· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $9,000 |
| WELLSPRING LIVING | $5,000 |
| DAVID'S TABLE | $4,000 |
| UPSTATE FOREVER | $4,000 |
| ST RAFKA MARONITE CHURCH | $2,000 |
| ST ANTHONY OF PADUA CATHOLIC CHURCH | $2,000 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| NATURALAND TRUST | $1,000 |
| GREENVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| ASHEVILLE POVERTY INITIATIVE | $1,000 |
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 (FY20–23, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +133% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 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, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UFUPSTATE FOREVER5× · 2020–2024 · $19k · revenue +427%
- SPSAMARITAN'S PURSE2× · 2020–2024 · $11k · revenue +106%
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION4× · 2020–2024 · $8k · revenue +392%
Funded once
- YOYMCA OF GREENVILLEone grant, 2023 · $13k · revenue -7%
- ARAMERICAN RED CROSSone grant, 2021 · $10k
- CHCaine Halter Family YMCAone grant, 2020 · $10k
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.
To offer the dignity of fair employment to people living in impoverished communities, who become transformational agents of global forest restoration.
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
Charleston waterkeeper's mission it to protect and restore charleston's waterways for our community and future generations. we do that through an effective mix of boots-on-the-water stewardship and data-driven advocacy designed to protect…
Provide food, shelter, rehabilitation and christian ministry to the poor and homeless
Believing every individual has sacred value, we equip people to impact the world for good through the love of jesus christ.
Heaven's family's mission is to advance the kingdom of the lord jesus christ. we do that by strategically linking kingdom needs and opportunities with resources that the lord has entrusted to those who love him. through god-given…
Our hope is to see every church, every person, and every place saturated with the gospel of jesus christ in key cities and regions throughout north america.
To build a safe and nurturing facility where families and individuals can maintain their sense of well-being and dignity while rebuilding their lives and ultimately finding and securing permanent housing.
The veritas catholic information center (vcic) will proclaim the beauty, truth and fullness of the catholic faith in order to fulfill christ's great commission to "go and make disciples of all nations. organized and managed by lay persons…
Unknown nations is christian nonprofit organization that delivers the word of god to people who live in areas of the world that are less than 2% christian. this is accomplished through our network of indigenous leaders using solar powered…
Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 30 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 UPSTATE FOREVER ↗
- Who funds YMCA OF GREENVILLE ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREENVILLE INC ↗
- Who funds DAVIDS TABLE INC ↗
- Who funds Wellspring Living Inc ↗
- Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds Naturaland Trust ↗
- Who funds NASAREANORG INC ↗
- Who funds MILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds NOAH'S ARKS RESCUE ↗
- Who funds Asheville Poverty Initiative ↗
- Who funds UNITED MINISTRIES ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ernest J and Doris H Howard Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ernest J and Doris H Howard Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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