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Foundations That Fund Human Services in South Carolina

Imperigo has identified 427 funders that made 5,313 grants totaling $215.3M to 561 human services organizations in South Carolina, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in South Carolina

Total granted $215.3M
Funders 427
Grants 5,313
Organizations funded 561

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Palmetto Electric Trust
34 grants to 11 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024 · 30.4% of their giving
$559K
27. Florence County Disabilities Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $115K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$536K
28. Carolina Childrens Home
24 grants to 7 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 36.3% of their giving
$404K
29. United Way of Oconee County Inc
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $296K · through 2024 · 52.0% of their giving
$374K
30. The Berkeley Hall Charitable Foundation
24 grants to 7 organizations · largest $25K · through 2022 · 20.9% of their giving
$367K
31. Fact Forward
20 grants to 8 organizations · largest $97K · through 2024 · 9.9% of their giving
$660K
32. Catawba Area Coalition for the Homeless
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $136K · through 2024 · 45.6% of their giving
$306K
33. Ocean View Memorial Foundation Inc
24 grants to 5 organizations · largest $20K · through 2025 · 36.8% of their giving
$280K
34. United Way Association of South Carolina Inc
12 grants to 7 organizations · largest $287K · through 2024 · 4.3% of their giving
$1.3M
35. First Presbyterian Church Foundation
11 grants to 2 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 21.2% of their giving
$234K
36. Spinks Family Foundation
21 grants to 9 organizations · largest $51K · through 2024 · 8.7% of their giving
$477K
37. West Wateree Rotary Club
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $138K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$188K
38. The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc
35 grants to 13 organizations · largest $365K · through 2025 · 2.2% of their giving
$1.7M
39. Junior League of Greenville Inc
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $150K · through 2025 · 45.7% of their giving
$181K
40. South Carolina Federal Credit Union Foundation
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $28K · through 2024 · 17.6% of their giving
$197K
41. The South Carolina Bar Foundation Inc
21 grants to 6 organizations · largest $109K · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$725K
42. The Charles W & Elizabeth H Coker Foundation
16 grants to 4 organizations · largest $30K · through 2025 · 10.2% of their giving
$333K
43. Arizonas Childrens Charities Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $70K · through 2022 · 84.6% of their giving
$137K
44. Upcountry Fiber Foundation
13 grants to 7 organizations · largest $13K · through 2023 · 33.1% of their giving
$135K
45. Eastern Carolina Community Foundation
22 grants to 10 organizations · largest $33K · through 2024 · 9.5% of their giving
$283K
46. Beyond Our Gates Foundation of Kiawah & Seabrook
11 grants to 6 organizations · largest $25K · through 2025 · 14.2% of their giving
$188K
47. Smokefree SC
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 39.1% of their giving
$130K
48. Falatok Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $130K · through 2025 · 22.4% of their giving
$130K
49. Waccamaw Community Foundation
35 grants to 9 organizations · largest $184K · through 2025 · 3.5% of their giving
$742K
50. United Way of Chester County In
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 45.6% of their giving
$129K

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

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