South Carolina · Public charity
Chapman Cultural Center Inc
To provide cultural leadership for greater Spartanburg by developing, strengthening and promoting the scope, excellence and educational role of the arts, humanities and science, and to further their significance in the life of our community.
- $447k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $63,964
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $115,484
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $31M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Chapman Cultural Center Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 7 | $447k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $399k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $540k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $368k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $178k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $535k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $123k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $80k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spartanburg Philharmonic | $511,362 | 8 | 14% |
| Ballet Spartanburg Inc | $479,909 | 8 | 12% |
| Spartanburg Art Museum | $425,238 | 8 | 26% |
| Spartanburg Little Theatre | $419,805 | 8 | 12% |
| Spartanburg Science Center | $261,276 | 8 | 29% |
| Spartanburg County Historical Assoc | $226,925 | 7 | 31% |
| Hub City Writers Project | $100,526 | 6 | 7% |
| The Artists Guild of Spartanburg | $82,474 | 8 | 52% |
| Artists Collective Spartanburg Inc | $64,900 | 3 | 16% |
| Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve In | $50,700 | 5 | 4% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spartanburg Philharmonic | $511,362 | 8 | 14% |
| Ballet Spartanburg Inc | $479,909 | 8 | 12% |
| Spartanburg Art Museum | $425,238 | 8 | 26% |
| Spartanburg Little Theatre | $419,805 | 8 | 12% |
| Spartanburg Science Center | $261,276 | 8 | 29% |
| Spartanburg County Historical Assoc | $226,925 | 7 | 31% |
| Hub City Writers Project | $100,526 | 6 | 7% |
| The Artists Guild of Spartanburg | $82,474 | 8 | 52% |
| Artists Collective Spartanburg Inc | $64,900 | 3 | 16% |
| Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve In | $50,700 | 5 | 4% |
| Proud Mary Theatre Company | $20,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Speaking Down Barriers | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Stone Soup Storytelling Institute | $10,250 | 1 | 37% |
Where it is load-bearing
Chapman Cultural Center Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Milliken & Company Charitable Foundation · South Carolina Humanities Council Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Chapman Cultural Center Inc
- How much does Chapman Cultural Center Inc give?
- Chapman Cultural Center Inc reported 7 grants totaling $447,038 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Chapman Cultural Center Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (88%), Science & Tech (10%), Environment (2%).
- Who are Chapman Cultural Center Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Spartanburg Philharmonic ($511k), Ballet Spartanburg Inc ($480k), Spartanburg Art Museum ($425k).
- Does Chapman Cultural Center Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chapman Cultural Center Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Spartanburg County Foundation, Balmer Foundation, Arkwright Foundation.
- Where is Chapman Cultural Center Inc based?
- Chapman Cultural Center Inc is based in SC.
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