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Harry H Gibson Family 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.

$257k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
52
Grants FY2025
40
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$55,000
Organizations funded a year
39 to 63
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$958k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Harry H Gibson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationReligionHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving52$257k27%
FY202440$162k13%
FY202339$181k8%
FY202261$231k8%
FY202159$194k20%
FY202051$216k10%
FY201961$203k13%
FY201863$213k24%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$340kYouth Development$336kReligion$307kEducation$226kHuman Services$192kPhilanthropy$136kHousing & Shelter$106kHealth$92kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
NY
PA
CO
MO
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Harry H Gibson Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Young Life$255,00090%
Clemson University Foundation$105,00070%
Texoma Christian School$60,50090%
United Way of the Piedmont Inc$60,00090%
Fuller Center for Housing of McCormick Sc Inc$49,50097%
Miracle Hill Ministries Inc$46,00090%
Total Ministries of Spartanburg County Inc$41,50092%
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION of Greater Spartanburg$33,33240%
Kids Upstate$33,00070%
East-West Ministries International$30,50080%
The Spartanburg Soup Kitchen Inc$26,00091%
Tri-County Senior Nutrition Project Inc$26,00090%
Wofford College$24,00030%
Kids Across America Foundation$23,50090%
Spartanburg Philharmonic$23,00041%
Four Rivers Outreach Inc$22,50081%
St Lukes Free Medical Clinic of Spartanburg Inc$21,00090%
Grayson Grand Central Station$20,50090%
Samaritan's Purse$20,50070%
Grayson Co Crisis Pregnancy Center$19,50081%
The Westminster Presbyterian Church$19,5004n/a
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$17,5009n/a
Paraclete Mission Group Inc$16,00080%
First Baptist Church Sherman$15,0002n/a
The Charles Lea Center Inc$14,50070%
Chapman Cultural Center Inc$14,25090%
Austin College$13,75060%
Palmetto Council Inc Scouting America$13,00060%
Graffiti Community Ministriesinc$13,00051%
Hope Center for Children$12,50070%
Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve In$12,00081%
Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children Inc$11,50060%
Burden Share Inc$9,00036%
House of Eli Inc$8,50051%
Halter (Healing and Learning Through Equine Relationships)$7,50980%
Action International Ministries$7,5004n/a
Iptay$7,36020%
Hope for Hurting Hearts Ministry$7,00043%
Carolina Pregnancy Center$6,50970%
Owners Manual For Life Inc$6,50034%
ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc$6,00060%
Ballet Spartanburg Inc$6,00060%
Children's Advocacy Center of Spartanburg Cherokee - Union Inc$5,50060%
Tyger River Chapel Foundation$5,00013%
Spartanburg Area Conservancy Inc$4,50051%
Smile Train Inc$4,25090%
New Braunfels Christian Academy Inc$4,00010%
S4ca Inc$4,00010%
School Ministries of Spartanburg County$3,50015%
Morningside Baptist Church$3,5004n/a
Spartanburg Methodist College$3,00030%
Bible Study Fellowship$2,25020%
Child Evangelism Fellowship of Sc Inc$2,00010%
Knights Quest Ministries$2,0001n/a
University of South Carolina Upstate Foundation$2,00030%
Angel's Charge Ministry$2,00011%
Texoma Family Shelter$2,00010%
Walker Foundation Inc$1,5001n/a
Pioneers$1,2001n/a
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$1,0001n/a
Casting for Recovery$1,00010%
Graffiti 2 Community Ministries$1,00010%
Spartanburg Community College Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Livewell Foundation$1,00011%
Living Water International$1,00010%
Denison Ministries$1,0001n/a
Grayson County Juvenile Alternatives Inc North Texas Youth Connection$1,0001n/a
The Charles Lea Center Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Texoma Community Center$8001n/a
Converse University$50010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$50010%
Faith Tabernacle Inc$5001n/a
Gasconade Baptist Church$5001n/a
Special Olympics South Carolina$40030%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($626k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Harry H Gibson Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYoung Life: $255,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetClemson University Foundation: $105,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTexoma Christian School: $60,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of the Piedmont Inc: $60,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFuller Center for Housing of McCormick Sc Inc: $49,500 over 9y, 6.8% of budgetMiracle Hill Ministries Inc: $46,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTotal Ministries of Spartanburg County Inc: $41,500 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION of Greater Spartanburg: $33,332 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKids Upstate: $33,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetEast-West Ministries International: $30,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Spartanburg Soup Kitchen Inc: $26,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetTri-County Senior Nutrition Project Inc: $26,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWofford College: $24,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKids Across America Foundation: $23,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSpartanburg Philharmonic: $23,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetFour Rivers Outreach Inc: $22,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetSt Lukes Free Medical Clinic of Spartanburg Inc: $21,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGrayson Grand Central Station: $20,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $20,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGrayson Co Crisis Pregnancy Center: $19,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetParaclete Mission Group Inc: $16,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Charles Lea Center Inc: $14,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChapman Cultural Center Inc: $14,250 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAustin College: $13,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPalmetto Council Inc Scouting America: $13,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGraffiti Community Ministriesinc: $13,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetHope Center for Children: $12,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve In: $12,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetOklahoma Baptist Homes for Children Inc: $11,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBurden Share Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetHouse of Eli Inc: $8,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetHalter (Healing and Learning Through Equine Relationships): $7,509 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetIptay: $7,360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Hurting Hearts Ministry: $7,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetCarolina Pregnancy Center: $6,509 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetOwners Manual For Life Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBallet Spartanburg Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Advocacy Center of Spartanburg Cherokee - Union Inc: $5,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTyger River Chapel Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSpartanburg Area Conservancy Inc: $4,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $4,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNew Braunfels Christian Academy Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetS4ca Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSchool Ministries of Spartanburg County: $3,500 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetSpartanburg Methodist College: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBible Study Fellowship: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChild Evangelism Fellowship of Sc Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 60.

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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 FoundationSC55.3× affinity25 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 · Gibbs Charitable Foundation · Arkwright Foundation · Black & Phillips Foundation Inc · Mary Black Foundation Inc · Anna M Black Charitable Foundation · Milliken & Company Charitable Foundation · Balmer Foundation · South Carolina Christian Foundation · Wr & Eh Floyd Foundation · 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.

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About Harry H Gibson Family Foundation

How much does Harry H Gibson Family Foundation give?
Harry H Gibson Family Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $256,609 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 63 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Harry H Gibson Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (17%), Youth Development (17%), Religion (16%).
Who are Harry H Gibson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Young Life ($255k), Clemson University Foundation ($105k), Texoma Christian School ($61k).
Does Harry H Gibson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Harry H Gibson Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Harry H Gibson Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Spartanburg County Foundation, J M Smith Foundation, Gibbs Charitable Foundation.
Where is Harry H Gibson Family Foundation based?
Harry H Gibson Family Foundation is based in SC.

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 126 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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