Public Charity

DRAYTON HALL PRESERVATION TRUST

DRAYTON HALL PRESERVATION TRUST is a Public Charity headquartered in CHARLESTON, SC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.2M revenue, $3.1M expenses, $6.3M total assets. 59 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.5M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 454938941 CHARLESTON, SC Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.2M
Total Expenses$3.1M
Total Assets$6.3M
Grant Records59
Funding Total$1.5M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

DRAYTON HALL PRESERVATION TRUST FOSTERS A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF COLONIAL AMERICA AND THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE IN THE SOUTH BY DISCOVERING, RESEARCHING, CONSERVING, AND INTERPRETING THE HISTORY, CONTEXT, AND CULTURE OF DRAYTON HALL.

Officers & Directors

TRUSTEE Anthony C Wood
TRUSTEE Ashley R Wilson
TRUSTEE Benjamin F Lenhardt Jr
CEO Carter C Hudgins
TRUSTEE Catherine Brown Braxton
TRUSTEE Cynthia K Kellogg

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Top Grant Purposes

GRANT SUPPORT
$245,300 2 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$228,490 8 grants
ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES
$135,000 2 grants
SUBGRANTS-VISITOR & EDUCATION FACILITIES AT DRAYTON HALL
$130,000 1 grant
HUMAN SERVICES
$114,350 7 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.2M $3.1M $6.3M
2024 $3.3M $2.9M $5.9M
2023 $3.1M $8.5M $5.4M
2022 $4.9M $2.9M $10.8M
2021 $3.3M $2.3M $9.7M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $3.3M to $3.2M (-4%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.3M.

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