Beneficiaries
Over the course of its history, the Rose Ball has given more than $4 million to a variety of well-deserving Upstate non-profit organizations. Following the Rose Ball’s long-standing tradition, fifty percent of the proceeds benefit Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital.
The 2021 Rose Ball presented grants to the following organizations:
- Bon Secours Project SEARCH Academy
- Carolina Dance Collaborative
- Foothills Family Resource
- Fostering Great Ideas
- Greenville Center for Creative Arts
- Greenville Free Medical Clinic
- Jasmine Road
- On Track Greenville
- Phillis Wheatley Community Center
- Safe Harbor
- Soteria Community Development Corporation
- United Ministries
The 2019 Rose Ball presented grants to the following organizations:
- Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, Inc.
- Conestee Foundation, Inc.
- Friends of the Reedy
- Gateway House, Inc.
- Greenville Jazz Collective
- Greenville Literacy Association
- Greenville Symphony Orchestra
- Greenville Tech Foundation, Inc.
- Jasmine Road, Inc.
- Loaves and Fishes
- NAMI-National Alliance of Mental Illness-Greenville
- Pendleton Place, Inc.
- Project Host
- Public Education Partners
- Safe Harbor, Inc.
- YouthBASE
In 2017, Bon Secours St. Francis directed these funds toward the development of its Downtown Chest Pain Center. The remaining fifty percent of the proceeds was divided among the following local organizations:
- Artisphere
- Cancer Society of Greenville County
- Cancer Survivors Park
- Clement’s Kindness
- Camperdown Academy
- Communities in Schools
- Greenville Health System
- Greenville Literacy Association
- Harvest Hope Food Bank
- Meyer Center for Special Children
- Miracle Hill Ministries
- Project HOPE
- Ronald McDonald House
- South Carolina Children’s Theater
In 2015, the Rose Ball granted approximately $345,000 to the following organizations:
- A Child’s Haven
- Bon Secours St. Francis Health
- System
- Cancer Society of Greenville County
- Family Effect
- Greenville Free Medical Clinic, Inc.
- Greenville Health System
- Homes of Hope, Inc.
- Julie Valentine Center
- Meals on Wheels of Greenville, Inc.
- Pendleton Place Inc.
- Project Hope Foundations
- Safe Harbor, Inc.
- Salvation Army of Greenville County
- Triune Mercy Center
- United Ministries
In 2013, the Rose Ball granted approximately $300,000 to the following beneficiaries:
- A Child’s Haven
- Cancer Society of Greenville County
- Center for Developmental Services
- Clement’s Kindness
- Greenville Free Medical Clinic, Inc.
- Greenville Health (Medical
- Experience Academy)
- Greenville Literacy Association, Inc.
- Harvest Hope Food Bank
- Meyer Center for Special Children
- Project Host, Inc.
- Ronald McDonald House Charities
- Triune Mercy Center
- YMCA, Judson Community Center
- St. Francis Hospital
In 2011, the Rose Ball granted approximately $270,000 to the following beneficiaries:
- The Breast Health Mobile Mammography Unit
- The American Red Cross – Greenville chapter
- St Francis Breast Health Center
- The Cancer Society of Greenville County
- Clement’s Kindness
- The Governors School for the Arts
- Greenville Free Medical Clinic, Inc.
- GHS- The Medical Experience Academy
- Meyer Center
- Pendleton Place
- Project Host
- Safe Harbor
- YMCA Judson Center