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Foundations That Fund Crime & Legal Aid in South Carolina

Imperigo has identified 116 funders that made 661 grants totaling $83.8M to 62 crime & legal aid organizations in South Carolina, with a median grant of $22K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Crime & Legal Aid Funding in South Carolina

Total granted $83.8M
Funders 116
Grants 661
Organizations funded 62

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The South Carolina Bar Foundation Inc
37 grants to 8 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 55.9% of their giving
$8.5M
2. Legal Services Corporation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $8.5M · through 2023 · 1.6% of their giving
$38.8M
3. Children's Trust of South Carolina
15 grants to 4 organizations · largest $687K · through 2023 · 7.5% of their giving
$3.8M
4. Charleston County Bar Association
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $57K · through 2024 · 86.9% of their giving
$195K
5. Upward Unlimited
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $375K · through 2023 · 10.4% of their giving
$375K
6. Second Chance Shop
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $55K · through 2025 · 22.6% of their giving
$172K
7. Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina
27 grants to 9 organizations · largest $45K · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$577K
8. Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc
39 grants to 13 organizations · largest $544K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$1.5M
9. Allendale Correctional Worship
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $128K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$128K
10. United Way Association of South Carolina Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $650K · through 2022 · 2.9% of their giving
$840K
11. Trident United Way
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $70K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$458K
12. Frances P Bunnelle Foundation Coastal Community Foundation of SC
20 grants to 4 organizations · largest $75K · through 2025 · 3.7% of their giving
$490K
13. Community Foundation of the Lowcountry
20 grants to 3 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$823K
14. Kappa Delta Sorority - Epsilon Tau Chapter
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $59K · through 2024 · 21.9% of their giving
$59K
15. The Church Mouse Thrift Shop Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 6.1% of their giving
$159K
16. Hollingsworth Funds Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$550K
17. The Berkeley Hall Charitable Foundation
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2022 · 5.8% of their giving
$102K
18. United Way of Lancaster County Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2024 · 8.1% of their giving
$57K
19. United States Endowment for Forestry
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $158K · through 2024
$354K
20. Charity Ball Board of Greenville
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $22K · through 2021 · 4.5% of their giving
$58K
21. Spartanburg County Foundation
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $160K · through 2024
$428K
22. Sisk Foundation Buncombe St Methodist Church
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2023 · 3.1% of their giving
$56K
23. Central Carolina Community Foundation
22 grants to 9 organizations · largest $62K · through 2024
$442K
24. Fact Forward
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2023 · 1.5% of their giving
$91K
25. Beyond Our Gates Foundation of Kiawah & Seabrook
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2025 · 3.0% of their giving
$40K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to crime & legal aid 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. 9 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 crime & legal aid 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 crime & legal aid funding in South Carolina, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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