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Anna M Black Charitable Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
44
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2025 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k43 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $18k
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$659k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$18,208
PARTNERS FOR ACTIVE LIVING$3,000
SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION$2,900
CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER$2,200
BALLET SPARTANBURG$2,000
HATCHER GARDENS$2,000
TAMASSEE DAR SCHOOL$1,950
SPARTANBURG ACADEMIC MOVEMENT$1,907
MERCY CHEFS$1,500
HAND IN HAND$1,250
TOTAL MINISTRIES$1,228
WARRIORS ONCE AGAIN$1,047
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$1,000
HUB CITY WRITERS PROJECT$1,000
THE PIEDMONT CLUB$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MERCY CHEFS: $2k → 20%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $621 → 10%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $500 → 10%PROJECT REST: $1k → 15%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $1k → 15%PROJECT REST: $1k → 15%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $1k → 15%SAFE HOMES RAPE CRISIS: $1k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

PA
NJ
CO
VA
NC
SC
DC
AL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$335k · 33 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

33 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
14

Total granted

$335k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+22%

Still filing today

76%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • WOFFORD COLLEGE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +52%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2022 · $13k · revenue +248%
  • CC
    CHAPMAN CULTURAL CENTER INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $11k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • KC
    KID'S CLUBS UPSTATE
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • TD
    T DAR SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Hub City Roots

The hub city farmers' market is a nonprofit community organization that aims to increase supply, demand, and access to healthy, local foods in spartanburg, south carolina.

Food & Nutrition
2
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
3
Rebuilding Together Spartanburg Inc

Repair/rehabilitate homes of disadvantaged homeowners in the upstate of sc through rebuilding days as well as special projects with various community groups.

Human Services
4
South Carolina Public Interest Foundation
Crime & Legal
5
Spartanburg County Historical Assoc

The mission of the spartanburg county historical association is to explore and preserve our regions history by collecting and sharing the stories and artifacts of the people who shaped that history.

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6
Spalding University Inc

Spalding university is a diverse community of learners dedicated to meeting the needs of the times in the tradition of the sisters of charity of nazareth through quality undergraduate and graduate liberal and professional studies, grounded…

Education
7
Strategic Spartanburg Inc

To report on data and engage the community in dialogue and strategy that leads to positive change in spartanburg county.

Community Improvement
8
Southern Bancorp Capital Partners

Creating economic opportunities in distressed rural communities.

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9
South Carolina Policy Council Education Foundation

The south carolina policy council was founded in 1986 as an independent, private, non-partisan research organization to promote the principles of limited government, free enterprise, and individual liberty and responsibility in the state…

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10
Regenesis Health Care Inc

We strive to give health services to residents in and around the spartanburg, cherokee, and union sc areas. we believe that services to families can make a difference in the community, helping neighbors move towards healthier lifestyles…

Health
11
Board of Control for Southern Regional Education

The board of control for southern regional education shall be devoted to the task of assisting states, institutions and agencies concerned with higher education in their efforts to advance knowledge and to improve the social and economic…

Education
12
South Carolina Council On Competitiveness

The south carolina council on competitiveness is a nonpartisan, business-led non-profit organization committed to advancing the long term competitiveness of south carolina through actionable research, support of industry clusters and…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Advocacy Center of Spartanburg Cherokee - Union Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hub City Writers Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

43 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 43 of the 73 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
28/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $156,823 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHWOFFORD COLLEGE: $20,000 · OtherWOFFORD COLLEGETYGER RIVER CHAPEL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE FOUNDATION: $12,914 · Other+50 more: $101,917 · Other+50 moreCHAPMAN CULTURAL CENTER INC: $11,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET SPARTANBURG INC: $8,300 · Arts & CultureHUB CITY WRITERS PROJECT: $6,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $500 · Arts & CultureSPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE: $10,500 · EducationADULT LEARNING CENTER: $4,000 · EducationSPARTANBURG ACADEMIC MOVEMENT: $3,814 · EducationMONTREAT COLLEGE: $1,500 · EducationST LUKES FREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF SPARTANBURG INC: $4,500 · HealthHEALTHY SMILES OF SPARTANBURG INC: $2,600 · HealthPalmetto Promise Institute: $1,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $750 · HealthUPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC: $3,121 · Human ServicesPROJECT REST: $3,000 · Human ServicesMERCY CHEFS INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SPARTANBURG CHEROKEE - UNION INC: $6,200 · Crime & LegalSpartanburg County Foundation: $3,900 · Philanthropy
Other$306,654Arts & Culture$25,800Education$19,814Health$8,850Human Services$7,621Crime & Legal$6,200Philanthropy$3,900

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 County Foundation: $3,900 over 2y, 0.0% 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
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.

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 Fo…Arkwright FoundationBlack & Phillips Foun…J M Smith FoundationMilliken & Company Ch…Wr & Eh Floyd Foundat…Balmer FoundationUnited Way of the Pie…Mary Black Foundation…Betty & James K Stone…Gibbs Charitable Foun…Harry H Gibson Family…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Anna M Black Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Anna M Black Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Anna M Black Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Anna M Black Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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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