The South Carolina Higher Education Foundation, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization (EIN #57-1112286) founded in 2000 to champion higher education and to develop and support programs that benefit higher education statewide. Frequently partnering with the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, the foundation seeks to enhance the quality of higher education, increase interest and participation in higher education, foster institutional collaboration among all of the state’s public and private institutions of higher learning, and inspire a greater value for higher education among the public and the state’s business and political leaders.