South Carolina · Private foundation
Ernest J and Doris H Howard 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.
- $30k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $9,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $642k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Ernest J and Doris H Howard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $30k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $36k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $37k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $34k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upstate Forever | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Anthonys Church-School | $14,750 | 5 | n/a |
| YMCA of Greenville | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $10,900 | 2 | 0% |
| St Marys Catholic Church | $10,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $8,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Davids Table Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wellspring Living Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upstate Forever | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Anthonys Church-School | $14,750 | 5 | n/a |
| YMCA of Greenville | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $10,900 | 2 | 0% |
| St Marys Catholic Church | $10,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $8,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Davids Table Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wellspring Living Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Naturaland Trust | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nasareanorg Inc | $1,900 | 1 | 1% |
| Mill Village Ministries | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Noah's Arks Rescue | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Asheville Poverty Initiative | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Ministries | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($60k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ernest J and Doris H Howard Foundation 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: Ge Aerospace Foundation · St Francis Hospital Inc · The Maddrey Foundation · Daniel-Mickel Foundation · Scsymmes Foundation · The Jolley Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Harold F Gallivan Jr Family Foundation · Yeargin Foundation · Kellett Family Foundation · Hollingsworth Funds Inc · Bill and Connie Timmons Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Ernest J and Doris H Howard Foundation with peer funders
About Ernest J and Doris H Howard Foundation
- How much does Ernest J and Doris H Howard Foundation give?
- Ernest J and Doris H Howard Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $30,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Ernest J and Doris H Howard Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (25%), Human Services (20%), Environment (14%).
- Who are Ernest J and Doris H Howard Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Upstate Forever ($19k), St Anthonys Church-School ($15k), YMCA of Greenville ($13k).
- Does Ernest J and Doris H Howard Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ernest J and Doris H Howard 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 Ernest J and Doris H Howard Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ge Aerospace Foundation, St Francis Hospital Inc, The Maddrey Foundation.
- Where is Ernest J and Doris H Howard Foundation based?
- Ernest J and Doris H Howard Foundation is based in SC.
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