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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in South Carolina

Imperigo has identified 178 funders that made 799 grants totaling $59.3M to 170 community improvement organizations in South Carolina, with a median grant of $19K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in South Carolina

Total granted $59.3M
Funders 178
Grants 799
Organizations funded 170

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. South Carolina Student Loan Corp
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $38K · through 2023 · 3.6% of their giving
$88K
27. Behavior Analyst Certification Board Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2025 · 2.0% of their giving
$150K
28. Umoja Village
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2023 · 31.7% of their giving
$14K
29. Jewish Endowment Foundation of South Carolina
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $18K · through 2025 · 2.5% of their giving
$109K
30. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
13 grants to 6 organizations · largest $463K · through 2024
$1.4M
31. Palmetto Economic Development Corp DBA South Carolina Power Team
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $26K · through 2023 · 8.4% of their giving
$26K
32. Georgetown Hospital System
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 7.2% of their giving
$25K
33. Prisma Health
39 grants to 15 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024
$507K
34. Heritage Classic Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $34K · through 2024
$143K
35. Hollingsworth Funds Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$200K
36. Sisk Foundation Buncombe St Methodist Church
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2022 · 2.2% of their giving
$40K
37. Shrm Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2019 · 8.7% of their giving
$10K
38. United States Energy Foundation
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $90K · through 2024
$585K
39. Pals Preschool and Kindergarten
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023 · 3.0% of their giving
$20K
40. Balmer Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2025
$100K
41. The Charles W & Elizabeth H Coker Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$38K
42. The Winston-Salem Foundation
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $250K · through 2023
$430K
43. Ivey Family Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$10K
44. The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $109K · through 2020
$109K
45. Daniel Island Community Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $34K · through 2025
$34K
46. Justice Outside
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2025
$60K
47. Harvest Christian Ministries Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2022
$24K
48. Taste of the South
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2025
$25K
49. National Federation of Independent Business Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2025
$20K
50. Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024
$350K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 10 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in South Carolina, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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