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Freshwater Coast Community Foundation
FRESHWATER COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION's mission is to support entrepreneurial, educational, and cultural development in the areas of abbeville county, mccormick county, and the starr-iva area of anderson county.
- $159k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $120k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,381
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $48,226
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations Freshwater Coast Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $249k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $120k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $269k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $26k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $35k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $16k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $43k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $20k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clemson University | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Playsafe | $20,600 | 1 | 1% |
| McCormick Arts Council at the Keturah Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Abbeville County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Abbeville County School District | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Russell Recreation and Tourism Coalition | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($518k), not named here.
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About Freshwater Coast Community Foundation
- How much does Freshwater Coast Community Foundation give?
- Freshwater Coast Community Foundation reported 6 itemized grants totaling $119,976, out of $158,821 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Freshwater Coast Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (40%), Community Improvement (16%), Philanthropy (13%).
- Who are Freshwater Coast Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Clemson University ($30k), Playsafe ($21k), McCormick Arts Council at the Keturah Inc ($500).
- Does Freshwater Coast Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Freshwater Coast Community Foundation based?
- Freshwater Coast Community Foundation is based in SC.
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