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Fred Collins Foundation at a glance

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Fred Collins Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$335k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$190k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$1.2MArts & Culture$570kHealth$403kReligion$236kPhilanthropy$122kCrime & Legal$60kHousing & Shelter$56kEducation$55kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $137k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $190k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALVATION ARMY$190,300
ARTISPHERE$35,000
MIKE GALLAGHER SHOW CHARITABLE FD$25,000
CANCER SURVIVORS' PARK ALLIANCE$25,000
SCGSAH FOUNDATION$25,000
RIPPLE OF ONE$14,000
MILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES$13,000
METROPOLITAN ARTS COUNCIL$5,000
MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES$2,500
Individual grant recipient$200
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $95k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $13k → 10%MILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $10k → 10%MILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $6k → 10%MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES: $23k → 10%MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES: $20k → 10%MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES: $3k → 10%GREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $5k → 10%GREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $5k → 10%GREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $5k → 10%GREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $5k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 20 repeat orgs$259k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
16

Total granted

$2.7M
$209k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+30%

Still filing today

60%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GA
    GREENVILLE ARTS FESTIVAL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $315k · revenue +58%
  • PH
    Prisma Health
    4× · 2019–2023 · $141k · revenue +654%
  • RO
    RIPPLE OF ONE
    3× · 2021–2025 · $121k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MIKE GALLAGHER SHOW CHARITABLE
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • SC
    SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S THEATRE
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +12%
  • SC
    SOUTHSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Greenville Theatre Arts Center
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2
Greenville Classical Academy

Provide a distinctly Christ-centered, biblical and classical education producing students who glorify God in their thoughts, words and deeds.

Education
3
Greenville College

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.

Education
4
Greenville Center for Creative Arts

The greenville center for creative arts exists to enrich the cultural fabric of the communities we serve by providing a nurturing environment for art-education, appreciation and enjoyment, and by establishing a lasting legacy in the visual…

Arts & Culture
5
Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art

The mission of green hill center for nc art is to promote the visual arts of north carolina by engaging a broad community of artists, adults and children through dynamic exhibitions and educational programs while providing a platform for…

Arts & Culture
6
Engaging Creative Minds

The mission of engaging creative minds is to inspire the creative and innovative potential of all students to achieve academically and become imaginative, adaptable, and productive adults resulting in stronger communities and an…

Education
7
Ymca of Greenville

The mission of the ymca of greenville, following the example of christ, is to build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. we reach out to accomplish this mission through eight ymca locations: five are family branches, one - judson…

Human Services
8
South Carolina Christian Chamber of Commerce

To unify christians in south carolina by connecting commerce and community to positively impact our culture for christ.

Religion
9
South Carolina Network of Children's Advocacy Centers

Empowering south carolina communities and children's advocacy centers to deliver a best practice response to child abuse

Youth Development
10
Goucher Charter School

Goucher charter academy's mission is believing in nurturing the whole child through leadership and community service.

Education
11
Sc Chamber of Commerce

Enhancing the quality of life for all south carolinians, achieving global competiteveness and ultimately increasing prosperity for sc citizens.

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12
South Carolina Council On Competitiveness

The south carolina council on competitiveness is a nonpartisan, business-led non-profit organization committed to advancing the long term competitiveness of south carolina through actionable research, support of industry clusters and…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greer Community Ministries Inc; the most unlike its peers is Junior Achievement of Greater South Carolina Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 39 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY: $1,034,500 · OtherSALVATION ARMYIndividual grant recipient: $170,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST FRANCIS FOUNDATION: $130,000 · OtherST FRANCIS FOUNDATIONGHS OFFICE OF PHILANTHROPY: $100,000 · OtherSC CHILDREN'S THEATER: $70,000 · Other+20 more: $388,200 · Other+20 moreCANCER SURVIVORS PARK ALLIANCE: $217,000 · HealthCANCER SURVIV…Prisma Health: $140,525 · HealthPrisma Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthGREENVILLE ARTS FESTIVAL: $315,000 · Arts & CultureGREENVILLE AR…SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S THEATRE: $25,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH CAROLIN…PEACE CENTER FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Arts & CultureRIPPLE OF ONE: $121,000 · EducationTHE MARGARET BYRD RAWSON INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC: $45,500 · Human ServicesMILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $29,000 · Human ServicesGREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesTRIUNE MERCY CENTER: $75,000 · Food & NutritionDABO'S ALL IN TEAM FOUNDATION: $22,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,892,700Health$362,525Arts & Culture$355,000Education$151,000Human Services$94,500Food & Nutrition$75,000Philanthropy$22,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREENVILLE ARTS FESTIVAL: $315,000 over 9y, 7.6% of budgetCANCER SURVIVORS PARK ALLIANCE: $217,000 over 8y, 22% of budgetPrisma Health: $140,525 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRIPPLE OF ONE: $121,000 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetTRIUNE MERCY CENTER: $75,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetCrime Stoppers Greenville Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 23% of budgetMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC: $45,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN ARTS COUNCIL: $29,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $29,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S THEATRE: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE MARGARET BYRD RAWSON INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetDABO'S ALL IN TEAM FOUNDATION: $22,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD CANCER CONNECTION: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPEACE CENTER FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Chandler School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROKEN WING FARM: $5,000 over 1y, 47% of budget
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 GREENVILLE ARTS FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds CANCER SURVIVORS PARK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Prisma Health ↗
  • Who funds RIPPLE OF ONE ↗
  • Who funds TRIUNE MERCY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Crime Stoppers Greenville Inc ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds MILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds THE MARGARET BYRD RAWSON INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds DABO'S ALL IN TEAM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREER COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD CANCER CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds PEACE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COACHES 4 CHARACTER INC ↗
  • Who funds The Chandler School ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds BROKEN WING FARM ↗

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.

Daniel-Mickel Foundat…Charles Timmons Found…Dabo's All in Team Fo…Duke Energy FoundationSt Francis Hospital I…Jean T and Heyward G …Scsymmes FoundationJohn I Smith Charitie…Prisma Health-UpstateThe Jolley FoundationCanal Charitable Foun…Wallace Family Founda…
Daniel-Mickel FoundationSC24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Daniel-Mickel Foundation · Charles Timmons Foundation · Dabo's All in Team Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · St Francis Hospital Inc · Jean T and Heyward G Pelham Foundation · Scsymmes Foundation · John I Smith Charities Inc · Prisma Health-Upstate · The Jolley Foundation · Canal Charitable Foundation · Wallace Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fred Collins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fred Collins Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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