· Public charity
Arts Etc
We are proud to announce that funds raised from the 2025 Kiawah Art & House Tour will support visual, performing, and literary arts programs for the youth of Johns and Wadmalaw Islands.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $7k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Charleston Symphony Orchestra | $30,000 |
| Engaging Creative Minds | $6,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its 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.
8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PTPure Theatre3× · 2022–2024 · $66k · revenue +61%
- CGCHARLESTON GAILLARD MANAGEMENT CORPORATION2× · 2023–2024 · $64k · revenue +24%
- CMCHAMBER MUSIC CHARLESTON3× · 2022–2024 · $56k · revenue +47%
Funded once
- CGCharleston Galliard Centerone grant, 2022 · $21k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $15k
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.
Sponsor Internationally Acclaimed Classical Performances
To provide small ensemble chamber music perfs
The American Chamber Ensemble is a consortium of distinguished musicians whose concerts explore the music for piano with strings, woodwinds and/or voice, presenting both great standard repertoire and living American composers.
Cultural enrichment through arts programs
Classical Theatre Company is dedicated to boldly re-envisioning classical drama on the stage, in the community, and in the classroom through engaging and enlightening plays that bring them new life and relevance while maintaining the…
Inspired by the intelligence and emotional wisdom of young people, we create professional theatre for youth and families, foster inclusive community, and nurture meaningful learning through the arts. We provide these experiences through…
Centre stage is a non-profit 501(c)(3) performing arts venue and theatre organization that exists to captivate audiences with diverse programming, cultivate local artistry, and inspire community collaboration.
To raise awareness of opera and fine arts in sc.
The Charleston Academy of Music is committed to providing access to exceptional music education, performance and community outreach to all, regardless of age, skill, gender, ethnicity or income.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 11 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.
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: Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Daniel Island Community Fund Inc · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · The Joanna Foundation · The Mark Elliott Motley Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Arts Etc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arts Etc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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