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Harvest Charities at a glance

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Harvest Charities

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$350k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.7MHousing & Shelter$1.2MHealth$628kArts & Culture$523kHuman Services$504kInternational$500kPhilanthropy$168kReligion$150kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $130k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $622k
  • $250k+1 grant · $350k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Miracle Hill Ministries Inc$350,000
Samaritan's Purse$150,000
Presbyterian College$127,000
Bon Secours St Francis Health Systems$100,000
Museum and Gallery Inc$75,000
Converse University$70,000
Brookgreen Gardens$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
Christ Community Church Montreat$45,000
Harold Jennings Foundation$25,000
The Museum Association Inc$20,000
PCSC Foundation$20,000
YMCA of Greenville$10,000
The Salvation Army Greenville$10,000
Neighborhood Cancer Connection$5,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 46% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%HOSPICE HOUSE FOUNDATION OF WNC: $25k → 12%HOSPICE HOUSE FOUNDATION OF WNC: $10k → 12%THORNWELL: $10k → 18%HIGHLANDS COMMUNTIY CHILD: $5k → 12%HIGHLANDS COMMUNTIY CHILD: $5k → 12%CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES: $15k → 10%YMCA of Greenville: $15k → 10%YMCA OF GREENVILLE: $15k → 10%YMCA of Greenville: $10k → 10%YMCA of Greenville: $10k → 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.2M · 37 repeat orgs$427k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
25

Total granted

$5.2M
$377k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+34%

Still filing today

68%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyCrime & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MH
    MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +49%
  • PC
    PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $692k · revenue +9%
  • CONVERSE UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $535k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • BJ
    BOB JONES UNIVERSITY MUSEUM &
    one grant, 2017 · $60k
  • HC
    Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -69%
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 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
2
Conway Hospital Community Services

Conway hospital community services provides outpatient health care services to horry county and the surrounding community in conjunction with conway hospital, inc., a non-profit acute care hospital system.

Health
3
Conway Hospital Foundation Inc

The conway hospital foundation is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1988 as a charitable organization to provide support to conway hospital in its effort to fullfill its mission and goals. (see schedule o) description of…

Health
4
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
5
Cumberland Medical Center

Cumberland Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
6
Carolina College of Biblical Studies

Carolina college of biblical studies exists to disciple christ-followers, through biblical higher education, for a lifetime of effective servant leadership.

Education
7
The Charleston Museum

To educate Charleston area residents and visitors about the natural and cultural history of the South Carolina Lowcountry through collections, exhibitions, preservation, conservation, research and related programming.

Arts & Culture
8
Spartanburg Methodist College

SMC Delivers an exceptional education that fuses the empowerment of the liberal arts with crucial career skills. Our mission is to equip our students with the knowledge, skills, virtues, and mindset needed to thrive personally, create…

Education
9
Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region

Our mission is to relieve suffering and improve the quality and dignity of life through compassionate hospice care at the end of life, palliative care for those with advanced illness, and through community education.

Human Services
10
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
11
South Carolina Episcopal Home at Still Hopes

To provide a faith based community where life will be rich and full as god intends it to be, holding to our values, serving one another with dedication and promoting health and wellness for all.

Health
12
Pittsboro Christian Village

Pittsboro Christian Village is a caring and compassionate continuing care retirement community for the Lord's people during their senior years. We provide our resident's spiritual and physical well-being, guided by biblical principles to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Clemson University Foundation; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 64 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
24/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Bon Secours St Francis Health System Inc: $350,000 · OtherBon Secours St Francis Health Syst…BOB JONES UNIVERSITY: $200,000 · OtherBOB JONES UNIVERSITYCHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH-MONTREAT: $150,000 · OtherCHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH-MONTREATHarold Jennings Foundation: $135,000 · OtherHarold Jennings FoundationTHE SALVATION ARMY: $100,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYIndividual grant recipient: $94,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBOB JONES UNIVERSITY MUSEUM &: $60,000 · Other+36 more: $597,500 · Other+36 moreMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC: $1,185,000 · Human ServicesMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INCHospice House Foundation of WNC Inc: $60,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GREENVILLE: $50,000 · Human Services+6 more: $75,000 · Human Services+6 moreCONVERSE UNIVERSITY: $535,000 · EducationCONVERSE UNIVERS…CAMPERDOWN ACADEMY INC: $200,000 · EducationCAMPERDOWN ACADE…MONTREAT COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationMONTREAT COLLEGE+2 more: $26,000 · EducationPRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE: $692,000 · Housing & ShelterPRESBYTERIAN …SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $500,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'…Museum & Gallery Inc: $225,000 · Arts & CultureThe Bascom Corporation: $105,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $65,000 · Arts & CulturePCSC FOUNDATION: $162,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $5,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,686,500Human Services$1,370,000Education$811,000Housing & Shelter$692,000Religion$500,000Arts & Culture$395,000Crime & Legal$167,000

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 budgetMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC: $1,185,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE: $692,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCONVERSE UNIVERSITY: $535,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $500,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBon Secours St Francis Health System Inc: $350,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetMuseum & Gallery Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 10.0% of budgetCAMPERDOWN ACADEMY INC: $200,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetPCSC FOUNDATION: $162,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetThe Bascom Corporation: $105,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTHE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $65,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetHospice House Foundation of WNC Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetYMCA OF GREENVILLE: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMONTREAT COLLEGE: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKGREEN GARDENS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHighlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSERVANTS FOR SIGHT: $45,000 over 4y, 9.9% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD CANCER CONNECTION: $35,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $31,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF COLLIER AND THE KEYS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetJULIE VALENTINE CENTER: $27,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF OAKDALE CEMETERY INC: $22,500 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPIEDMONT WOMEN'S CENTER: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSAFE HARBOR INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNAPLES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHighlands Community Child Development Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHORNWELL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPENDLETON PLACE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJASMINE ROAD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Legacy Foundation of SC: $3,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetABBEVILLE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 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 MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CONVERSE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds Bon Secours St Francis Health System Inc ↗
  • Who funds Museum & Gallery Inc ↗
  • Who funds CAMPERDOWN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds PCSC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Bascom Corporation ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Hospice House Foundation of WNC Inc ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF GREENVILLE ↗
  • Who funds MONTREAT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BROOKGREEN GARDENS ↗
  • Who funds Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SERVANTS FOR SIGHT ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD CANCER CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF COLLIER AND THE KEYS INC ↗
  • Who funds JULIE VALENTINE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF OAKDALE CEMETERY INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PIEDMONT WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HARBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds NAPLES HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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.

The Simpson FoundationDaniel-Mickel Foundat…Scsymmes FoundationJohn I Smith Charitie…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Central Carolina Comm…Yeargin FoundationBill and Connie Timmo…United Way of Greenvi…The Jolley FoundationSouth Carolina Christ…W W Burgiss Charities…
The Simpson FoundationMI39.1× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Simpson Foundation · Daniel-Mickel Foundation · Scsymmes Foundation · John I Smith Charities Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Yeargin Foundation · Bill and Connie Timmons Foundation · United Way of Greenville County Inc · The Jolley Foundation · South Carolina Christian Foundation · W W Burgiss Charities Inc

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 Harvest Charities funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harvest Charities. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Harvest Charities?

    Find your warmest path to Harvest Charities through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 64 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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