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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 4 of 4

102. Choose Healthy LifeRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $553K · through 2024 · 7.5% of their giving
$553K
103. NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund IncRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 8.6% of their giving
$235K
104. Novant Health IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$1.0M
105. Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of CommerceRegrantor
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $26K · through 2024 · 33.4% of their giving
$81K
106. United Nations Watch - USARegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$50K
107. Rotary Club of Daniel Island FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2020 · 32.0% of their giving
$45K
108. Protecting Our Future IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2020 · 12.0% of their giving
$75K
109. Furman UniversityRegrantor
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$106K
110. Solutions Project IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$425K
111. Old Town AssociationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2025 · 27.0% of their giving
$22K
112. United Way of Greenville County IncRegrantor
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $105K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$353K
113. National Women's Law CenterRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $70K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$164K
114. Samaritan Health Clinic of Pickens CountyRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $19K · through 2020 · 64.9% of their giving
$19K
115. South Carolina Community Loan FundRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2021 · 10.6% of their giving
$30K
116. Common FutureRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2020 · 2.3% of their giving
$125K
117. United Way of York County SCRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $45K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$78K
118. St Joseph's Catholic School IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $21K · through 2021 · 11.0% of their giving
$21K
119. Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $31K · through 2020 · 3.7% of their giving
$61K
120. Western Fire Chiefs Association IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2020 · 5.9% of their giving
$37K
121. Jewish Community Center of Charleston SCRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024 · 10.6% of their giving
$20K
122. Barnwell County United WayRegrantor
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $12K · through 2022 · 7.9% of their giving
$26K
123. It-OlogyRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
124. Opportunity Finance NetworkRegrantor
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2022
$375K
125. National Fair Housing AllianceRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2023 · 1.3% of their giving
$128K
126. Darlington Community FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2023 · 3.4% of their giving
$45K

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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