Public Charity

Palmetto Promise Institute

Palmetto Promise Institute is a Public Charity headquartered in Columbia, SC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $1.1M revenue, $1.7M expenses, $1.3M total assets. 45 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $3.4M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 263077338 Columbia, SC Research Institutes & Public Policy Analysis NTEE: E05 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.1M
Total Expenses$1.7M
Total Assets$1.3M
Grant Records45
Funding Total$3.4M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

The Palmetto Promise Institute is a non partisan nonprofit educational organization dedicated to educating the public and enhancing the public good. The organization provides research, analysis, and publications on issues that affect the common good

Where $100 goes at Palmetto Promise Institute

How Palmetto Promise Institute divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$86 Programs the work itself
$7 Management running the organization
$7 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $86 for programs

$86
The Palmetto Promise Institute is a non partisan nonprofit educational organization dedicated to educating the public and enhancing the public good
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Director Barry Wynn
Imm Past Chair Dan Adams
Secretary Jeff Yelton
Founding Chair Jim Demint
Director Louie L Cason Jr
Director Luanne Zurlo

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$2,420,438 27 grants
Education
$540,000 9 grants
Health & Medicine
$118,000 1 grant
Economic Development
$82,500 2 grants
Research & Policy
$6,500 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.1M $1.7M $1.3M
2024 $3.3M $1.7M $1.9M
2023 $640K $530K $346K
2022 $597K $670K $231K
2021 $466K $528K $292K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $466K to $1.1M (+137%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.3M.

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