South Carolina · Public charity
Barnet Foundation
Charitable and philanthropic endeavors in support of and in conjunction with the Spartanburg county foundation.
- $254k
- Granted FY2020
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
55% of Barnet Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Spartanburg County Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Barnet Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $230k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2020
- $230k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $13,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Total assets, FY2020
- $1.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 36% of the organizations Barnet Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 11 | $220k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $267k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $505k | 27% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $689k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Converse University | $715,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation | $625,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Spartanburg School Dist 7 | $241,964 | 7 | n/a |
| Spartanburg Philharmonic | $202,500 | 8 | 5% |
| United Way of the Piedmont Inc | $112,910 | 9 | 0% |
| Children's Museum of the Upstate Inc | $93,750 | 3 | 1% |
| International African American Museum | $84,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wofford College | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Spoleto Festival USA Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION of Greater Spartanburg | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Barnet Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Spartanburg County Foundation · Balmer Foundation · Arkwright Foundation · Mary Black Foundation Inc · Milliken & Company Charitable Foundation · J M Smith Foundation · Anna M Black Charitable Foundation · Harry H Gibson Family Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Falatok Foundation · Betty & James K Stone Foundation · Wr & Eh Floyd Foundation
How this is measured
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About Barnet Foundation
- How much does Barnet Foundation give?
- Barnet Foundation reported 12 itemized grants totaling $230,418, out of $254,008 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Barnet Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Philanthropy (29%), Health (17%).
- Who are Barnet Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Converse University ($715k), Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation ($625k), Spartanburg School Dist 7 ($242k).
- Does Barnet Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Barnet Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Spartanburg County Foundation, Balmer Foundation, Arkwright Foundation.
- Where is Barnet Foundation based?
- Barnet Foundation is based in SC.
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