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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in South Carolina

Imperigo has identified 171 funders that made 752 grants totaling $57.8M to 165 community improvement organizations in South Carolina, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in South Carolina

Total granted $57.8M
Funders 171
Grants 752
Organizations funded 165

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Umoja Village
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2023 · 31.7% of their giving
$14K
27. Jewish Endowment Foundation of South Carolina
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $18K · through 2025 · 2.5% of their giving
$109K
28. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
13 grants to 6 organizations · largest $463K · through 2024
$1.4M
29. Palmetto Economic Development Corp DBA South Carolina Power Team
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $26K · through 2023 · 8.4% of their giving
$26K
30. Heritage Classic Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $34K · through 2024
$143K
31. Prisma Health
30 grants to 13 organizations · largest $30K · through 2023
$372K
32. Hollingsworth Funds Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$200K
33. Sisk Foundation Buncombe St Methodist Church
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2022 · 2.2% of their giving
$40K
34. Shrm Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2019 · 8.7% of their giving
$10K
35. United States Energy Foundation
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $90K · through 2024
$585K
36. Pals Preschool and Kindergarten
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023 · 3.0% of their giving
$20K
37. Balmer Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2025
$100K
38. The Charles W & Elizabeth H Coker Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$38K
39. The Winston-Salem Foundation
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $250K · through 2023
$430K
40. Ivey Family Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$10K
41. The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $109K · through 2020
$109K
42. Daniel Island Community Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $34K · through 2025
$34K
43. Harvest Christian Ministries Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2022
$24K
44. National Federation of Independent Business Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2025
$20K
45. Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024
$350K
46. Justice Outside
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2023
$40K
47. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $235K · through 2024
$312K
48. The South Carolina Bar Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2024
$40K
52. United Way of the Midlands
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024
$36K
53. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $235K · through 2023
$235K

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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