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Community Foundation of the Lowcountry

The Community Foundation's mission is strengthening community by connecting people, resources, and needs.

$12M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
193
Itemized grants FY2025
125
Organizations funded FY2024
24%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$9.4M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,234,463
Organizations funded a year
95 to 125
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
23
Total assets, FY2025
$100M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Community Foundation of the Lowcountry funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthReligionCommunity ImprovementOther
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 arriving182$9.3M30%
FY2024125$7.8M24%
FY2023125$6.5M22%
FY2022124$6.4M31%
FY2021122$5.1M30%
FY202095$4.3M28%
FY201997$5.6M34%
FY2018121$4.7M37%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$13MHealth$8.2MReligion$6.4MHuman Services$5.4MArts & Culture$3.8MFood & Nutrition$3.1MHousing & Shelter$3.0MEnvironment$2.8MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jews for Jesus$3,215,0007n/a
Hilton Head Public Service District$2,302,8569n/a
The Volunteers in Medicine Clinic$2,133,73295%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry Inc$1,735,558911%
University of South Carolina Beaufort Education Foundation$1,362,113233%
Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project Inc$1,310,620911%
Landmark College Inc$1,015,00062%
Savannah Country Day School Inc$1,000,00032%
Bluffton-Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine Inc$999,199924%
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina$970,18595%
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All grantees of Community Foundation of the Lowcountry by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jews for Jesus$3,215,0007n/a
Hilton Head Public Service District$2,302,8569n/a
The Volunteers in Medicine Clinic$2,133,73295%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry Inc$1,735,558911%
University of South Carolina Beaufort Education Foundation$1,362,113233%
Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project Inc$1,310,620911%
Landmark College Inc$1,015,00062%
Savannah Country Day School Inc$1,000,00032%
Bluffton-Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine Inc$999,199924%
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina$970,18595%
Bluffton Self Help Inc$969,20586%
The Children's Center Inc$962,385910%
Coastal Community Development Corporation$933,500218%
Mirasol Health Inc$924,88699%
Second Helpings$874,171915%
Hopeful Horizons$848,61995%
Memory Matters$831,403912%
Programs for Exceptional People$791,451914%
USC School of Medicine Greenville$753,4026n/a
Avon Old Farms School Inc$735,00051%
Neighborhood Outreach Connection$686,800925%
Lowcountry Legal Volunteers$676,534924%
Hilton Head Regional Habitat for Humanity Inc$602,32298%
Backpack Buddies of Greater Bluffton and Hardeeville$572,255872%
Port Royal Sound Foundation$556,550717%
Heritage Classic Foundation$552,93581%
Meals on Wheels Bluffton/Hilton Head$548,050939%
Northwestern University$505,0001n/a
Osprey Village Inc$489,086755%
Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen$488,277630%
Beaufort County School District$462,0226n/a
Sandalwood Community Food Pantry$445,150920%
Coastal Discovery Museum$430,76068%
Hilton Head Island Recreation$401,98898%
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Inc$387,32892%
Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation$383,98658%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$368,75080%
Hilton Head Island Community Church$366,6076n/a
Family Promise of the Lowcountry$366,172814%
Foundation for Educational Excellence$359,606797%
Antioch Educational Center$339,1008n/a
Friends of Caroline Hospice of Beau$320,60037%
Michigan State University Research Foundation$320,00021%
Hilton Head Reef Foundation Inc$312,953857%
Polaris Tech Charter School$312,72756%
Mental Health America of Beaufort-Jasper$312,377525%
The Literacy Center$304,650628%
Lon Solomon Ministries$300,0002n/a
United Way of the Lowcountry$298,39794%
Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park Inc$281,186814%
Junior Jazz Foundation Inc$277,647421%
Austin Achieve Public Schools Inc$270,00040%
Friends of the Hilton Head Library$267,126968%
The Heritage Library Foundation Inc$250,913432%
Child Abuse Prevention Association$250,40882%
Jills House Inc$250,0001n/a
Pregnancy Center and Clinic of the Low Country Inc$248,928811%
Clemson University$244,9502n/a
Agawam Council$240,00054%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$232,00020%
Operation Patriots Fob Inc$228,67044%
YMCA of the Lowcountry Inc$226,75053%
Technical College of the Lowcountry Foundation Inc$221,82099%
Lowcountry Autism Foundation Inc$206,225715%
First Presbyterian Church$204,3507n/a
Med-I-Assist Inc$203,600970%
Lehigh University$200,00020%
The Hunger Coalition of the Lowcountry$197,931826%
DragonBoat Beaufort$195,0002n/a
Blacquity SC$189,650475%
World Affairs Council Hilton Head$184,241917%
Bluffton Utd Methodist Church$182,0002n/a
The Sandbox Childrens Museum$175,6624n/a
Gullah Traveling Theater Inc$155,92521%
The Outside Foundation$154,680746%
Hilton Head Humane Association$151,53963%
The Salvation Army$140,9057n/a
All Saints Episcopal Church$138,6006n/a
Success Academy Charter Schools Inc$135,00030%
Media Research Center$135,00040%
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc$132,75061%
Heroes on Horseback$128,150716%
Help of Beaufort$126,620611%
Native Island Business & Community Affairs Association Inc$125,000222%
The 74 Media Inc$120,00022%
Womens Rights and Empowerment Network$120,00045%
Special Olympics South Carolina$118,17080%
Helping Hand Center Inc$113,500727%
Hilton Head Island Foundation to Support Youth Sports Inc$107,70064%
Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head Island$105,950417%
Mayo Clinic$100,5003n/a
Lowcountry Council of Governments$100,0001n/a
William Woods University$100,00040%
International Leadership Institute$100,00012%
Hilton Head Island Concours Delegance Inc$98,54935%
Vantage Point Foundation$97,667217%
Pockets Full of Sunshine$96,10067%
Roof Above Inc$95,00030%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$93,00040%
Georgia Institute of Technology$92,0002n/a
Junior Champions Foundation$90,000299%
Lowcountry Food Bank Inc$89,04350%
Nami Lowcountry$87,80079%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$87,50020%
Lowcountry Community Church of Beaufort County$84,5003n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$77,50010%
International Medical Corps$77,50010%
National Foundation For Cancer Research$76,37660%
Marine Reach Ministries California Inc$73,882111%
Lowcountry Presbyterian Church$72,7004n/a
Historic Bluffton Foundation$71,92457%
Entryway$70,00032%
American Red Cross$69,8002n/a
Good Neighbor Free Medical Clinic of Beaufort$69,50054%
Moss Creek Marines Inc$68,500239%
The Sandbox a Hilton Head$67,50843%
Bluffton Mlk Observance Committee$67,5002n/a
The Bluffton Rotary Community Foundation Inc$67,000184%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$66,00060%
Yale New Haven Hospital$65,50050%
Arrhythmia Alliance$64,731231%
Hilton Head Preparatory School$61,00021%
Coastal District Council of the St Vincent de Paul Society$60,00032%
Trustees of Boston University$60,00040%
Finleys Green Leap Forward$60,0001n/a
Real Champions Inc$58,12845%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$57,70050%
J M Smith Foundation$56,00075%
Samaritan's Purse$55,00030%
Savannah College of Art and DesignInc$52,50020%
Phi Chi Medical Fraternity Inc$52,0002n/a
Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas Inc$51,59831%
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation$51,50050%
Lowcountry Gullah Foundation$50,700317%
May River Montessori$50,25661%
Meredith College$50,25030%
Glenwood Academy$50,10020%
Holistic Haitian Alliance$50,00013%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$50,00010%
Savannah Children's Choir Inc$50,000113%
Love House Learning Academy$47,462313%
Central Oak Grove Baptist Church$47,0102n/a
Council on Foundations Inc$46,60070%
Agape Family Life Center Inc$46,420348%
Michigan State University$46,0003n/a
Town of Hilton Head Island$46,0004n/a
Intl Jr Golf Acad-BishopsGate$45,7161n/a
The Bascom Corporation$45,50031%
Western Michigan University$45,0002n/a
Teach for America Inc$44,55030%
Sc Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities Foundation Inc$41,95031%
Spring Island Trust$41,50061%
Lymphatic Education & Research Network Inc (Le&Rn)$40,50051%
Bluffton Gullah Cultural Heritage Center$40,38825%
The Evangelical Free Church of America$40,0002n/a
Catholic Charities of South Carolina$40,0001n/a
University of Georgia$39,0002n/a
Pennsylvania State University$38,2941n/a
Gannon University$38,29410%
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra Inc$38,10010%
Midsummer's Music Ltd$38,00042%
First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen$37,0003n/a
Heroes of the Low Country$36,600444%
New Abundant Life Church of G$35,7502n/a
Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Beaufort County$35,0002n/a
Medical University of South Carolina Foundation$34,50030%
University of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporated$34,00020%
Palmetto Bluff Foundation Inc$33,18212%
Lowcountry Foundation for Wounded Military Heros$33,18219%
College of Charleston$32,2502n/a
Kennesaw State University$32,0002n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$31,58450%
Spirit of Sebastian$31,500222%
Gullah Museum of Hilton Head Inc Gullah Museum of Hilton Headinc$31,50048%
The University of Georgia Foundation$31,48720%
Marshview Community Organic Farm$30,382215%
Wellspring Educational Services Inc$30,00011%
Hampton United Methodist Church$30,0002n/a
Young Life$30,00010%
Helphopelive Inc$30,00010%
Search the Scriptures Inc$30,000211%
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary$30,0002n/a
Ravi Zacharias International Ministries$30,0001n/a
Bowling Green State University$30,0002n/a
Women of Faith and Power Ministries Inc$30,000355%
Radio Training Network Inc$30,00010%
Uncharted Waters$30,00033%
New Destiny Center Inc$30,000316%
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association$30,0001n/a
Daufuskie Marsh Tacky Society$29,7441n/a
Honor Our Heroes Foundation$29,5821n/a
1st Presbyterian Day School$28,0003n/a
Georgetown University$28,00030%
Hilton Head Christian Academy$28,00020%
Wake Forest University$27,50020%
Pillars Community Health$27,50030%
Beaufort County Memorial Hospital$27,0002n/a
Greater Faith International Ministries$26,5003n/a
Armstrong State University$26,0001n/a
Greater Cherry Grove Food Pan$26,0001n/a
St Stephens UMC Outreach Food Pantry$25,0503n/a
Jesup Memorial Library$25,00011%
Jacksonville University$25,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Orange County and the Inland Empire Inc$25,00011%
Volunteers in Medicine America$25,00016%
The Florida State University Foundation Inc$25,00010%
The Jeannette Rankin Foundation Inc$25,00011%
Gamechangers Foundation$25,00016%
Muloma Heritage Center$25,000128%
Maine Episcopal Missionary Society$25,0001n/a
Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center Inc$25,00013%
University of Mary Washington Foundation$25,00010%
Mt Desert Island Regional High School$25,0001n/a
Mt Desert Island YMCA$25,00011%
Rotary Club of Hilton Head Island Charitable Foundation$24,950215%
Lean Ensemble Theater$24,85043%
Jasper County Council on Aging Inc$24,70032%
Huspah Missionary Baptist Chu$24,7002n/a
Samaritan Ministries International$24,00010%
Everyday Mission Trip Evangelism Organization$23,5001n/a
Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina$23,17211%
Focus on the Family$23,0003n/a
Wellesley College$22,50030%
Georgia Southern University$21,4632n/a
Brady Collaborative Inc$21,0001n/a
Turtle Trackers$20,5003n/a
Society of St Vincent de Pau$20,0001n/a
Church of the Cross$20,0001n/a
A Call to Action$20,0002n/a
Healing Waters Mission & Wellness Center$20,0001n/a
St John's University New York$20,00020%
University of Chicago$20,00020%
Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church$20,0001n/a
Lowcountry Food Bank Endowment Fund$20,00012%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$20,00020%
Hopeful Horizons$19,9301n/a
Wofford College$19,70020%
SCORE Association$19,50020%
Winthrop University$19,4002n/a
Hugaroo Inc$19,00024%
The Disabilities Foundation of Beaufort County Inc$18,500283%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Sc Inc$18,00010%
Duke University$18,00020%
Wexford Plantation Homeowners Association Inc$17,6501n/a
Ccedc One Inc$17,00016%
Allendale Enterprise$16,9632n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empireinc$16,50021%
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc$16,50010%
The Palmetto Bluff Conservanc$16,5001n/a
First Presbyterian of Greenvi$16,3942n/a
University System of New Hampshire$16,0002n/a
Daufuskie Island Community Foundation$16,0001n/a
Mather Interpretative Center$16,000239%
Rhodes College$16,00020%
Mercy Flight Inc$15,25530%
All About Cats$15,174133%
Utah Symphony & Opera$15,00010%
Multiplying Good$15,0001n/a
Southern Virginia University$15,00020%
The Sharing Network Foundation Inc$15,0001n/a
Northwestern Michigan College$15,0001n/a
Tom Atkins Evangelistic Assoc Inc$15,000110%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$15,00010%
Ohio State University Foundation$15,00020%
Indiana University Foundation$15,00010%
Emory University$14,75010%
Hilton Head Island Safe Harbourinc$14,531215%
Friends of Fisher House Charleston$14,38116%
The Corporation of Mercer University$14,00020%
University of Pittsburgh$14,00020%
Noah's Arks Rescue$13,87821%
The Links Foundation Incorporated$13,50020%
University of Mississippi Foundation$13,50020%
Public Tennis Inc$13,000118%
In His Name - Colleton$13,00022%
Davidson College$13,00010%
People for Parks Inc$12,908110%
Sea Pines Forest Preserve Foundation$12,7001n/a
Campbell Chapel Community Development Ministry$12,0001n/a
Franciscan University of Steubenville$12,00020%
Washington State University$12,0002n/a
Born to Read Inc$11,850210%
Full Spectrum Studio$11,595111%
Muskingum University$11,50010%
SOAR Special Recreation of the Lowcountr$10,50013%
Bucks Rock Performing Arts$10,2401n/a
Hilton Head Island Audubon Society Dba Hilton Head Audubon$10,200114%
Bluffton High School PTO$10,0001n/a
Daufuskie Island Historical Foundation$10,000112%
Alliance Defending Freedom$10,00010%
Greenbriar Children's Center Inc$10,00011%
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc$10,00010%
Together Sc$10,00012%
The Workfirst Foundation$10,00011%
Pack People of Action Caring for Kids$10,00012%
Spoleto Festival USA Inc$10,00010%
Hilton Head Island Regional Partnership Foundation Inc$10,000120%
California Institute of Technology$10,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc$10,00010%
Dawson County Family Connection Inc$10,0001n/a
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University$10,0001n/a
Good Shepherd Clinic of Dawson Coun$10,00015%
Casa de Peregrinos$10,00011%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$10,00010%
St Francis Catholic School$10,0001n/a
Open Space Institute Inc$10,00010%
Dawson Community Food Bank Inc$10,00015%
Democracy Forward Foundation$10,00010%
Must Ministries Inc$10,00010%
United Way of Collier and the Keys Inc$10,00010%
Rescue Paws International Inc$10,0001n/a
Dawson County Wee Books Program Inc$10,0001n/a
Abe's Garden$10,00010%
Manna Food Bank Inc$10,00010%
Brady Social Enterprises Inc$10,00011%
Knollwood Playground Association Inc$10,000127%
Penland School Of Craft$10,00010%
Legacy Law School Corporation$10,00010%
Lowcountry Presbytery$10,0001n/a
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$10,00010%
Red Cedar Elementary Parent Teacher Organization$10,0001n/a
First Union African Baptist Church$10,0001n/a
Montverde Academy Inc$10,00010%
Penn Center Inc$10,00011%
Lift Up Atlanta Inc$10,00012%
Shelterbox USA Inc$9,7351n/a
South Carolina Youth Leadership Conference$9,420122%
Open Arms Fellowship$9,2141n/a
University of Minnesota$9,0001n/a
St Andrew By-The-Sea United Methodist Church$8,9681n/a
Congregation Beth Yam$8,7851n/a
Impact America$8,50010%
The Church of the Holy Trinit$8,5001n/a
Corner To Corner$8,10011%
Palmetto Animal League$8,00011%
Lovable Paws Rescue$8,00012%
Sc Battleground Preservation Trust$8,00010%
Kiwanis Club of Bluffton Foundation$7,7731n/a
Friends of the Savannah Coastal Wildlife Refuges$7,750115%
Ella C White Memorial Scholarship$7,740123%
Launch Community Through Skateboard$7,55916%
Junior Achievement of Georgia$7,50010%
Music at Bunker Hill a Nj Non-Profit Corporation$7,50018%
Midlands Technical College$7,5001n/a
Lauras Little Critter Barn$7,500165%
Nourish Up$7,50010%
Girls on the Run of Lowcountry$7,500118%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$7,48310%
Art League of Hilton Head Inc$7,45211%
Good Shepherd Luteran Church$7,4411n/a
The Legacy Foundation of SC$7,300144%
Council of Michigan Foundations$7,05010%
Christ Lutheran Church$7,0001n/a
Santa Elena Foundation$7,0001n/a
Americares Foundation Inc$7,00010%
Baylor University$7,00010%
Palmetto Project Inc$6,50010%
The Prison to Purpose Initiative$6,5001n/a
Partners in Transition Inc$6,500154%
Presbyterian Church USA a Corp$6,5001n/a
American University$6,25010%
Thriving Place$6,0001n/a
National Council of the US Society of St Vincent de Paul Inc$6,00010%
Heifer Project International$6,00010%
University of Utah$6,0001n/a
Sola City Church$6,0001n/a
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$5,90710%
Lake Lanier Olympic Park Foundation$5,88712%
Council on Foundations$5,7501n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$5,60010%
Coastal Conservation League$5,5001n/a
Saint Francis de Sales School$5,4181n/a
Northland Church Inc$5,3501n/a
Feeding America$5,30010%
Peninsula School of Art Inc$5,25011%
Edisto Indian Free Clinic$5,20015%
Island Beautification Association Inc$5,1101n/a
Brookes Haven Inc$5,109126%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Children's Development Academy Inc$5,00010%
Senior Services North Fulton Inc$5,0001n/a
Mary's Place Sexual Assault Center of the Coastal Empire Inc$5,00011%
Reserva the Youth Land Trust Inc$5,0001n/a
Loaves and Fishes of Union County$5,00017%
Beloved Asheville$5,0001n/a
Greg Lentz Ministries$5,0001n/a
Charlotte Rescue Mission Social Enterprise$5,0001n/a
Williams House Inc$5,0001n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of Lanier Inc$5,0001n/a
Changing Our Image Now Project$5,0001n/a
Stop Soldier Suicide Inc$5,00010%
Unto the Least of These Inc$5,00011%
Asheville City Schools Foundation Inc$5,00010%

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($52k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Community Foundation of the Lowcountry supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 31 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Volunteers in Medicine Clinic: $2,133,732 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry Inc: $1,735,558 over 9y, 11% of budgetUniversity of South Carolina Beaufort Education Foundation: $1,362,113 over 2y, 33% of budgetHilton Head Island Deep Well Project Inc: $1,310,620 over 9y, 11% of budgetLandmark College Inc: $1,015,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetSavannah Country Day School Inc: $1,000,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetBluffton-Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine Inc: $999,199 over 9y, 24% of budgetArts Center of Coastal Carolina: $970,185 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetBluffton Self Help Inc: $969,205 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetThe Children's Center Inc: $962,385 over 9y, 10% of budgetCoastal Community Development Corporation: $933,500 over 2y, 18% of budgetMirasol Health Inc: $924,886 over 9y, 9.4% of budgetSecond Helpings: $874,171 over 9y, 15% of budgetHopeful Horizons: $848,619 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetMemory Matters: $831,403 over 9y, 12% of budgetPrograms for Exceptional People: $791,451 over 9y, 14% of budgetAvon Old Farms School Inc: $735,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetNeighborhood Outreach Connection: $686,800 over 9y, 25% of budgetLowcountry Legal Volunteers: $676,534 over 9y, 24% of budgetHilton Head Regional Habitat for Humanity Inc: $602,322 over 9y, 7.6% of budgetBackpack Buddies of Greater Bluffton and Hardeeville: $572,255 over 8y, 72% of budgetPort Royal Sound Foundation: $556,550 over 7y, 17% of budgetHeritage Classic Foundation: $552,935 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetMeals on Wheels Bluffton/Hilton Head: $548,050 over 9y, 39% of budgetOsprey Village Inc: $489,086 over 7y, 55% of budgetBluffton Community Soup Kitchen: $488,277 over 6y, 30% of budgetSandalwood Community Food Pantry: $445,150 over 9y, 20% of budgetCoastal Discovery Museum: $430,760 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetHilton Head Island Recreation: $401,988 over 9y, 7.6% of budgetHilton Head Symphony Orchestra Inc: $387,328 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetBeaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation: $383,986 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $368,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Promise of the Lowcountry: $366,172 over 8y, 14% of budgetFoundation for Educational Excellence: $359,606 over 7y, 97% of budgetFriends of Caroline Hospice of Beau: $320,600 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetMichigan State University Research Foundation: $320,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHilton Head Reef Foundation Inc: $312,953 over 8y, 57% of budgetPolaris Tech Charter School: $312,727 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetMental Health America of Beaufort-Jasper: $312,377 over 5y, 25% of budgetThe Literacy Center: $304,650 over 6y, 28% of budgetUnited Way of the Lowcountry: $298,397 over 9y, 4.1% of budgetHistoric Mitchelville Freedom Park Inc: $281,186 over 8y, 14% of budgetJunior Jazz Foundation Inc: $277,647 over 4y, 21% of budgetAustin Achieve Public Schools Inc: $270,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of the Hilton Head Library: $267,126 over 9y, 68% of budgetThe Heritage Library Foundation Inc: $250,913 over 4y, 32% of budgetChild Abuse Prevention Association: $250,408 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetPregnancy Center and Clinic of the Low Country Inc: $248,928 over 8y, 11% 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 200.

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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.

Heritage Classic FoundationSC124× affinity61 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Heritage Classic Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Bargain Box · Wexford Foundation · Palmetto Electric Trust · The Church Mouse Thrift Shop Inc · United Way of the Lowcountry · The Berkeley Hall Charitable Foundation · The Watterson Family Foundation · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Hilton Head Firefighters Association Inc · Rotary Club of Hilton Head Island-Sunset

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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How much does Community Foundation of the Lowcountry give?
Community Foundation of the Lowcountry reported 193 itemized grants totaling $9,408,513, out of $11,598,835 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 95 and 125 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Community Foundation of the Lowcountry fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (23%), Health (15%), Religion (12%).
Who are Community Foundation of the Lowcountry's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jews for Jesus ($3.2M), Hilton Head Public Service District ($2.3M), The Volunteers in Medicine Clinic ($2.1M).
Does Community Foundation of the Lowcountry fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Community Foundation of the Lowcountry?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Heritage Classic Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, The Bargain Box.
Where is Community Foundation of the Lowcountry based?
Community Foundation of the Lowcountry is based in SC.

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 413 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 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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