Grantmakers

Charities and Community Foundations That Give Grants in South Carolina

These 79 organizations are not private foundations. They are charities based in South Carolina that give grants to other nonprofits and report them on Form 990 Schedule I -- community foundations, United Ways and federated funds, hospital and university foundations, and operating charities that regrant. Each gave to at least 20 organizations we could identify and filed a return covering 2023 or later.

79grantmaking charities
$2.8Bgranted between them
39,397funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific grantmaker is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

OrganizationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
The Blackbaud Giving FundCharleston Sc$11,04132,011$1.4B
Central Carolina CommunityColumbia$15,869931$93.9M
Coastal Community Foundation of SouthN Charleston$15,925691$67.2M
South Carolina Christian FoundationSpartanburg$15,000483$38.3M
Spartanburg County FoundationSpartanburg$16,750436$101.1M
Community Foundation of the LowcountryHilton Head Island$15,000278$31.6M
Carolinas Credit Union FoundationColumbia$10,000247$5.7M
Lowcountry Food Bank IncCharleston$102,696230$249.3M
Prisma HealthGreenville$15,000173$148.6M
Uncommon Charitable Impact IncCharleston$13,137169$17.2M
United States Endowment for ForestryGreenville$78,378162$35.1M
Waccamaw Community FoundationMurrells Inlet$11,925150$11.9M
United Way of the Piedmont IncSpartanburg$21,625142$10.2M
United Way of Greenville County IncGreenville$40,000121$16.1M
The Movement Foundation IncFort Mill$12,475118$50.8M
Frances P Bunnelle FoundationPawleys Island$15,750113$9.9M
Dabo's All in Team FoundationClemson$8,000108$1.9M
Palmettopride the Governor'sColumbia$10,000108$3.2M
Advanced Technology InternationalSummerville$10,000104$14.9M
Heritage Classic FoundationHilton Head Island$21,38798$10.6M
Pledge the Pink FoundationBluffton$10,00097$3.0M
Trident United WayNorth Charleston$14,30097$5.8M
South Carolina Humanities CouncilColumbia$11,00092$1.5M
Together Women RiseGreenville$49,94585$4.8M
Children's Trust of South CarolinaColumbia$119,83781$54.6M
Upward UnlimitedSpartanburg$15,00079$5.0M
Eastern Carolina Community FoundationFlorence$12,94076$2.6M
South Carolina Association forCharleston$10,00072$4.2M
Fact ForwardColumbia$25,00068$5.5M
Palmetto Promise InstituteColumbia$9,00065$1.7M
United Way of the MidlandsColumbia$50,00061$23.2M
United Way Association of SouthColumbia$157,44360$27.2M
Sisk FoundationGreenville$10,00058$1.6M
Hollingsworth Funds IncGreenville$75,00058$44.3M
The Church Mouse Thrift Shop IncHilton Head Island$13,00057$2.6M
Spinks Family FoundationGreenville$24,00056$5.0M
Southeast Coastal Ocean ObservingCharleston$75,84150$18.4M
Daniel Island Community Fund IncCharleston$10,17549$2.6M
South Carolina First Steps toColumbia$307,61348$221.7M
South Carolina Physicians Care CharityChapin$30,00047$2.5M
Municipal Association of South CarolinaColumbia$25,00047$1.4M
St Francis Hospital IncGreenville$12,50044$1.7M
Darlington Community FoundationDarlington$8,00044$675K
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System FoundationSpartanburg$10,16742$7.2M
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and SurveyingGreenville$10,00041$12.0M
York Electric Trust IncYork$10,00041$1.5M
The South Carolina Bar FoundationColumbia$37,00040$12.3M
United Way of the LowcountryBeaufort$26,25039$4.1M
Palmetto Electric TrustRidgeland$13,32239$1.3M
Wexford FoundationHilton Head Island$12,00038$2.4M
South Carolina Student Loan CorpColumbia$40,00038$2.5M
Medical Society of South CarolinaCharleston$20,00034$1.4M
Jewish Endowment Foundation of SouthN Charleston$14,79433$3.4M
Medical Technology Enterprise ConsortiumSummerville$37,50032$3.3M
Beyond Our Gates Foundation of Kiawah &Johns Island$20,00031$1.3M
United Way of Anderson CountyAnderson$17,00030$1.9M
United Way of Horry County IncMyrtle Beach$17,50030$1.2M
Roper St Francis HealthcareLadson$10,00029$506K
Harvest Christian Ministries IncAbbeville$19,20029$1.4M
The Premier FoundationGreer$100,00028$8.5M
Michelin Charity Golf TournamentGreenville$67,30027$3.7M
Habitat for Humanity South CarolinaColumbia$20,00027$1.6M
Marion County Healthcare FoundationMullins$42,57525$4.6M
South Carolina Medical AssociationColumbia$20,00024$1.1M
Anmed HealthAnderson$11,00024$3.1M
United Way of York County ScRock Hill$21,38024$1.4M
United Way of Aiken County IncAiken$42,36024$7.5M
First Presbyterian Church FoundationGreenville$10,00024$709K
The Charles W & Elizabeth H CokerHartsville$25,00023$2.4M
The Reserve at Lake Keowee CharitableSunset$20,00023$2.2M
South Carolina Independent Colleges andColumbia$32,26223$3.5M
United Way of Florence CountyFlorence$4,19222$2.8M
Charity Ball Board of GreenvilleGreenville$20,00022$929K
South Carolina Childrens FundColumbia$30,00022$1.0M
South Carolina Association of PregnancyAiken$139,33321$7.2M
Chester Healthcare FoundationChester$10,00021$763K
The Berkeley Hall CharitableBluffton$15,00021$1.3M
Balmer FoundationSpartanburg$25,00021$13.2M
Tap Cancer Out IncIndian Land$100,00021$5.5M
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.

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