South Carolina · Private foundation
Brooks Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $26k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,375
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $278k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Brooks Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $26k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $17k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $14k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $40k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia College | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bethel United Methodist Church | $11,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Spoleto Festival USA Inc | $4,962 | 3 | 0% |
| Wofford College | $4,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Carolina Pregnancy Center Inc | $1,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Harvest Hope Food Bank | $1,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Oliver Gospel Mission | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Brookgreen Gardens | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| The Charles Lea Center Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia College | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bethel United Methodist Church | $11,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Spoleto Festival USA Inc | $4,962 | 3 | 0% |
| Wofford College | $4,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Carolina Pregnancy Center Inc | $1,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Harvest Hope Food Bank | $1,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Oliver Gospel Mission | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Brookgreen Gardens | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| The Charles Lea Center Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| St Andrews Presbyterian Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($103k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Brooks Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Brooks Family Foundation Inc give?
- Brooks Family Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $25,985 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Brooks Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (42%), Education (24%), Religion (22%).
- Who are Brooks Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Columbia College ($16k), Bethel United Methodist Church ($11k), Spoleto Festival USA Inc ($5k).
- Does Brooks Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brooks Family Foundation Inc 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 Brooks Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Brooks Family Foundation Inc based?
- Brooks Family Foundation Inc is based in SC.
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