South Carolina · Private foundation
Island Farm 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.
- $135k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 11
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Island Farm Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $135k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $200k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $198k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $210k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $125k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Cooper Community Outreach | $375,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $106,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Charleston Animal Society | $68,500 | 5 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| International African American Museum | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| East Cooper Habitat for Humanity Inc | $23,000 | 3 | 1% |
| South Carolina Aquarium | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| New York University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pay it Forward Charleston | $15,000 | 3 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Cooper Community Outreach | $375,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $106,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Charleston Animal Society | $68,500 | 5 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| International African American Museum | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| East Cooper Habitat for Humanity Inc | $23,000 | 3 | 1% |
| South Carolina Aquarium | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| New York University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pay it Forward Charleston | $15,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Icna Relief USA Programs Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| YMCA of the Rockies | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Green Heart Project Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Spoleto Festival USA Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Print Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Movement Voter Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Land Library | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($68k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Island Farm Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Island Farm Foundation
- How much does Island Farm Foundation give?
- Island Farm Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $135,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 11 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Island Farm Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (44%), Food & Nutrition (13%), Animals (10%).
- Who are Island Farm Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: East Cooper Community Outreach ($375k), Lowcountry Food Bank Inc ($106k), Charleston Animal Society ($69k).
- Does Island Farm Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Island Farm 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 Island Farm Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Island Farm Foundation based?
- Island Farm Foundation is based in SC.
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