· Private foundation
Aiken Foundation Inc
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k2 grants · $6k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $195k
- $50k–250k17 grants · $1.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MERCY MEDICINE CLINIC | $200,000 |
| MANNA HOUSE | $200,000 |
| FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY FDN | $170,000 |
| FLORENCE COUNTY DISABILITIES FDN | $165,000 |
| LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES | $100,000 |
| PEE DEE COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC | $100,000 |
| HOUSE OF HOPE | $100,000 |
| HARVEST FOOD BANK | $95,000 |
| HOPE FUND ENDOWMENT | $75,000 |
| YOUTH MENTORS OF THE PEE DEE | $70,000 |
| FLORENCE AREA HUMANE SOCIETY | $70,000 |
| PEE DEE REGIONAL CENTER VOLUNTEER | $65,000 |
| CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $59,494 |
| Individual grant recipient | $55,000 |
| BOYS & GIRL CLUBS OF THE | $50,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 19%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2020, 0 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $515k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TMTHE MANNA HOUSE4× · 2017–2020 · $235k · revenue +269% · 59% of their budget
- FCFLORENCE COUNTY DISABILITIES FOUNDATION4× · 2017–2020 · $195k · revenue +426% · 91% of their budget
- LMLIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES FLORENCE4× · 2017–2020 · $115k · revenue +121%
Funded once
- RCROTARY CLUB OF FLORENCEone grant, 2019 · $3k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Provide housing and temporary shelter for homeless persons.
The mission of the Montessori School of Florence is to make available to the children and families of Florence, South Carolina and its surrounding area, both pre-school and elementary education of the highest quality, consistent with the…
To provide historical and art exhibits and education for children and adults.
Serving as a fine arts support organization for the florence county museum, an administrative division and instrumentatality of florence county, south carolina.
The florentine opera company is driven to produce the full range of operatic works reflecting the highest musical and theatrical standards, and to support community and education programs that foster the current and next generation of…
To inspire the individuals we serve to live life to the fullest.
Putting god's love into action, hfh brings people together to build homes, communities and hope by making decent, affordable housing available to more families. habitat seeks to eliminate poverty housing from the world and make decent…
Our mission is to alleviate hunger in western lane county, oregon.
Maintain and display of the historic florence depot, florence bank, florence fire company, and florence city hall for the general public.
We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of children from economically challenged families with the goal of preparing children for a lifetime commitment to learning and empowering their…
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE MANNA HOUSE ↗
- Who funds MERCY MEDICAL FREE CLINICS ↗
- Who funds FLORENCE COUNTY DISABILITIES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES FLORENCE ↗
- Who funds FLORENCE AREA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HELP 4 KIDS FLORENCE ↗
- Who funds FLORENCE LITTLE THEATRE ↗
- Who funds Hopehealth Inc ↗
- Who funds FLORENCE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds MASTERWORKS CHOIR INC ↗
- Who funds FOSTER CARE CLOTHING CLOSET INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Eastern Carolina Community Foundation · Assurant Foundation · Betty S Campbell Charitable Foundation · Hm and Pearl Kyle Foundation Inc · Drs Bruce & Lee Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Central Carolina Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Aiken Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aiken Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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