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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 2 of 4

26. Waccamaw Community Foundation
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $91K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$338K
27. Michelin Charity Golf Tournament FKA Michelin Pro-Am Charity Golf Tournament
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $170K · through 2025 · 3.3% of their giving
$170K
28. Daniel Island Community Fund Inc
16 grants to 5 organizations · largest $18K · through 2025 · 3.4% of their giving
$116K
29. Florence Regional Arts Alliance Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $13K · through 2020 · 36.2% of their giving
$19K
30. Fact Forward
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $72K · through 2021 · 2.3% of their giving
$140K
31. Spinks Family Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$123K
32. E Milby Burton Memorial Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2021 · 15.8% of their giving
$16K
33. The National Smart Set Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2024 · 28.4% of their giving
$13K
34. Heritage Preservation Trust Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2019 · 16.0% of their giving
$16K
35. Marion County Healthcare Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $31K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$112K
36. Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of South Carolina
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 46.7% of their giving
$10K
37. Palmetto Center for Women Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022 · 54.7% of their giving
$10K
38. Charity Ball Board of Greenville
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $23K · through 2023 · 3.7% of their giving
$48K
39. Federation of State Humanities Councils
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2020 · 2.0% of their giving
$70K
40. Tin Can Sailors Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 7.0% of their giving
$18K
41. Balmer Foundation
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024
$125K
42. Ackerman Family Foundation for Classical Reform Judaism
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2021 · 3.1% of their giving
$30K
43. Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc
20 grants to 6 organizations · largest $129K · through 2024
$804K
44. Edens Community Enrichment Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2025 · 3.1% of their giving
$25K
45. Cars for Charity Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $29K · through 2024
$112K
46. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
31 grants to 13 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024
$2.7M
47. Community Foundation of New Jersey
14 grants to 7 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$477K
48. Beyond Our Gates Foundation of Kiawah & Seabrook
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2025 · 1.9% of their giving
$25K
49. Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $115K · through 2023
$188K
50. Amg Charitable Gift Foundation
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$173K

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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