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Hilton Head Firefighters Association Inc

The hilton head firefigheters association is dedicated to the advancement of fire safety.

$42k
Granted FY2018
20
Grants FY2018
3
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Human Services$22kHealth$12kFood & Nutrition$8kPhilanthropy$7kHousing & Shelter$3kRecreation & Sports$3kEnvironment$3kCommunity Improvement$3kOther$0
02FY2018 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$47k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPERATION R&R$8,000
NAMI LOWCOUNTRY$3,000
HILTON HEAD HEROES$3,000
MEMORY MATTERS$3,000
HILTON HEAD DEEP WELL PROJECT$2,720
DISASTER RELIEF USA-PENECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH$2,518
PROGRAMS FOR EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE$2,000
HUNGER COALITION OF THE LOW COUNTRY$2,000
CAR SEATS FOR KIDS$2,000
SANDLEWOOD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY$2,000
VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE$1,800
SECOND HELPINGS$1,800
THE SANDBOX$1,600
HEATHER TREW FOUNDATION$1,500
HHI SAFE HARBOUR$1,200
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 5%MEMORY MATTERS: $3k → 10%PROGRAMS FOR EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE: $2k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF BEAUFORT COUNTY: $1k → 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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28k · 3 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
5

Total granted

$28k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-5%
+73%

Still filing today

67%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEducationFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • OR
    OPERATION REST AND RELAX USA
    2× · 2017–2018 · $18k · revenue -8%
  • NL
    NAMI LOWCOUNTRY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue -5%
  • HH
    Hilton Head Firefighters Association Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $4k · revenue -1%

Funded once

  • HH
    HILTON HEAD ISLAND RECREATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +115%
  • BF
    BURTON FIRE DISTRICT
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • NO
    Neighborhood Outreach Connectiongraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +42%
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
Hilton Head Students Incentive Fund
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2
Coastal Family Vacation Foundation Inc
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3
Hospital Auxiliary

To render aid, assistance & comfort to the patients of hilton head hospital and coastal carolina hospital and to their families and friends through an in-service volunteer program, and to enrich the quality of life, health and education of…

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4
Hatteras Island Meals Inc

To eliminate food insecurity and to fight hunger by providing access to nutritional food and meals to those who need our services on Hatteras Island.

Food & Nutrition
5
Meals On Wheels Bluffton/Hilton Head

Meals on wheels bluffton-hilton head provides nutritious meals and wellness checks to elderly, ill, disabled, and homebound individuals residing in bluffton and on hilton head island. the organization's primary purpose is to reduce hunger…

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6
Hilton Head Island Concours Delegance Inc

The concours event is held annually on hilton head island, sc and displays historical and significant automobiles for the purpose of educating the public on the automotive industry origin, development and contribution to history

Arts & Culture
7
Hilton Head Reef Foundation Inc

The hilton head reef foundation, a subsidiary of the hilton head island sportfishing club is dedicated to the enhancement and protection of marine fisheries that are significant to the recreational and charter fishing communities. the…

Environment
8
Rotary Club of Hilton Head Island Charitable Foundation

The rotary club of hilton head island charitable foundation is the funding arm of all of the community projects and charitable efforts of the rotary club of hilton head island. it provides a simple, tax efficient way for everyone - club…

Philanthropy
9
Hilton Head Island Regional Partnership Foundation Inc

To support and promote the town of hilton head island.

Community Improvement
10
Lowcountry Veterans Home

Lowcountry Veterans Home provides transitional housing and individualized support for homeless veterans, working to restore stability, dignity, and independence. Through case management, peer support, transportation, and strong community…

Health
11
Good Friends of the Lowcountry

To provide emergency assistance to low income individuals and families in the lowcountry of south carolina.

Philanthropy
12
Darlington County Habitat for Humanity Inc

To provide affordable housing for low-income families in darlington county, sc

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lt Michael P Murphy Usn Memorial Scholarship 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

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 25 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OPERATION REST AND RELAX USA: $18,000 · OtherOPERATION REST AND RELAX USAHILTON HEAD ISLAND RECREATION: $3,000 · OtherHILTON HEAD ISLAND RECREATIONNORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE OF PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH: $2,518 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE OF PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURC…BURTON FIRE DISTRICT: $2,500 · OtherBURTON FIRE DISTRICTTHE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC: $1,800 · OtherTHE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC+6 more: $4,040 · Other+6 moreMEMORY MATTERS: $3,000 · Human ServicesMEMORY MATTERSPROGRAMS FOR EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE: $2,000 · Human ServicesPROGRAMS FOR EXCEPT…Neighborhood Outreach Connection: $2,000 · Human ServicesNeighborhood Outrea…SECOND HELPINGS: $1,800 · Human ServicesSECOND HELPINGSHILTON HEAD ISLAND SAFE HARBOURINC: $1,200 · Human ServicesHILTON HEAD ISLAND …FAMILY PROMISE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY: $1,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF T…NAMI LOWCOUNTRY: $5,500 · HealthNAMI LOWCOUN…THE HEATHER PERKINS TREW FOUNDATION: $1,500 · HealthTHE HEATHER …Hilton Head Firefighters Association Inc: $4,000 · PhilanthropyHilton Head …HILTON HEAD HEROES INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyHILTON HEAD …SANDALWOOD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $2,000 · Food & NutritionTHE HUNGER COALITION OF THE LOWCOUNTRY: $2,000 · Food & NutritionHILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC: $2,720 · EnvironmentTHE SANDBOX A HILTON HEAD: $1,600 · Arts & Culture
Other$31,858Human Services$11,000Health$7,000Philanthropy$7,000Food & Nutrition$4,000Environment$2,720Arts & Culture$1,600

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOPERATION REST AND RELAX USA: $18,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetNAMI LOWCOUNTRY: $5,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHilton Head Firefighters Association Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetMEMORY MATTERS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHILTON HEAD ISLAND RECREATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILTON HEAD HEROES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPROGRAMS FOR EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSANDALWOOD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $2,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNeighborhood Outreach Connection: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SANDBOX A HILTON HEAD: $1,600 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE HEATHER PERKINS TREW FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LITERACY CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOSPREY VILLAGE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetZETA TAU ALPHA FOUNDATION: $500 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.

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.

Heritage Classic Foun…Community Foundation …The Bargain BoxWexford FoundationCoastal Community Fou…The Church Mouse Thri…Palmetto Electric Tru…The Berkeley Hall Cha…Rotary Club of Hilton…Breedlove Foundation …The Marshall Miller F…The Douglas & Tonyia …
Heritage Classic FoundationSC41× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Heritage Classic Foundation · Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · The Bargain Box · Wexford Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Church Mouse Thrift Shop Inc · Palmetto Electric Trust · The Berkeley Hall Charitable Foundation · Rotary Club of Hilton Head Island-Sunset · Breedlove Foundation Im 020120186528 · The Marshall Miller Foundation · The Douglas & Tonyia Bolton Family 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 Hilton Head Firefighters Association Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hilton Head Firefighters Association Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
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    How do I get to Hilton Head Firefighters Association Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Hilton Head Firefighters Association Inc 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 25 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $40k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2018, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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