South Carolina · Private foundation
James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $135k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 10 | $135k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $113k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $140k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $123k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $118k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston Southern University | $67,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Anderson University | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Washington University | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nc State University | $30,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Washington and Lee University | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wingate University | $27,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Duke University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wofford College | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Winthrop University | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Coker University | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston Southern University | $67,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Anderson University | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Washington University | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nc State University | $30,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Washington and Lee University | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wingate University | $27,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Duke University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wofford College | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Winthrop University | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Coker University | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| North Central College | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| High Point University | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($354k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust 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: The Lancaster County Partners for Youth · Duke Energy Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust with peer funders
About James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust
- How much does James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust give?
- James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust reported 10 grants totaling $135,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Charleston Southern University ($68k), Anderson University ($30k), Washington University ($30k).
- Does James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Lancaster County Partners for Youth, Duke Energy Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust based?
- James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust is based in SC.
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