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Charles Timmons 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.

$447k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
49
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
7%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$137,000
Organizations funded a year
26 to 35
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$11M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Charles Timmons Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesReligionPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving43$439k40%
FY202427$461k7%
FY202330$280k3%
FY202235$189k11%
FY202133$134k15%
FY202030$180k27%
FY201926$202k23%
FY201826$146k35%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.1MReligion$511kArts & Culture$190kHealth$185kHousing & Shelter$90kPhilanthropy$61kCommunity Improvement$58kFood & Nutrition$14kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OH
CT
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 64 grantees
All grantees of Charles Timmons Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation$440,64180%
Christ Church$431,0009n/a
Christ Church Episcopal School$231,95090%
Furman University$187,00020%
Legacy Early College$100,00010%
Pendleton Place Inc$89,00072%
United Ministries$76,00081%
Meyer Center for Special Children$61,00082%
University of South Carolina Business Partnership Foundation$58,33490%
South Carolina Children's Theatre$44,50091%
Georgia State University Risk Management Foundation Inc$41,66671%
Greenville Arts Festival$40,00090%
Greenville Tech Foundation Inc$30,50060%
Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation$26,00040%
Greenville Center for Creative Arts$25,00012%
Peace Center Foundation$22,50090%
United Way of Greenville County Inc$22,50090%
Augustine Literacy Project-Brevard$20,500418%
University of the South$19,50090%
Public Education Partners Greenville County$17,50070%
Linville Foundation Inc$17,00070%
Metropolitan Arts Council$16,00090%
Neighborhood Cancer Connection$15,00021%
Faces and Voices of Recovery(Favor) Upstate Sc$12,00060%
Greenville Area Parkinsons Society$11,00051%
Cancer Survivors Park Alliance$11,00023%
YMCA of Greenville$10,00010%
St Andrews Society of Upper South Carolina Heritage Fund$10,00049%
Project Host Inc$9,00090%
Pivotpoint Wnc$8,00021%
Upstate Youth Development Foundation dba First Tee - Upstate South Carolina$7,00050%
Greenville Theatre$6,00050%
Jasmine Road Inc$5,60050%
American Heart Association Inc$5,00010%
Georgia State University Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Partners in Agriculture Inc$5,00050%
South Carolina Arts Foundation 1989$5,00023%
Sc New Play Festival Inc$5,00011%
Meals on Wheels of Greenville Inc$4,50090%
Poinsett Club Foundation$4,00043%
Greenville Country Club Scholarship Foundation$4,00040%
Inclusive Recovery Foundation$3,0002n/a
National Brain Tumor Society Inc$3,0001n/a
A Child's Haven Inc$2,00020%
Sc Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Upcountry History Museum$2,00040%
The Frick Collection$1,50020%
Charity Ball Board of Greenville$1,00010%
ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc$1,00010%
National Park Foundation$1,00010%
Pet Helpers Inc$1,00010%
Phillis Wheatley Association$1,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,00010%
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc$1,00010%
Law Enforcement Chaplaincy for South Carolina$1,0001n/a
One-Eighty Place$1,00010%
Curesearch for Children's Cancer$1,0001n/a
Coaches 4 Character Inc$1,00020%
My Sister's House Inc$1,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$50010%
Meals on Wheels of Greenville Endowment Fund Inc$50010%
College of Charleston Alumni Association$50010%
Greenville Institute of the Arts$50011%
Charleston Library Society$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($46k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles Timmons Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $440,641 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetChrist Church Episcopal School: $231,950 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetFurman University: $187,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLegacy Early College: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPendleton Place Inc: $89,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetUnited Ministries: $76,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetMeyer Center for Special Children: $61,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetUniversity of South Carolina Business Partnership Foundation: $58,334 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetSouth Carolina Children's Theatre: $44,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetGeorgia State University Risk Management Foundation Inc: $41,666 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetGreenville Arts Festival: $40,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetGreenville Tech Foundation Inc: $30,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBon Secours Mercy Health Foundation: $26,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGreenville Center for Creative Arts: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPeace Center Foundation: $22,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greenville County Inc: $22,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAugustine Literacy Project-Brevard: $20,500 over 4y, 18% of budgetUniversity of the South: $19,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Education Partners Greenville County: $17,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetLinville Foundation Inc: $17,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMetropolitan Arts Council: $16,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNeighborhood Cancer Connection: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFaces and Voices of Recovery(Favor) Upstate Sc: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGreenville Area Parkinsons Society: $11,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCancer Survivors Park Alliance: $11,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetYMCA of Greenville: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Andrews Society of Upper South Carolina Heritage Fund: $10,000 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetProject Host Inc: $9,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPivotpoint Wnc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUpstate Youth Development Foundation dba First Tee - Upstate South Carolina: $7,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetGreenville Theatre: $6,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetJasmine Road Inc: $5,600 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Agriculture Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSouth Carolina Arts Foundation 1989: $5,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetSc New Play Festival Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Greenville Inc: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPoinsett Club Foundation: $4,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetGreenville Country Club Scholarship Foundation: $4,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetA Child's Haven Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSc Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUpcountry History Museum: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Ball Board of Greenville: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPet Helpers Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 58.

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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.

Daniel-Mickel FoundationSC57.7× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Daniel-Mickel Foundation · The Jolley Foundation · Scsymmes Foundation · John I Smith Charities Inc · Bill and Connie Timmons Foundation · Jean T and Heyward G Pelham Foundation · Dabo's All in Team Foundation · Yeargin Foundation · Hayne Hipp Foundation · Scansource Charitable Foundation · Neill M Timmons Foundation · St Francis Hospital Inc

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.

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About Charles Timmons Foundation

How much does Charles Timmons Foundation give?
Charles Timmons Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $447,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Charles Timmons Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (50%), Religion (22%), Arts & Culture (8%).
Who are Charles Timmons Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of South Carolina Educational Foundation ($441k), Christ Church ($431k), Christ Church Episcopal School ($232k).
Does Charles Timmons Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Charles Timmons Foundation 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 Charles Timmons Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Daniel-Mickel Foundation, The Jolley Foundation, Scsymmes Foundation.
Where is Charles Timmons Foundation based?
Charles Timmons Foundation is based in DE.

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 74 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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