South Carolina · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in South Carolina

Imperigo has identified 585 funders that made 5,470 grants totaling $757.5M to 571 education organizations in South Carolina, with a median grant of $21K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in South Carolina

Total granted $757.5M
Funders 585
Grants 5,470
Organizations funded 571

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Limestone Charter Association
20 grants to 10 organizations · largest $17.1M · through 2024 · 85.9% of their giving
$122.3M
2. South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees
228 grants to 38 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 39.3% of their giving
$100.1M
3. Hollingsworth Funds Inc
23 grants to 6 organizations · largest $5.4M · through 2024 · 47.9% of their giving
$20.9M
4. Central Carolina Community Foundation
288 grants to 91 organizations · largest $2.3M · through 2024 · 18.8% of their giving
$21.6M
5. Spartanburg County Foundation
112 grants to 36 organizations · largest $3.2M · through 2024 · 18.5% of their giving
$17.3M
6. South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 40.8% of their giving
$10.2M
7. Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc
151 grants to 52 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2024 · 14.6% of their giving
$12.3M
8. Meeting Street Schools
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $4.3M · through 2024 · 83.4% of their giving
$6.5M
9. University of South Carolina School of Medicine Educational Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.1M
10. Clemson University Real Estate Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.8M
11. Furman University Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $594K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.3M
12. Children's Trust of South Carolina
23 grants to 6 organizations · largest $669K · through 2023 · 8.8% of their giving
$4.5M
13. Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc
60 grants to 12 organizations · largest $377K · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$10.6M
14. The Charles W & Elizabeth H Coker Foundation
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2025 · 50.1% of their giving
$1.6M
15. Baptist Educational and Missionary Services Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.5M
16. Francis Marion University Development Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $284K · through 2024 · 22.0% of their giving
$1.4M
17. Prisma Health
23 grants to 13 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2023 · 5.0% of their giving
$5.3M
18. Jewish Endowment Foundation of South Carolina
27 grants to 6 organizations · largest $285K · through 2025 · 29.9% of their giving
$1.3M
19. South Carolina Student Loan Corp
17 grants to 15 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 46.1% of their giving
$1.1M
20. StriveTogether Inc
17 grants to 2 organizations · largest $750K · through 2025 · 4.5% of their giving
$4.2M
21. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $324K · through 2024 · 26.2% of their giving
$926K
22. Francis T Smith Endowment Trust
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $207K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$884K
23. Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina
60 grants to 22 organizations · largest $88K · through 2024 · 11.8% of their giving
$1.4M
24. Charleston Jewish Federation Inc
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $178K · through 2024 · 22.8% of their giving
$780K
25. South Carolina Quantum Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024 · 95.9% of their giving
$750K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 15 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 education 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 education funding in South Carolina, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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