Grantmakers

Charities and Community Foundations That Give Grants in South Carolina

These 76 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.

76grantmaking charities
$2.6Bgranted between them
38,767funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded. A grantmaker supporting sixty groups is a more realistic prospect than one writing two very large cheques, which is why this is not ranked by dollars.

OrganizationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
The Blackbaud Giving FundCharleston Sc$11,04132,011$1.4B
Central Carolina CommunityColumbia$15,000821$67.4M
Coastal Community Foundation of SouthN Charleston$15,925691$67.2M
South Carolina Christian FoundationSpartanburg$15,000483$38.3M
Spartanburg County FoundationSpartanburg$17,063383$82.1M
Lowcountry Food Bank IncCharleston$102,696230$249.3M
Community Foundation of the LowcountryHilton Head Island$15,000213$22.2M
Carolinas Credit Union FoundationColumbia$10,000193$4.5M
United States Endowment for ForestryGreenville$78,378162$35.1M
Prisma HealthGreenville$15,000160$105.3M
United Way of the Piedmont IncSpartanburg$21,551142$8.6M
Uncommon Charitable Impact IncCharleston$15,000142$15.6M
Waccamaw Community FoundationMurrells Inlet$10,760132$9.9M
United Way of Greenville County IncGreenville$40,000121$16.1M
The Movement Foundation IncFort Mill$12,475118$50.8M
Dabo's All in Team FoundationClemson$8,000108$1.9M
Frances P Bunnelle FoundationPawleys Island$17,500108$8.7M
Palmettopride the Governor'sColumbia$10,000100$2.7M
Heritage Classic FoundationHilton Head Island$21,38798$10.6M
Advanced Technology InternationalSummerville$10,00094$2.8M
South Carolina Humanities CouncilColumbia$11,00085$1.4M
Trident United WayNorth Charleston$14,42581$4.9M
Eastern Carolina Community FoundationFlorence$12,94076$2.6M
Upward UnlimitedSpartanburg$15,00076$4.7M
South Carolina Association forCharleston$10,00072$4.2M
Together Women RiseGreenville$49,45271$3.7M
Children's Trust of South CarolinaColumbia$131,30068$42.2M
Fact ForwardColumbia$26,44366$5.0M
Palmetto Promise InstituteColumbia$9,00062$938K
Pledge the Pink FoundationBluffton$10,10961$2.2M
United Way of the MidlandsColumbia$50,00061$23.2M
United Way Association of SouthColumbia$157,44360$27.2M
Hollingsworth Funds IncGreenville$75,00058$44.3M
The Church Mouse Thrift Shop IncHilton Head Island$12,70056$2.5M
Spinks Family FoundationGreenville$24,00056$5.0M
Sisk FoundationGreenville$10,00051$1.3M
South Carolina First Steps toColumbia$286,70248$166.0M
Municipal Association of South CarolinaColumbia$25,00047$1.4M
St Francis Hospital IncGreenville$12,50044$1.7M
Darlington Community FoundationDarlington$8,00044$675K
Daniel Island Community Fund IncCharleston$10,00041$2.1M
The South Carolina Bar FoundationColumbia$37,00040$12.3M
Southeast Coastal Ocean ObservingCharleston$79,20039$13.3M
Palmetto Electric TrustRidgeland$13,32239$1.3M
South Carolina Physicians Care CharityChapin$30,00038$1.9M
United Way of the LowcountryBeaufort$27,13037$3.6M
Wexford FoundationHilton Head Island$12,00036$1.6M
National Council of ExaminersGreenville$10,00035$8.7M
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System FoundationSpartanburg$10,16735$6.5M
Medical Society of South CarolinaCharleston$20,00034$1.4M
York Electric Trust IncYork$10,00034$1.2M
Medical Technology Enterprise ConsortiumSummerville$37,50032$3.3M
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
Jewish Endowment Foundation of SouthN Charleston$14,83829$2.5M
Harvest Christian Ministries IncAbbeville$19,20029$1.4M
Beyond Our Gates Foundation of Kiawah &Johns Island$20,00025$778K
Anmed HealthAnderson$11,00024$3.1M
United Way of York County ScRock Hill$21,38024$1.4M
South Carolina Student Loan CorpColumbia$39,00024$1.2M
First Presbyterian Church FoundationGreenville$10,00024$709K
Marion County Healthcare FoundationMullins$42,03024$3.2M
Michelin Charity Golf TournamentGreenville$67,30023$2.3M
The Premier FoundationGreer$100,00023$6.3M
United Way of Aiken County IncAiken$42,36023$6.0M
The Reserve at Lake Keowee CharitableSunset$20,00022$1.5M
South Carolina Independent Colleges andColumbia$33,50222$2.9M
United Way of Florence CountyFlorence$4,51222$2.3M
Charity Ball Board of GreenvilleGreenville$20,00022$929K
The Charles W & Elizabeth H CokerHartsville$25,00021$1.9M
Chester Healthcare FoundationChester$10,00021$763K
The Berkeley Hall CharitableBluffton$15,00021$1.3M
Balmer FoundationSpartanburg$23,00021$11.0M
Tap Cancer Out IncIndian Land$100,00021$5.5M
South Carolina Association of PregnancyAiken$126,33320$4.3M
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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