· Private foundation
Dawn Laurel 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $24k
- $10k–50k27 grants · $525k
- $50k–250k10 grants · $922k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTH GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY | $222,000 |
| FOCUS ON THE FAMILY | $100,000 |
| BON SECOURS-ST FRANCIS FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| THE EDISON INST DBA THE HENRY | $100,000 |
| DR JAMES DOBSON FAMILY INSTITUTE | $100,000 |
| RIPPLE OF ONE INC | $75,000 |
| DREAM CENTER OF PICKENS CO | $75,000 |
| CLEMSON COMMUNITY CHURCH | $50,000 |
| GREENVILLE SYMPHONY | $50,000 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA CITIZENS FOR LIFE | $50,000 |
| MARYS HOUSE MINISTRY ALLIANCE | $40,000 |
| COLLINS CHILDRENS HOME | $30,000 |
| ANDERSON LIFE CRISIS PREGNANCY CTR | $30,000 |
| FAIR PLAY CAMP SCHOOL INC | $25,000 |
| PIEDMONT WOMENS CENTER | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $280k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
41 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $134k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NGNORTH GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY5× · 2020–2024 · $762k · revenue +14%
- DJDr James Dobson Family Institute5× · 2020–2024 · $500k · revenue +25%
- RORIPPLE OF ONE6× · 2017–2024 · $327k · revenue +330%
Funded once
- CSCLINE SCHOOL OF MUSIC NGUone grant, 2021 · $100k
- GCGREENVILLE COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +86% · 27% of their budget
- FBFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF LEXINGTONone grant, 2022 · $20k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
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.
Carolina college of biblical studies exists to disciple christ-followers, through biblical higher education, for a lifetime of effective servant leadership.
Provide a distinctly Christ-centered, biblical and classical education producing students who glorify God in their thoughts, words and deeds.
Our mission is to partner with christian parents in providing a quality education integrated with a biblical world view that will prepare the students for a life of service to the lord jesus christ.
Christian teaching and the spreading of the gospel throughout the beaufort south carolina area.
Educational instruciton for students in prek-12th grades.
To unify christians in south carolina by connecting commerce and community to positively impact our culture for christ.
Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.
We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…
Oconee Christian Academy exists to glorify God by nurturing students and equipping them to fulfill God's unique purpose for their lives.
To educate, train, and develop ministers, evangelists, missionaries, and other people who are going to enter the Christian ministry. Educate ministers and missionaries to serve the Lord.
To promote the gospel message by placing christian personnel in prisons for the purpose of relating to the spiritual needs of the inmates on an ongoing basis.
To provide christian based outreach to clients by providing services and information free of charge to anyone in a crisis pregnancy situation, with the goal of assisting the client to carry the pregnancy to term and with continued care…
How this is measured
37 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. 37 of the 56 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 NORTH GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Dr James Dobson Family Institute ↗
- Who funds RIPPLE OF ONE ↗
- Who funds GREENVILLE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds PIEDMONT WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
- Who funds PEACE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SOUTH CAROLINA CITIZENS FOR LIFE INC ↗
- Who funds MARY'S HOUSE MINISTRY ALLIANCE FOR REGAINING YOUR SAFETY ↗
- Who funds LAKES AND BRIDGES CHARTER SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds THE ACADEMY OF ARTS ↗
- Who funds ANDERSON LIFE CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER ↗
- Who funds CLEMSON MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds FAIR PLAY CAMP SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds COLLINS HOME FAMILY MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds WILDERNESS WAY CAMP SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds CLEMSON COMMUNITY CARE INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds Museum & Gallery Inc ↗
- Who funds CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds RADIO TRAINING NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds HOME SCHOOL LEGAL DEFENSE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds DAVIDS TABLE INC ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds Pioneer Bible Translators ↗
- Who funds EMERSON ROSE HEART FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOMES OF HOPE INC ↗
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: Duke Energy Foundation · The David E Maguire Foundation Inc · Dabo's All in Team Foundation · South Carolina Christian Foundation · Oconee Federal Charitable Foundation · Bill and Connie Timmons Foundation · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Joe F Hayes Trust · Upcountry Fiber Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dawn Laurel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dawn Laurel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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