· Private foundation
Grace E & Louis Dewolff 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.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k18 grants · $34k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHARLEST ANIMAL SOCIETY | $11,000 |
| WINDWOOD FARMS | $10,000 |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTH CAROLINA | $8,975 |
| FOLDS OF HONOR | $5,000 |
| CHARLES WEBB CENTER | $4,000 |
| RESILANT ARROW PROJECT | $3,000 |
| EAST COOPER MEALS ON WHEELS | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| ST MARKS' LUTHERN CHURCH | $2,000 |
| WINGS FOR KIDS | $1,500 |
| BARDET BIEDL FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| ISLE OF PALMS FLAGS FOR HEROS | $1,000 |
| OUR RESCUE | $720 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| MT PLEASANT ARTIST GUILD | $500 |
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 (FY20–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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 +58% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 11 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, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CACHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY4× · 2020–2024 · $32k · revenue +58%
- ECEAST COOPER MEALS ON WHEELS INC5× · 2020–2024 · $27k · revenue +31%
- PUPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION2× · 2020–2021 · $21k · revenue +112%
Funded once
- AAALZHEIMERS ASSOCone grant, 2022 · $8k
- TFTHE FORMATION PROJECTgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $6k · revenue +25%
- ECEAST COOPER ROTARY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $6k
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.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.
United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…
To send care and comfort packages to deployed american military heroes who are stationed in active duty theaters around the world, as well as to facilitate activities that elevate morale of all veterans
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
Empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of team usa athletes, championing the power of sport, and inspiring the nation.
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
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.
The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 53 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 CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds EAST COOPER MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTH CAROLINA ↗
- Who funds THE FORMATION PROJECT ↗
- Who funds East Cooper Community Outreach ↗
- Who funds OUR RESCUE ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WINGS FOR KIDS ↗
- Who funds Ducks Unlimited Inc ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds PATTISON'S ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT VERITAS ↗
- Who funds LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF ↗
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: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Trident United Way · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Daniel Island Community Fund Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Medical Society of South Carolina · Good Neighbors Family Trust · Post and Courier Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Grace E & Louis Dewolff Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grace E & Louis Dewolff Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
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