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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in South Carolina

Imperigo has identified 199 funders that made 1,943 grants totaling $115.5M to 313 arts & culture organizations in South Carolina, with a median grant of $14K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in South Carolina

Total granted $115.5M
Funders 199
Grants 1,943
Organizations funded 313

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Prisma Health
31 grants to 13 organizations · largest $24.0M · through 2023 · 24.1% of their giving
$25.4M
2. Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc
96 grants to 37 organizations · largest $742K · through 2024 · 8.3% of their giving
$7.0M
3. Heritage Classic Foundation
33 grants to 9 organizations · largest $246K · through 2024 · 19.3% of their giving
$2.8M
4. Greenville Symphony Endowment Fund Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $598K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.7M
5. Central Carolina Community Foundation
164 grants to 46 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 5.1% of their giving
$5.9M
6. South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $591K · through 2024 · 10.5% of their giving
$2.6M
7. South Carolina Humanities Council Inc
71 grants to 49 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 38.7% of their giving
$772K
8. Community Foundation of the Lowcountry
55 grants to 16 organizations · largest $257K · through 2024 · 5.5% of their giving
$2.3M
9. Union County Historical Society
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $584K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$584K
10. Rotary Club of Five Points
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $140K · through 2024 · 92.8% of their giving
$525K
11. Sumter County Museum Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $169K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$454K
12. Habele Outer Island Education Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$175K
13. Spartanburg County Foundation
41 grants to 14 organizations · largest $335K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$1.8M
14. The Charles W & Elizabeth H Coker Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $60K · through 2022 · 8.1% of their giving
$265K
15. The Priester Foundation C/O Susan Priester
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024 · 10.6% of their giving
$182K
16. Frances P Bunnelle Foundation Coastal Community Foundation of SC
31 grants to 9 organizations · largest $56K · through 2025 · 3.8% of their giving
$499K
17. Barnet Foundation
15 grants to 4 organizations · largest $38K · through 2025 · 9.9% of their giving
$189K
18. Hollingsworth Funds Inc
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $195K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$872K
19. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc
22 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$2.4M
20. Foundation for the Carolinas
42 grants to 15 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024
$5.7M
21. Greenville Little Theatre Endowment Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $49K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$77K
22. Eastern Carolina Community Foundation
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$162K
23. The Chicago Community Trust
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $8.0M · through 2023
$8.2M
24. The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc
22 grants to 7 organizations · largest $144K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$676K
25. Palmetto Electric Trust
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 6.0% of their giving
$110K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in South Carolina, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 13 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in South Carolina. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in South Carolina, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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