Donors

Thanks to our volunteers and special donors

The Deep Well Project is a grass-roots organization, primarily staffed by hard-working and gifted volunteers. Deep Well volunteers donated 26,000 hours of their most precious gift … their TIME… in 2024.

Volunteers help staff our office and pantry five days per week, make food deliveries, do repair work on clients’ homes to keep them “livable,” schedule donated furniture pick-ups weekly, blow off the parking lot, and most importantly, help set strategy for the organization and research new initiatives to help the community. Within the Circles program there is also a wide variety of "jobs" for volunteers - being an intentional friend or Ally, using your closet caterer skills for the weekly, sit-down meal for about 70 people, or jumping into the Big View team to tackle systemic and structural challenges that are barriers for local families.

Our volunteers come from all walks of life: banking, hospitality, government, carpentry, law, retail, plus a few flight attendants, homemakers and probably a candle-stick maker!

Deep Well’s donor base is just as varied as our volunteers. We rely exclusively on funding from private individuals, businesses, service organizations and charitable grants and foundations. Our major fund-raising time is during the holidays, and that campaign usually raises 35-50% of the operating funds we need for the next year. Here’s a partial list of some of our special grant partners who supported us in 2024, on whom we count on for the balance of our operational needs:

Deep Well Funding Partners

Community Foundation of the Lowcountry
The Bargain Box
Beaufort Jasper Housing Trust
United Way of the Lowcountry
Adventure Hilton Head
Arbor Nature Give Back
Coastal Community Foundation / Beaufort Fund
Berkeley Hall Charitable Fund
Breedlove Foundation
Bristol Foundation
Congregation Beth Yam
Central Church
Christian Renewal Church
Church Mouse Thrift Shop
Clark Family Foundation
Colleton River Charitable Fund
Collins Group Realty
Crumpton, Barbara Estate
Ducky Loveless Foundation
Ekedahl Foundation
Erdman, Christine Estate
First Presbyterian Church
Friends of Callawassie Island
Gant Family Foundation
Gleason Family Foundation
Goulder Foundation
Hendrickson Family Foundation
Heritage Classic Foundation
Hickory Fund
Hilton Head Island Community Church
Hilton Head Running Club / Al and Keri Olivetti
Hilton Head Plantation Women's Club
Hilton Head Presbyterian Church
Host 4 Community
Island Lutheran Church
Island Tire
Italian American Club
Kennedy Family Foundation / Trailsend
Kilrea Foundation
Long Cove Community Fund
Manion Family Fund
Dr. Matthew Mastrorocco
Moss Creek Giving Fund
North Island Baptist Church
Palmetto Dunes Cares
Providence Presbyterian Church
PSD#1 Bucks Program
Raiti Family Foundation
St. Andrew By-the-Sea United Methodist Church
St. Francis Thrift Shop
Sea Pines Resort Foundation
TJX Foundation
Unity Church of Hilton Head
Van Horn Foundation
Ward Foundation
Wexford 9 Foundation

Deep Well Product/Service Partners

Action Roofing
All Saints Episcopal Church
AmeriPro Inc.
Anchor Hardware
Auto Pro
Beachside Rentals
Blufton United Methodist
Central Church
Central Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church
Charter One Realty & Marketing
Church of Christ
Coastal Home Interiors
Coastal Pest Control
Collins Group Realty
Collins Septic Systems
Commercial Services Group
Congregation Beth Yam
Cycle Bar
David White's Plumbing
Degler Waste Services
Delta Roofing
Espy Lumber
Franklin Heating & Air
FWDG
George Williams Roofing
Gray’s Heating & Air
Grayco Building Center
The Greenery
Heritage Farmers, Sea Pines
Hilton Head Beach Rentals
Hilton Head Association of Realtors
Hilton Head Island Community Church
Hilton Head Island High School
Hilton Head Island Fire and Rescue
Hilton Head Rotary Club
Hilton Head Plantation Women’s Club
Horry’s Water Well Inc.
Indigo Run Friends - Food and Toy Drive
Island Lutheran Church
Island Recreation Center
JW Roofing
Keller Williams Realty
Kelly & Sons Plumbing
Long Cove Friends - Food and Toy Drive
Lowcountry Council of Governments
Lowtide Plumbing
Marriott’s Barony, Surf Watch, Grand Ocean & Harbour Town Resorts
Old South Exterminators
Orange Theory
Palmetto Dunes Residents
Palmetto Electric Trust
Palmetto Hall Friends - Food and Toy Drive
Palmetto Mobile Home Supply
Penn State Alumni
Performance Medical Solutions
Piggly Wiggly at Coligny Plaza
Pinckney Well Drilling
Pinckney Air
Pocket Full of Sunshine
Providence Presbyterian Church
Publix Supermarkets
Rain Tight Roofing
Resort Elite Group
Salty Dog
Scouts
Sea Pines Friends - Food Drives
Sea Pines Montessori
Second Helpings
Shelter Cove Events
Shipyard Residents
St. Andrew By-the-Sea United Methodist Church
St. Lukes Church
Stevenson's Bobcat Services
Summerhouse Residents
Sweet Al's Bakery
TidePointe Community
Triple "D" Electric
Volunteers in Medicine
Waterwalk Residents
Weichert Realtors
Wexford Friends - Food Drive
Windmill Harbour Friends - Food Drive

Deep Well thanks all our wonderful donors for your gifts of time, food, toys and checks. It’s remarkable how generous the community is when it comes to reaching out and helping those less fortunate. From the donor who drops off a box of cereal for the pantry to the donor who has the means to write a large check – ALL gifts are so precious and valued. Our most treasured gift is when a former client stops by to make a donation because they’re now in a better, more secure place and they want to 'pay it forward.'

The power of self-sufficiency is the greatest gift Deep Well can offer to our clients.

- Executive Director, Sandy Gillis

DONORS

Thanks to our volunteers and special donors

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