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Gibbs Charitable 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.

$785k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$312k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$6.2MPhilanthropy$2.6MRecreation & Sports$1.1MReligion$1.0MHuman Services$221kCrime & Legal$176kArts & Culture$162kHealth$94kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $164k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $277k
  • $250k+1 grant · $312k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$43k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG$312,000
SVJI SPORTS FOUNDATION$166,667
SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION$60,500
SPARTANBURG REGIONAL FOUNDATION$50,000
WOFFORD COLLEGE$35,000
BLOOD CANCER UNITEDLEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$27,750
PAYNE STEWART FAMILY FOUNDATION - ENDEAVOR ATHLETICS$25,000
ROEBUCK BAPTIST CHURCH$12,000
HIS RADIO NETWORK-WLFJ& WGFJ$12,000
Individual grant recipient$12,000
MAY I PRAY FOR YOU$10,000
CHRIST CENTRAL MINISTRIES$10,000
CANCER ASSOCIATION OF SPARTANBURG AND CHEROKEE$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
CONVERSE UNIVERSITY$7,500
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SAGE VALLEY GOLF FOUNDATION: $200k → 17%PAYNE STEWART FAMILY FOUNDATION - ENDEAVOR ATHLETICS: $25k → 13%SVJI SPORTS FOUNDATION: $167k → 17%SAGE VALLEY GOLF FOUNDATION: $100k → 17%SAGE VALLEY GOLF FOUNDATION: $100k → 17%THE FIRST TEE OF THE UPSTATE: $25k → 10%SVJI SPORTS FOUNDATION: $100k → 17%SVJI SPORTS FOUNDATION: $100k → 17%SAGE VALLEY GOLF FOUNDATION: $100k → 17%SVJI SPORTS FOUNDATION: $100k → 17%SVJI SPORTS FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%MIDDLE TYGER COMMUNITY CENTER: $57k → 15%MIDDLE TYGER COMMUNITY CENTER: $56k → 15%MIDDLE TYGER COMMUNITY CENTER: $56k → 15%TYGER RIVER CHAPEL FOUNDATION: $105k → 15%TYGER RIVER CHAPEL FOUNDATION: $50k → 15%SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE: $50k → 15%SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE: $50k → 15%WOFFORD COLLEGE: $756k → 15%WOFFORD COLLEGE: $684k → 15%WOFFORD COLLEGE: $656k → 15%WOFFORD COLLEGE: $633k → 15%WOFFORD COLLEGE: $617k → 15%WOFFORD COLLEGE: $560k → 15%WOFFORD COLLEGE: $505k → 15%SPARTANBURG REGIONAL FOUNDATION: $440k → 15%WOFFORD COLLEGE: $354k → 15%SPARTANBURG REGIONAL FOUNDATION: $350k → 15%SPARTANBURG REGIONAL FOUNDATION: $350k → 15%SPARTANBURG REGIONAL FOUNDATION: $291k → 15%SPARTANBURG REGIONAL FOUNDATION: $262k → 15%SPARTANBURG REGIONAL FOUNDATION: $253k → 15%SPARTANBURG REGIONAL FOUNDATION: $175k → 15%SPARTANBURG REGIONAL FOUNDATION: $50k → 15%WOFFORD COLLEGE: $35k → 15%FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG: $312k → 15%SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE: $75k → 15%CONVERSE COLLEGE: $501k → 15%CONVERSE COLLEGE: $260k → 15%CONVERSE COLLEGE: $260k → 15%CONVERSE UNIVERSITY: $125k → 15%SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION: $66k → 15%SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION: $62k → 15%SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION: $61k → 15%SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION: $45k → 15%SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION: $45k → 15%ONE SPARTANBURG INC: $42k → 15%SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION: $40k → 15%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 38 repeat orgs$261k to everyone else

38 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
53

Total granted

$11M
$163k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+44%

Still filing today

50%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k 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
EducationRecreation & SportsHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionOther
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

  • WOFFORD COLLEGE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4.8M · revenue +52%
  • CONVERSE UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +49%
  • SV
    SAGE VALLEY GOLF FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $500k · revenue +35% · 89% of their budget

Funded once

  • OI
    ONESPARTANBURG INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $42k · revenue +40%
  • CA
    CANCER ASSOCIATION OF SPARTANBURG AND CHEROKEE COUNTY
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • HD
    Harry Dallara Memorial Foundation Inc co Charles Dallara
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue 0%
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
Spartanburg Day School

The mission of the spartanburg day school is to provide a superior educational experience, in a community of trust, that prepares students for a life well lived. spartanburg day school is dually accredited by southern association of…

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2
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
3
Spalding University Inc

Spalding university is a diverse community of learners dedicated to meeting the needs of the times in the tradition of the sisters of charity of nazareth through quality undergraduate and graduate liberal and professional studies, grounded…

Education
4
South Carolina Public Interest Foundation
Crime & Legal
5
Spartanburg Academic Movement

Spartanburg academic movement is an "all-in" partnership of schools and colleges, businesses, governments, foundations, faith communities and individuals across spartanburg county in pursuit of high levels of educational achievement. the…

Education
6
South Carolina Humanities Council Inc

The mission of south carolina humanities council, inc. is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of south carolinians. the organization seeks to increase public understanding of and support for the humanities by telling the human…

Arts & Culture
7
Savannah College of Art and DesignInc

Scad prepares talented students for creative professions through engaged teaching and learning in a positively oriented university environment.

Education
8
Columbia College

Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.

Education
9
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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10
Spartanburg Community College Foundation Inc

To develop and administer programs organized exclusively to receive and hold by bequest, gift, or purchase any property and to manage, invest, and use the property for scientific, educational, and charitable purposes for the advancement of…

Education
11
South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities

Scicu seeks to advance higher education in south carolina through fundraising, scholarships, research, as well as facilitating collaborative activities among the member institutions. scicu also enhances a positive public image and…

Education
12
Southern Bancorp Capital Partners

Creating economic opportunities in distressed rural communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Advocacy Center of Spartanburg Cherokee - Union Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sage Valley Golf Foundation. 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

40 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. 40 of the 103 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
30/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOFFORD COLLEGE: $4,800,035 · OtherWOFFORD COLLEGESPARTANBURG REGIONAL FOUNDATION: $2,190,750 · OtherSPARTANBURG REGIONAL FOUNDATIONFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG INC: $408,000 · Other+81 more: $1,157,325 · Other+81 moreCONVERSE UNIVERSITY: $1,164,500 · EducationCONVERSE UNIV…SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE: $175,000 · EducationSPARTANBURG M…+3 more: $26,500 · EducationSAGE VALLEY GOLF FOUNDATION: $500,000 · Recreation & SportsSAGE VALLEY…SVJI SPORTS FOUNDATION: $491,667 · Recreation & SportsSVJI SPORTS…MIDDLE TYGER COMMUNITY CENTER: $204,500 · Recreation & SportsMIDDLE TYGE…+1 more: $35,000 · Recreation & SportsSpartanburg County Foundation: $341,000 · PhilanthropyHarry Dallara Memorial Foundation Inc co Charles Dallara: $15,000 · PhilanthropyALIGHT INC: $246,000 · Religion+1 more: $500 · ReligionCHAPMAN CULTURAL CENTER INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET SPARTANBURG INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $27,750 · HealthHEALTHY SMILES OF SPARTANBURG INC: $2,500 · Health+2 more: $700 · Health
Other$8,556,110Education$1,366,000Recreation & Sports$1,231,167Philanthropy$356,000Religion$246,500Arts & Culture$52,500Health$30,950

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOFFORD COLLEGE: $4,800,035 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetCONVERSE UNIVERSITY: $1,164,500 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetSAGE VALLEY GOLF FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 4y, 89% of budgetSVJI SPORTS FOUNDATION: $491,667 over 5y, 49% of budgetSpartanburg County Foundation: $341,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetALIGHT INC: $246,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetMIDDLE TYGER COMMUNITY CENTER: $204,500 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetTYGER RIVER CHAPEL FOUNDATION: $175,718 over 4y, 34% of budgetSPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE: $175,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHAPMAN CULTURAL CENTER INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetONESPARTANBURG INC: $42,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUpstate Youth Development Foundation dba First Tee - Upstate South Carolina: $35,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $27,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL MINISTRIES OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY: $21,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE FOUNDATION: $16,300 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetHarry Dallara Memorial Foundation Inc co Charles Dallara: $15,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION of Greater Spartanburg: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPALMETTO PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCANCER ASSOCIATION OF SPARTANBURG & CHEROKEE COUNTIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER SPARTANBURG INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetADULT LEARNING CENTER: $4,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHEALTHY SMILES OF SPARTANBURG INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBALLET SPARTANBURG INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CHARLES LEA CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $2,300 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOKER UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPARTANBURG HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SPARTANBURG CHEROKEE - UNION INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAMMYS MISSION: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSPARTANBURG PHILHARMONIC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPARTANBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHumane Society of Charlotte Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS FOR ACTIVE LIVING: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHALTER (HEALING AND LEARNING THROUGH EQUINE RELATIONSHIPS): $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOAKBROOK PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCSDB FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC: $108 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 WOFFORD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CONVERSE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SAGE VALLEY GOLF FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SVJI SPORTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Spartanburg County Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ALIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLE TYGER COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TYGER RIVER CHAPEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE PIEDMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAPMAN CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ONESPARTANBURG INC ↗
  • Who funds Upstate Youth Development Foundation dba First Tee - Upstate South Carolina ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL MINISTRIES OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Harry Dallara Memorial Foundation Inc co Charles Dallara ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION of Greater Spartanburg ↗
  • Who funds PALMETTO PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds CANCER ASSOCIATION OF SPARTANBURG & CHEROKEE COUNTIES INC ↗

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.

Spartanburg County Fo…J M Smith FoundationMilliken & Company Ch…Harry H Gibson Family…Mary Black Foundation…South Carolina Christ…Anna M Black Charitab…Black & Phillips Foun…Arkwright FoundationWr & Eh Floyd Foundat…United Way of the Pie…Spartanburg Regional …
Spartanburg County FoundationSC68.3× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Spartanburg County Foundation · J M Smith Foundation · Milliken & Company Charitable Foundation · Harry H Gibson Family Foundation · Mary Black Foundation Inc · South Carolina Christian Foundation · Anna M Black Charitable Foundation · Black & Phillips Foundation Inc · Arkwright Foundation · Wr & Eh Floyd Foundation · United Way of the Piedmont Inc · Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System 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 Gibbs Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gibbs Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 103 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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