South Carolina · Private foundation
Encouragement Foundation Trust
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $256k
- Granted FY2019
- 19
- Grants FY2019
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $140,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 7
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 11% of the organizations Encouragement Foundation Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 18 | $244k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $341k | 16% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $133k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metanoia | $265,000 | 3 | 4% |
| American College of the Building Arts | $215,000 | 3 | 3% |
| International African American Museum | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| East Cooper Meals on Wheels Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Charleston South Carolina Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| East Cooper Habitat for Humanity Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Charleston Symphony Orchestra | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metanoia | $265,000 | 3 | 4% |
| American College of the Building Arts | $215,000 | 3 | 3% |
| International African American Museum | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| East Cooper Meals on Wheels Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Charleston South Carolina Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| East Cooper Habitat for Humanity Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Charleston Symphony Orchestra | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bridge2rwanda Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Middleton Place Foundation | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The BA Rudolph Foundation | $6,000 | 3 | 3% |
| South Carolina Aquarium | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Charleston Library Society | $3,464 | 1 | 0% |
| Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Washington State University Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lowcountry Land Trust Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Encouragement Foundation Trust supplied at peak.
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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: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Joanna Foundation · Guffey Family Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Trident United Way · Td Charitable Foundation · John M Rivers Jr Foundation · Patrick Family Foundation · Vitreus Foundation · Magnolia Plantation Foundation · David Wallace Smith and Joan Stowell Smith charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About Encouragement Foundation Trust
- How much does Encouragement Foundation Trust give?
- Encouragement Foundation Trust reported 19 grants totaling $256,464 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Encouragement Foundation Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Community Improvement (36%), Education (29%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are Encouragement Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Metanoia ($265k), American College of the Building Arts ($215k), International African American Museum ($100k).
- Does Encouragement Foundation Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Encouragement Foundation Trust 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 Encouragement Foundation Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, The Joanna Foundation, Guffey Family Foundation.
- Where is Encouragement Foundation Trust based?
- Encouragement Foundation Trust is based in SC.
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