There are many ways to give to TCL.
Master Chef Video Cooking Series
Support the Culinary Institute of the South by purchasing the Master Chef Video Cooking Series featuring the Lowcountry’s best chefs.
The TCL Fund
The TCL Fund provides unrestricted support allowing the College to respond quickly to the needs that make a TCL education possible.
TCL Scholarship
Each year, because of donors like you, approximately 100 students receive the TCL Scholarship. The TCL Scholarship recognizes financial need and merit in equal measure.
The Guarantors Program
TCL Guarantors Program helps deserving students who are faced with financial challenges to stay in school. It supports the traditional college student as well as the older student who is coming to TCL to learn a new skill and develop a new career.
The President’s Fund for Opportunity & Excellence
The Fund supports faculty, facilities, teaching supplies and instructional equipment—those priorities which make a quality education possible
Mather Legacy Society
The Mather Legacy Society recognizes donors who have included TCL in their estate plans; as a beneficiary of another type of planned gift; or who make a permanent gift of an endowment.
The Heritage Classic Foundation
Become a patron of Heritage Champions Fore Charity. The goal of this exclusive program is to increase the charitable dollars generated by the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing, which provides support to community non-profits.
AmazonSmile
The AmazonSmile Foundation donates 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products through its website at AmazonSmile.com to the TCL Foundation. “Shopping with a Purpose” for TCL!
About the TCL Foundation
The Technical College of the Lowcountry Foundation is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization constituted to solely serve the Technical College of the Lowcountry. The Foundation’s federal taxpayer identification number is 57-0767384.
How the College Is Funded
The Technical College of the Lowcountry is a state-assisted, not state-supported community college. The College receives 18% of its operating budget from the State of South Carolina. The unmet balance comes from the tuition and fees charged to students. Affordable tuition is fundamental to the mission of community colleges. TCL sets tuition and fees to cover the real unmet cost of instruction. There is no additional revenue collected to enlarge programs or for new programs. Like community colleges nationally, TCL relies on the communities we serve for the support to sustain and grow academic programs, student support services and more.
Ways to Give
The TCL Foundation accepts contributions on behalf of the Technical College of the Lowcountry in a variety of ways including cash, check, credit card, securities, bequests and planned gifts.
- The easiest and quickest way is to use our secure online giving form through PayPal.
- If you would prefer to write a check, make checks payable to the TCL Foundation and mail to:TCL Foundation, PO Box 2614, Beaufort, South Carolina 29901
For gifts of stocks, bonds and mutual funds, notify the broker or bank that you intend to electronically transfer the funds to the college. Prior to the transfer, alert the college by calling 843-525-8214 or by email at foundation@tcl.edu. To make the transfer, contact: Greg Cherewko, Dividend Asset Capital, Account Name: Technical College of the Lowcountry, Inc., Phone: 843-645-9700, Email: gcherewko@dacapitalsc.com