Aiken Charities – Nonprofit Organizations in Aiken County

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Please choose from one of the following types of nonprofits and community organizations:

Animal & Wildlife Rescue in Aiken

  • Animal rescue in the SC Midlands
    These animal rescue organizations – all of which are based in Aiken or nearby areas of the South Carolina's Midlands – provide care and refuge for cats, dogs, horses, rabbits, and other domestic animals.

  • SC wildlife rescue, rehabilitation
    Have you found an injured wild animal? This guide can help you locate a licensed rehabber in South Carolina. It also lists the many great places you can volunteer to help native critters in need.

Arts & Cultural Organizations in Aiken

  • Aiken Artist Guild
    A non-profit organization of artists in Aiken who gather to share ideas and encourage one another in their art. The guild also sponsors numerous art exhibitions and educational events.

  • Aiken Center for the Arts
    Aiken Center for the Arts is a place for visual and performing artists of all ages to create, teach and learn. This non profit organization offers outreach programs including juried shows, instruction, and a variety of concert events for the Aiken community.

  • Aiken Civic Ballet
    The Aiken Civic Ballet is South Carolina's longest continuously operating dance company. This non-profit company produces original ballets and contemporary dance works.

  • Aiken Community Theatre
    The Aiken Community Theatre is a non-profit, volunteer, community theater. It also hosts a youth wing with workshops.

  • Aiken Performing Arts Group
    A volunteer not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization which presents professional artistic performances in Aiken and educational outreach programs to students, military personnel, and special groups.

  • Aiken Symphony Guild
    The Aiken Symphony Guild desires to bring music to the community through a partnership with Aiken Symphony Orchestra (ASO). The guild seeks sponsors and conducts events to raise funds for student music programs and ASO concerts.

  • Center for African American History, Art, and Culture
    The Center for African American History, Art, and Culture is a preservation group for the Immanuel Institute building and an educational resource. It promotes interactive programs that educate and celebrate Aiken's diversity and community.

  • North Augusta Cultural Arts Council
    NACAC is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization striving to provide residents of any age with opportunities to participate in all phases of the arts. This includes display venues and student art instruction.

  • Aiken Music
    Learn about Aiken music including symphonies, orchestras, choral groups, and musical education organizations.

Education & Literacy Organizations

  • North Augusta Junior Women's League
    The North Augusta Junior Women's League is a nonprofit organization that empowers women to serve the community in a positive way. This group promotes literacy and achievement through Reading Readiness programs and Scholarship programs.

Environmental Nonprofits in the SC Midlands

Family Support & Assistance in Aiken

These Aiken groups provide support for families and children in need.
  • Children's Place
    Children's Place offers an inclusive, wide-ranging individualized service program to treat children with significant developmental and behavioral problems. This organization provides speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and mental health counseling to the child and interventions with the family, seeking the prevention of child abuse and neglect and the empowerment of families to meet the therapeutic needs of their high risk children.

  • Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons
    With locations in Aiken, Barnwell, and Edgefield, this organization works to support and empower domestic violence and sexual violence victims and their families by providing services, reducing the tolerance of abuse, and advocating for social change.

  • Helping Hands
    Located in Aiken, Helping Hands provides residential services to boys and girls between birth and 21 years old who have been removed from their homes . This non-profit organization is committed to enriching the quality of life and well-being of children, youth and families in need through a continuum of residential and community-based services in order to improve their health, independent living skills, educational outcomes, and/or resilience.

Health Organizations in Aiken

  • Aiken Youth Empowerment
    This nonprofit organization educates and increases awareness among youths, their families and other caring adults in order to promote behaviors leading to positive health outcomes that result in promising futures.

  • American Red Cross, Central South Carolina
    The American Red Cross provides services to the residents of South Carolina including disaster relief, health and safety classes, blood collection for hospitals, and services to the armed forces.

  • Diann Shaddox Foundation
    The Diann Shaddox Foundation for Essential Tremor is an accredited non-profit 501c(3) public organization committed to find a cause and cure for Essential Tremor, the largest progressive neurological movement disorder in the world.

  • Mental Health America of Aiken County
    The mission of Mental Health America of Aiken County is to facilitate positive mental health programs to Aiken County residents in need.

  • Overflow Foundation
    This nonprofit organization exists to promote mental health and suicide prevention, as well as provide mental health education.

  • Tri-Development Center of Aiken County
    This nonprofit group provides community services in Aiken County for individuals with autism, head and spinal cord injuries, and intellectual disabilities, in order to maximize independence, safeguard and support human rights and dignity, and achieve community inclusion.

Organizations that Fight Poverty & Hunger

  • ACTS, Area Churches Together Serving
    Chartered in 1986, this group has grown to 67 churches dedicated to giving aid to Aiken county residents who are in financial trouble. Assistance includes food, clothing, overdue bill assistance, prescriptions, warmth, and home furnishings.

  • Aiken County Habitat for Humanity - builds affordable housing
    Using volunteer labor, this national organization builds affordable housing for qualifying individuals and families.

  • Community Ministry of North Augusta
    This non-profit organization assists those in emergency situations with food, clothing, and utilities. Interviews conducted multiple days a week for those needing assistance.

  • Family Joint Venture Foundation
    Located in Gloverville, the FJV Foundation's primary focus is to help children, families, disabled veterans and senior citizens 60 years and older who live in areas which are 65% or more economically disadvantaged.

  • Golden Harvest Food Bank
    Golden Harvest Food Bank provides Aiken County residents in need quality food and other grocery products by offering direct service programs, food pantries, and community education about hunger.

  • Helping Hands of Hope Ministries
    Located in North Augusta, this nonprofit ministry assists those in need with a food pantry, clothing closet, toys, hygiene items, and cleaning supplies.

Recreation & Sports Teams in Aiken

  • Aiken Futbol Club
    Aiken County-based soccer club with boys and girls teams ranging from U9-U14.

  • Aiken Running Club
    The Aiken Running Club is a non-profit organization of men and women of all ages, who are interested in fitness through walking, jogging, and running.

  • The RECing Crew
    Located in North Augusta, the RECing Crew is a special leisure and recreation association established in 2002 by the families and friends of those with disabilities to offer leisure and recreational activities for individuals with disabilities.

Religious Organizations in Aiken

  • Churches in Aiken
    This helpful directory of churches, temples, and mosques in Aiken is sorted by denomination.

Senior Citizen Organizations in Aiken

More Aiken SC Organizations

  • Aiken County Veterans Council
    This nonprofit organization works with veterans' organizations, local business partners, and government agencies throughout the CSRA to better serve veterans and their families.

  • Boy Scouts of America - Georgia-Carolina Council
    The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law. The group promotes character, citizenship, and personal fitness training for Aiken county youths.

  • 2-1-1 Aiken
    This Aiken County Help Line empowers and connects all citizens to appropriate resources based on a self-identified need; through Information, Referral and Crisis Intervention, by dialing 2-1-1.

  • United Way of Aiken
    This wide-reaching organization works to improve the lives of individuals and communities within Aiken County and the world at large through programs addressing education, financial stability, and health needs in the community


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