· Private foundation
Companion Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHARLESTON LIBRARY SOCIETY | $50,000 |
| THE HEALING NET FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| CHARLESTON LITERARY FESTIVAL | $25,000 |
| CHARLESTON CLASSICAL SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
| CAPSTONE LEGACY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| FISHER DEBERRY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| KANPE HAITI | $1,800 |
| DRAGON BOAT CHARLESTON | $1,300 |
| MISC | $552 |
| NCAN | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Charleston Collegiate Schools mission is to inspire students to become passionate, lifelong learners by empowering them with knowledge, creativity, curiosity and confidence to mindfully embrace the opportunities of tomorrow.
The mission of the charleston school of law foundation inc is to encourage and assist the study, teaching, promoting and research of the rule of law in charleston, south carolina and all related subject areas as determined by the board of…
To educate Charleston area residents and visitors about the natural and cultural history of the South Carolina Lowcountry through collections, exhibitions, preservation, conservation, research and related programming.
Chamber Music Charleston is dedicated to developing the audience for classical music through chamber music concerts and educational programs of the highest caliber.
The mission of the Charleston Jewish Federation is to build, secure and sustain Jewish life in Charleston, Israel, and around the world.
To raise additional funding for the Disabilities Board of Charleston County and provide a wide range of services to individuals with developmental disabilities, autism, head & spinal cord injuries and related sxpecial needs.
The Community Foundation's mission is strengthening community by connecting people, resources, and needs.
Providing financial assistance to student athletes at coastal carolina university
The Mission of the College of Charleston Foundation is to promote programs of education, research, student development, and faculty development for the exclusive benefit of the College of Charleston.
To grow and cultivate a local and global community for jazz through performance, education and outreach while celebrating and preserving Charleston's rich history in jazz.
Trusting in Gods guidance, the mission of Cape Charles School is to educate and develop the Whole Child in a non-denominational Christian setting
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 12 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Charleston Library Society ↗
- Who funds THE HEALING NET FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Charleston Literary Festival Inc ↗
- Who funds CHARLESTON CLASSICAL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC ↗
- Who funds FISHER DEBERRY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KANPE HAITI ↗
- Who funds DRAGON BOAT CHARLESTON ↗
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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Companion Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Companion Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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How do I get to Companion Foundation?
Find your warmest path to Companion Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.
Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.
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