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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 3 of 4

51. United Way Association of South Carolina Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2022
$100K
52. Coastal Bend Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023
$100K
53. David M Carmines Memorial Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$10K
54. Local Boys Do Good
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$10K
55. Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $140K · through 2023
$212K
56. Zimmerli Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2020 · 2.0% of their giving
$6K
57. Grapevine giving foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2023
$45K
58. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $219K · through 2024
$650K
60. American Gift Fund
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $37K · through 2024
$164K
65. The Winston-Salem Foundation
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $50K · through 2022
$170K
68. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
23 grants to 10 organizations · largest $150K · through 2025
$344K
75. Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2024
$47K
81. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
6 grants to 6 organizations · largest $105K · through 2022
$153K
82. The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023
$40K
83. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $22K · through 2023
$84K
85. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
14 grants to 8 organizations · largest $11K · through 2024
$122K
87. Jewish Communal Fund
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2022
$160K
93. The US Charitable Gift Trust
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $14K · through 2024
$66K
94. AARP
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2020
$40K
95. Charities Aid Foundation America
11 grants to 11 organizations · largest $12K · through 2024
$84K
96. California Community Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024
$80K
97. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $21K · through 2023
$36K
101. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023
$44K
104. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $61K · through 2024
$143K
105. Boston Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024
$40K

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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