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Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in South Carolina

Imperigo has identified 194 funders that made 1,327 grants totaling $83.4M to 106 environment & conservation organizations in South Carolina, with a median grant of $17K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in South Carolina

Total granted $83.4M
Funders 194
Grants 1,327
Organizations funded 106

Top Funders — page 4 of 4

114. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
7 grants to 6 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024
$92K
116. The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit CorporationRegrantor
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.4M · through 2025 · 2.5% of their giving
$4.4M
117. Tyger River FoundationRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $379K · through 2023 · 92.9% of their giving
$391K
118. Lowcountry Land Trust IncRegrantor
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $260K · through 2024 · 82.0% of their giving
$365K
119. The Nature ConservancyRegrantor
26 grants to 14 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$4.3M
120. Nwtf FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 76.9% of their giving
$200K
121. United Way of the LowcountryRegrantor
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $122K · through 2025 · 5.2% of their giving
$282K
122. Waterkeeper Alliance IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $56K · through 2023 · 7.9% of their giving
$174K
123. North Carolina Coastal Land TrustRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $183K · through 2020 · 6.1% of their giving
$191K
124. Upstate ForeverRegrantor
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2025 · 11.6% of their giving
$88K
125. Conservation Voters of SC Educ FundRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2023 · 22.2% of their giving
$40K
126. Noble Tree Foundation OrgRegrantor
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $32K · through 2022 · 9.8% of their giving
$70K
127. American Forest FoundationRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$316K
128. Georgetown Memorial HospitalRegrantor
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $55K · through 2022 · 5.9% of their giving
$106K
129. Sound Rivers IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 20.7% of their giving
$30K
130. National Arbor Day FoundationRegrantor
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $153K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$382K
131. US Working Group IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$20K
132. National Audubon Society IncRegrantor
13 grants to 7 organizations · largest $62K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$266K
133. The Energy FoundationRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $255K · through 2019
$420K
134. League of Conservation Voters Education FundRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $176K · through 2024
$525K
135. Wexford FoundationRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2025 · 2.6% of their giving
$75K
136. Naturaland TrustRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
137. South Carolina Humanities Council IncRegrantor
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $16K · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$56K
138. Chapman Cultural Center IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2023 · 2.3% of their giving
$65K
139. The Pentagon Federal Credit Union FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$50K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to environment & conservation 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. 12 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 environment & conservation 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 environment & conservation funding in South Carolina, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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