Building for the Future
Our New Website is Coming Soon
We are currently updating our digital presence. As the Foundation continues to serve SCSU students, we are building a new website to better facilitate your support and share our impact.
Our mission remains the same, but our look is changing. While we work behind the scenes to launch a refreshed website that aligns with our vision, our core work of supporting educational excellence continues without pause.
We invite you to continue your support of our vital scholarship programs via the link below, and we look forward to unveiling our new look and expanded vision very soon.
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SC State University Foundation’s 2026 Gala
Thank You for Standing with Our Students
Thank you for your support of the 35th Annual Scholarship Gala & Tribute.
Because of your generosity, we will fund $60,000 in scholarships for our Shining Stars this year. We’re deeply grateful for your role in making that possible.
This year’s event took place in a more complex environment than in the past, including unexpected competition in the marketplace. While attendance and engagement were strong, event related costs impacted the overall proceeds available for scholarships. Throughout, our priority remained clear, protecting student support and stewarding resources responsibly.
At the same time, the evening allowed us to honor our Shining Stars and, for the first time, celebrate two North Star women honorees, while bringing our community together in meaningful support of our students.
As we look ahead, we are committed to clarity and focus. All gifts made in response to this outreach will be directed exclusively to student scholarships, supporting students as they enroll, persist, and graduate.
If you’d like to build on your support, we welcome your partnership in helping expand scholarship opportunities for our students. DONATE HERE
Honoring Our Legacy.
Building the
Building the
Future.
Future.
At The South Carolina State University Foundation, we support the university’s vision of becoming a leading public institution distinguished by excellence in academics, student life, research, and public service. We recognize the responsibility that comes with this mission and are deeply grateful to the donors and partners who entrust us to grow and steward their gifts in support of our students and community.
Our mission is to build and maintain outstanding programs at SCSU. Gifts to our foundation help us to support a variety of programs at the University through faculty and student aid programs.
50 Years
of Helping Our University Prosper
Every year, the South Carolina State Univesity Foundation gathers friends of the foundation to celebrate our organization’s rich history and heritage in our annual gala. This year, we celebrated our 50th anniversary and recollected all that the foundation has achieved over the past five decades.
Our
Mission
The South Carolina State University Foundation’s mission is to activate and engage the University’s community of supporters by securing, managing, and distributing philanthropic investments to serve and support South Carolina State University’s interests and priorities.
Help Us Become a
A Legacy of Excellence
At The South Carolina State University Foundation, we are dedicated to ensuring that SC State’s legacy of excellence continues into the future. With a focus on academics, student life, research, and publish service, SC State equips its students with what they need to compete and win in the global marketplace. We are thankful for those who partner with us to support the vision and mission of this institution.
About
the South Carolina State
University Foundation
The South Carolina State University Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) entity organized solely to promote the welfare and future development of South Carolina State University. Chartered in 1971 to support the University’s educational goals, the foundation receives, manages, and distributes restricted and unrestricted endowment gifts, annual gifts, capital campaigns, planned giving, and other ongoing fund-raising programs — all aimed toward building and maintaining outstanding programs here at South Carolina State University. Gifts to the foundation support and build the academic, research, and public service programs of the University through faculty and student aid programs.
The foundation is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors made up of business and community leaders who support South Carolina State University’s mission to prepare highly-skilled, competent, and socially aware graduates for a dynamic global society. The Board of Directors works in partnership with the University to identify, engage and cultivate potential donors and to honor South Carolina State University’s many benefactors for their generous support.