Foundations

Private foundations in South Carolina

Foundations that fund causes in South Carolina

• Education
  $150 million from 1,424 foundations
• Health
  $63.5 million from 562 foundations
• Environment and conservation
  $53.9 million from 394 foundations
• Faith communities
  $53.1 million from 928 foundations
• Youth programs
  $37.9 million from 573 foundations
• Human services
  $27.1 million from 369 foundations
• Arts and culture
  $26.0 million from 414 foundations
• Community development
  $24.8 million from 239 foundations
• International
  $15.1 million from 149 foundations
• Science and research
  $8.8 million from 117 foundations
• Food and hunger
  $8.6 million from 290 foundations
• Housing and homelessness
  $6.0 million from 173 foundations
• Animals
  $4.8 million from 332 foundations
• Seniors
  $2.5 million from 114 foundations
• Veterans
  $999,694 from 93 foundations
• Disability
  $999,134 from 89 foundations

These count grants to recipients in South Carolina, including from foundations based elsewhere.

Foundations by city in South Carolina

• Greenville
  77 foundations · $37.0 million
• Columbia
  54 foundations · $33.2 million
• Charleston
  88 foundations · $32.1 million
• Florence
  10 foundations · $10.2 million
• Spartanburg
  17 foundations · $9.5 million
• Lancaster
  7 foundations · $9.2 million
• Sumter
  7 foundations · $6.7 million
• Johns Island
  17 foundations · $6.5 million
• Fort Mill
  24 foundations · $5.9 million
• Kiawah Island
  11 foundations · $4.9 million
• Hilton Head Island
  29 foundations · $4.8 million
• Sullivans Island
  8 foundations · $4.1 million
• Irmo
  9 foundations · $3.2 million
• Greenwood
  11 foundations · $3.0 million
• Greer
  10 foundations · $2.7 million
• Mount Pleasant
  22 foundations · $2.6 million
• Lexington
  13 foundations · $2.5 million
• Landrum
  6 foundations · $2.3 million
• Anderson
  9 foundations · $2.2 million
• Simpsonville
  15 foundations · $2.0 million
• Mt Pleasant
  14 foundations · $2.0 million
• Bluffton
  19 foundations · $1.8 million
• Conway
  6 foundations · $1.7 million
• Rock Hill
  7 foundations · $1.6 million
• Clinton
  10 foundations · $1.4 million
• Fountain Inn
  5 foundations · $1.1 million
• Seneca
  8 foundations · $1.1 million
• Hilton Head
  15 foundations · $1.0 million
• Myrtle Beach
  16 foundations · $829,766
• Travelers Rest
  6 foundations · $788,064
• Summerville
  8 foundations · $731,317
• Aiken
  6 foundations · $706,405
• Orangeburg
  5 foundations · $590,884
• Camden
  8 foundations · $521,232
• Georgetown
  5 foundations · $499,364
• Beaufort
  7 foundations · $492,881
• Isle of Palms
  7 foundations · $445,004
• Easley
  5 foundations · $436,490
• West Columbia
  5 foundations · $329,541
• Newberry
  5 foundations · $297,668

Also: Daniel Island.

South Carolina foundations that accept applications

• The Williams Brice Edwards Charitable Trust · Sumter
  Accepts applications $5.6 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Arts and culture
• LB Foundation · Greenville
  Accepts applications $3.9 million a year · typical grant $86,025 · Community development
• Milliken & Company Charitable Foundation · Spartanburg
  Accepts applications $2.8 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Education
• The Jolley Foundation · Greenville
  Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Education
• The Springs Close Foundation Inc · Fort Mill
  Accepts applications $1.9 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• The Fullerton Foundation · Gaffney
  Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Ecw Judith Atkins Wall Foundation · Conway
  Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $1.5 million
• Arras Foundation · Lancaster
  Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Health
• John I Smith Charities Inc · Greer
  Accepts applications $1.3 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education
• The Self Foundation · Greenwood
  Accepts applications $1.2 million a year · typical grant $1.2 million
• Mary Black Foundation Inc · Spartanburg
  Accepts applications $1.2 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Education
• The Gleason Family Foundation Inc · Hilton Head Island
  Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Frank J & Lucy C Hartzog Memorial Foundation Inc · Blackville
  Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $1.1 million · Faith communities
• Kuznik Charitable Foundation · Charleston
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health
• Arkwright Foundation · Spartanburg
  Accepts applications $970,068 a year · typical grant $2,000 · Faith communities
• Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Charleston
  Accepts applications $845,200 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Faith communities
• Daniel-Mickel Foundation · Greenville
  Accepts applications $779,380 a year · typical grant $2,500 · Education
• The Chester Foundation · Chester
  Accepts applications $730,000 a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education
• C P Legacy Foundation of Sumter SC Inc · Sumter
  Accepts applications $720,500 a year · typical grant $97,750 · Housing and homelessness
• Marlboro County General Hospital · Bennettsville
  Accepts applications $687,932 a year · typical grant $108,344 · Health
• Stephens Family Foundation · Piedmont
  Accepts applications $561,524 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• John T Stevens Foundation · Kershaw
  Accepts applications $532,600 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Youth programs
• Joseph J Schott Foundation · Mount Pleasant
  Accepts applications $501,500 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• The McAlister Foundation · Laurens
  Accepts applications $444,740 a year · typical grant $6,000 · Education
• George A Sancken Jr Foundation · North Augusta
  Accepts applications $436,865 a year · typical grant $436,865 · Community development
• The Rebecca C Parsons Foundation · Pawleys Island
  Accepts applications $384,345 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Scansource Charitable Foundation · Greenville
  Accepts applications $373,747 a year · typical grant $3,750 · Education
• The Bailey Foundation · Clinton
  Accepts applications $369,576 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Clarence H & Anna E Lutz Foundation · Chester
  Accepts applications $359,000 a year · typical grant $11,000 · Youth programs
• Dick Horne Foundation · Orangeburg
  Accepts applications $356,884 a year · typical grant $4,000 · Education
• The Chapman Family Charitable Trust · Columbia
  Accepts applications $305,000 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Faith communities
• New Vision Research · Mt Pleasant
  Accepts applications $300,000 a year · typical grant $150,000 · Health
• Bonner Family Private Foundation · Lexington
  Accepts applications $292,000 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Faith communities
• Grace Cares Foundation · Spartanburg
  Accepts applications $280,000 a year · typical grant $70,000
• Charles E Harwood Trust · Bluffton
  Accepts applications $262,448 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• FJ Brotherton Charitable Trust · Mount Pleasant
  Accepts applications $262,331 a year · typical grant $8,000 · Education
• The Solomon Jackson Jr Foundation · Columbia
  Accepts applications $256,500 a year · typical grant $256,500 · Education
• Rose and Walter Montgomery Foundation · Spartanburg
  Accepts applications $250,000 a year · typical grant $21,250 · Education
• Dennis and Deborah Getter Foundation · Fort Mill
  Accepts applications $247,000 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Health Foundation of Kershaw County · Camden
  Accepts applications $234,775 a year · typical grant $15,000 · Food and hunger
• One Graycliff · Greenville
  Accepts applications $229,149 a year · typical grant $1,000 · Environment and conservation
• Patricio Andrade Marin Charitable Foundation Inc · Columbia
  Accepts applications $224,701 a year · typical grant $14,872 · Education
• Gregg-Graniteville Foundation Inc · Graniteville
  Accepts applications $211,600 a year · typical grant $7,000 · Education
• The Mark Elliott Motley Foundation Inc · Charleston
  Accepts applications $200,000 a year · typical grant $2,500 · Youth programs
• O Perry Earle Jr & Louise Jordan Earle F Foundation · Fountain Inn
  Accepts applications $199,300 a year · typical grant $15,000 · Arts and culture
• Patrick Family Foundation · Greer
  Accepts applications $192,500 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Human services
• Dick Smith Foundation Inc · Columbia
  Accepts applications $176,940 a year · typical grant $11,000 · Youth programs
• KW Beverage Foundation Inc · Columbia
  Accepts applications $175,862 a year · typical grant $5,000
• Steve and Marybeth Allsop Voice of Hope Foundation · Bluffton
  Accepts applications $174,315 a year · typical grant $5,324 · Arts and culture
• Ray & Charyl Schroeder Grace Foundation · Woodruff
  Accepts applications $173,000 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Health

Largest foundations in South Carolina

• Darla Moore and Richard Rainwater Foundation · Lake City
  Preselected only $35.3 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Environment and conservation
• BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation · Columbia
  Preselected only $21.3 million a year · typical grant $300,000 · Health
• Beemok Family Foundation · Charleston
  Preselected only $9.7 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education
• Darnall W and Susan F Boyd Foundation Inc · Columbia
  Preselected only $6.8 million a year · typical grant $150,000 · Education
• The Williams Brice Edwards Charitable Trust · Sumter
  Accepts applications $5.6 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Arts and culture
• DRS Bruce & Lee Foundation · Florence
  Preselected only $5.5 million a year · typical grant $74,000 · Education
• Peter B and Adeline W Ruffin Foundation Inc · Johns Island
  Preselected only $4.6 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Education
• Canal Charitable Foundation · Greenville
  Preselected only $4.1 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education
• Wo and Ann Powers Foundation Inc · Florence
  Preselected only $4.0 million a year · typical grant $4.0 million · Education
• LB Foundation · Greenville
  Accepts applications $3.9 million a year · typical grant $86,025 · Community development
• CW and Dorothy G Love Foundation · McColl
  Preselected only $3.5 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Health
• The Graham Foundation · Greenville
  Preselected only $3.4 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Arts and culture
• Betsy M Campbell Foundation · Greenville
  Preselected only $3.4 million a year · typical grant $205,300
• The Lancaster County Partners for Youth · Lancaster
  Preselected only $3.3 million a year · typical grant $193,763 · Education
• The Ilsababy Foundation · Sullivans Island
  Preselected only $3.3 million a year · typical grant $77,500 · Health
• Robert S Campbell Foundation · Greenville
  Preselected only $3.2 million a year · typical grant $194,000 · Housing and homelessness
• Nutramax Family Foundation · Lancaster
  Preselected only $2.9 million a year · typical grant $9,250 · Faith communities
• Milliken & Company Charitable Foundation · Spartanburg
  Accepts applications $2.8 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Education
• The Jolley Foundation · Greenville
  Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Education
• Michael J Mungo Foundation · Irmo
  Preselected only $2.6 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education
• Meadows Road Foundation (Fka Coydog Foundation) · Charleston
  Preselected only $2.6 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• The Delaney Family Foundation · Kiawah Island
  Preselected only $2.3 million a year · typical grant $200,000 · Education
• Hayne Hipp Foundation · Greenville
  Preselected only $2.2 million a year · typical grant $1,000 · Faith communities
• Joy Unspeakable Foundation · Charleston
  Preselected only $2.1 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Human services
• The Maria and Steven Mungo Foundation · Charleston
  Preselected only $2.0 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Health
• The Reams Foundation Inc · Charleston
  Preselected only $2.0 million a year · typical grant $60,000 · Community development
• Abney Foundation · Anderson
  Preselected only $1.9 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education
• The Springs Close Foundation Inc · Fort Mill
  Accepts applications $1.9 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• The Fullerton Foundation · Gaffney
  Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Ecw Judith Atkins Wall Foundation · Conway
  Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $1.5 million
• Dawn Laurel Foundation · Clemson
  Preselected only $1.5 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education
• Arras Foundation · Lancaster
  Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Health
• Steven M and Joyce E Tadler Charitable Trust · Kiawah Island
  Preselected only $1.4 million a year · typical grant $80,000 · Education
• John Calvin Bible Foundation Inc · Lancaster
  Preselected only $1.4 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Faith communities
• John I Smith Charities Inc · Greer
  Accepts applications $1.3 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education
• The Self Foundation · Greenwood
  Accepts applications $1.2 million a year · typical grant $1.2 million
• Mary Black Foundation Inc · Spartanburg
  Accepts applications $1.2 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Education
• Comporium Foundation Inc · Rock Hill
  Preselected only $1.1 million a year · typical grant $3,625 · Education
• The Gleason Family Foundation Inc · Hilton Head Island
  Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Frank J & Lucy C Hartzog Memorial Foundation Inc · Blackville
  Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $1.1 million · Faith communities
• Benzon Foundation Inc · Landrum
  Preselected only $1.1 million a year · typical grant $27,500 · Faith communities
• The Ceres Foundation Inc · Charleston
  Preselected only $1.0 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Environment and conservation
• Davis Family Foundation Inc · Greenwood
  Preselected only $1.0 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Faith communities
• Kuznik Charitable Foundation · Charleston
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Health
• Iversen Family Foundation · Six Mile
  Preselected only $1.0 million a year · typical grant $1.0 million · Faith communities
• Arkwright Foundation · Spartanburg
  Accepts applications $970,068 a year · typical grant $2,000 · Faith communities
• Ralph & Virginia Hendricks Foundati · Simpsonville
  Preselected only $931,000 a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education
• Phillips Charitable Foundation · Charleston
  Preselected only $880,150 a year · typical grant $20,000 · Community development
• The Toby Cassels Foundation · Lexington
  Preselected only $879,250 a year · typical grant $112,500 · International
• The Cathey and Joe Leitch Family Foundation · Charleston
  Preselected only $870,474 a year · typical grant $870,474 · Education

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