
  • SC DAODAS Recovery Community Organization Planning Grant
  • SC DAODAS RCO Program Grants
  • SC Department of Social Services TANF Sub-Grant
  • SC DAODAS County Expansion Grants
County & Local Sources
  • Beaufort County Accommodations Tax (A-Tax) Grants
  • United Way of the Lowcountry
  • Community Foundation of the Lowcountry
  • Tidal Health Foundation
  • Palmetto Electric Cooperative Community Grants
Organizational Status
  • Filed nonprofit corporation — SC Secretary of State, May 2026
  • 501(c)(3) application in process
  • EIN assigned
  • Founding board recruitment active
  • SAM.gov registration pending
Partner With Us

Let's Start
a Conversation.


Whether you represent a government agency, a foundation, a corporate giving program, or an individual committed to community impact — we want to hear from you. We are in the formation stage and actively building our funding relationships now.

We can provide: organizational documentation, program framework, board roster, budget projections, and letters of community support upon request.

Contact us directly at TideLowcountry@gmail.com or use the form to start the conversation.

Funding Inquiry