Discretionary Grants Committee

The Seabrook Island Discretionary Grants Committee is a standing committee of the town which was established by ordinance of Town Council. 

The five-member committee ​is chaired by an assigned member of Town Council. The remaining at-large members are recommended by the chair and appointed by the full Council. Committee members serve for a term of two years. 

The Discretionary Grants Committee is tasked with the following responsibilities:

• To prepare and recommend guidelines, eligibility requirements and evaluation criteria for town-funded discretionary grant programs; 

• To review funding requests for consistency with adopted program guidelines, eligibility requirements and evaluation criteria, and to provide recommendations to town council as to whether requests should be approved, in whole or in part, or denied; 

• To assist in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness and impact of projects and programs supported by town-funded discretionary grants; 

• To identify opportunities to improve the efficiency, transparency and impact of town-funded discretionary grant programs and to recommend policy or procedural changes, as appropriate; and

• To perform such other duties which may be assigned or requested by the mayor or town council. 

The Discretionary Grants Committee meets at least once per quarter at a date and time scheduled by the chair or a majority of the committee’s membership. All meetings shall be held at Town Hall, unless otherwise advertised, and shall be open to the public.

​​To view agendas and minutes for the Discretionary Grants Committee, please click here.

Committee Members

Patrick Faulkner, Chair
Scotty Jones
Barbara Montagu-Pollock
Larry Phillips
​Tom Abbott

Contact

Peter Wiggins
Town Clerk
(843) 768-9121​
[email protected]