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Anna M Black Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$57k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
44
Grants FY2025
18
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$18,208
Organizations funded a year
6 to 23
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$659k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Anna M Black Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving43$54k58%
FY202418$31k33%
FY202315$30k40%
FY202219$30k16%
FY202123$35k48%
FY202015$42k47%
FY201910$48k60%
FY20186$52k67%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$158kEducation$67kArts & Culture$33kPhilanthropy$29kCrime & Legal$21kHuman Services$19kHealth$17kFood & Nutrition$11kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

PA
NJ
CO
VA
NC
SC
DC
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of Anna M Black Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wofford College$20,00020%
Tyger River Chapel Foundation$15,00044%
University of South Carolina Upstate Foundation$12,91421%
Chapman Cultural Center Inc$11,00030%
Spartanburg Methodist College$10,50030%
Ballet Spartanburg Inc$8,30060%
Tamassee DAR School Inc$7,05040%
Spartanburg Art Museum$7,00031%
Children's Advocacy Center of Spartanburg Cherokee - Union Inc$6,20050%
Hope Center for Children$6,00060%
Hub City Writers Project$6,00070%
Spartanburg Day School$5,50030%
St Lukes Free Medical Clinic of Spartanburg Inc$4,50030%
Adult Learning Center$4,00040%
Spartanburg Academic Movement$3,81420%
Total Ministries of Spartanburg County Inc$3,22830%
Upstate Warrior Solution Inc$3,12140%
Project Rest$3,00030%
Partners for Active Living$3,00010%
Healthy Smiles of Spartanburg Inc$2,60030%
Mobile Meals of Spartanburg County Inc$2,50030%
Sidewalk Hope Inc$2,40040%
The Charles Lea Center Foundation Inc$2,20020%
Samaritan's Purse$2,00020%
Mercy Chefs Inc$1,5001n/a
Montreat College$1,50010%
Spartanburg Humane Society Inc$1,45030%
Princeton Theological Seminary$1,2501n/a
Warriors Once Again$1,04710%
New Day Inc of Spartanburg$1,00010%
Palmetto Promise Institute$1,00010%
Halter (Healing and Learning Through Equine Relationships)$1,00020%
Battlebetty Foundation$1,0001n/a
Kids Upstate$1,00010%
The Spartanburg Soup Kitchen Inc$1,00010%
Piedmont Club$1,0001n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children$7501n/a
Birthmatters$75010%
Hub City Animal Project Inc$25011%
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution$2001n/a
Stratford Hall$20010%
South Carolina Sheriffs' Association$10010%
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union$1001n/a
Upstate Forever$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($207k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Anna M Black Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWofford College: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTyger River Chapel Foundation: $15,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetUniversity of South Carolina Upstate Foundation: $12,914 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetChapman Cultural Center Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSpartanburg Methodist College: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBallet Spartanburg Inc: $8,300 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTamassee DAR School Inc: $7,050 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSpartanburg Art Museum: $7,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetChildren's Advocacy Center of Spartanburg Cherokee - Union Inc: $6,200 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHope Center for Children: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHub City Writers Project: $6,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSpartanburg Day School: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Lukes Free Medical Clinic of Spartanburg Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAdult Learning Center: $4,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSpartanburg Academic Movement: $3,814 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTotal Ministries of Spartanburg County Inc: $3,228 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUpstate Warrior Solution Inc: $3,121 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetProject Rest: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPartners for Active Living: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHealthy Smiles of Spartanburg Inc: $2,600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMobile Meals of Spartanburg County Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSidewalk Hope Inc: $2,400 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Charles Lea Center Foundation Inc: $2,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMontreat College: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpartanburg Humane Society Inc: $1,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWarriors Once Again: $1,047 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNew Day Inc of Spartanburg: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPalmetto Promise Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHalter (Healing and Learning Through Equine Relationships): $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKids Upstate: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Spartanburg Soup Kitchen Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBirthmatters: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHub City Animal Project Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetStratford Hall: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Carolina Sheriffs' Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUpstate Forever: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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.

Spartanburg County FoundationSC70.6× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Spartanburg County Foundation · Arkwright Foundation · Black & Phillips Foundation Inc · J M Smith Foundation · Milliken & Company Charitable Foundation · Wr & Eh Floyd Foundation · Balmer Foundation · United Way of the Piedmont Inc · Mary Black Foundation Inc · Betty & James K Stone Foundation · Gibbs Charitable Foundation · Harry H Gibson Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Anna M Black Charitable Foundation

How much does Anna M Black Charitable Foundation give?
Anna M Black Charitable Foundation reported 44 grants totaling $57,313 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Anna M Black Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (42%), Education (18%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are Anna M Black Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wofford College ($20k), Tyger River Chapel Foundation ($15k), University of South Carolina Upstate Foundation ($13k).
Does Anna M Black Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Anna M Black Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Anna M Black Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Spartanburg County Foundation, Arkwright Foundation, Black & Phillips Foundation Inc.
Where is Anna M Black Charitable Foundation based?
Anna M Black Charitable Foundation is based in SC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 73 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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