· Private foundation
Inman Riverdale 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k18 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $19k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNITED WAY OF THE PIEDMONT | $18,508 |
| MOBILE MEAL SERVICE OF SPARTANBURG CO | $6,000 |
| J GREEN | $2,235 |
| P PALMER | $1,402 |
| R DOBBINS | $1,100 |
| WOODRUFF ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB | $1,000 |
| SC SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| ADULT LEARNING CENTER | $1,000 |
| PALMETTO COUNCIL BSA | $1,000 |
| ENOREE METHODIST CHURCH | $600 |
| FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ENOREE | $600 |
| ALDERSGATE METHODIST CHURCH | $600 |
| BLIND INDUSTRIES & SERVICES OF MARYLAND | $500 |
| SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION | $300 |
| NEW DAY CLUBHOUSE | $250 |
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 (FY22–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
36 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ALADULT LEARNING CENTER4× · 2022–2025 · $4k · revenue +8%
- SFSCSDB FOUNDATION5× · 2021–2025 · $3k · revenue +16%
- HSHEALTHY SMILES OF SPARTANBURG INC3× · 2021–2024 · $3k · revenue +31%
Funded once
- YYMCAone grant, 2018 · $50k
- CCCHAPMAN CULTURAL CENTER INCone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +7%
- SCSpartanburg County Foundationone grant, 2020 · $10k
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.
Enhancing the quality of life for all south carolinians, achieving global competiteveness and ultimately increasing prosperity for sc citizens.
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…
Our mission is to facilitate the investment of capital in south carolina in order to improve the quality of life for all her citizens by providing responsible and affordable financial products and services that are a major catalyst for…
Sc economics is the only sc non-profit organization exclusively dedicated to improving economic education and financial literacy by preparing teachers and students to be active, successful, and prosperous members of our global economy.
South carolina community loan fund (scclf) is a u.s. treasury certified community development financial institution (cdfi) whose mission is to advance equitable access to capital by providing loans, technical assistance, and advocacy for…
The south carolina council on competitiveness is a nonpartisan, business-led non-profit organization committed to advancing the long term competitiveness of south carolina through actionable research, support of industry clusters and…
South Carolina Educational Communications, Inc. ("SCEC") supports and promotes educational public media activities in South Carolina and across the United States, including the development and creation of original content for broadcast and…
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…
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…
To unify christians in south carolina by connecting commerce and community to positively impact our culture for christ.
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…
Through our network of members and partner organizations, SCACED strives to improve the quality of life for low-wealth families and communities by advancing community economic development and public policy in South Carolina.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 74 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 UNITED WAY OF THE PIEDMONT INC ↗
- Who funds CHAPMAN CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Spartanburg County Foundation ↗
- Who funds YMCA OF GREENVILLE ↗
- Who funds PALMETTO COUNCIL INC SCOUTING AMERICA ↗
- Who funds ADULT LEARNING CENTER ↗
- Who funds SCSDB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HEALTHY SMILES OF SPARTANBURG 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.
Open a dossier: Spartanburg County Foundation · Milliken & Company Charitable Foundation · J M Smith Foundation · Arkwright Foundation · Gibbs Charitable Foundation · Mary Black Foundation Inc · Wr & Eh Floyd Foundation · Harry H Gibson Family Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Anna M Black Charitable Foundation · Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Inman Riverdale Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Inman Riverdale Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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