· Private foundation
James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA | $55,000 |
| WINGATE UNIVERSITY | $20,000 |
| CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY | $15,000 |
| WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY | $7,500 |
| WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS | $7,500 |
| NC STATE UNIVERSITY | $7,500 |
| ANDERSON UNIVERSITY | $7,500 |
| COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| WOFFORD COLLEGE | $5,000 |
| STANLY COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 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, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CSCHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY5× · 2021–2025 · $68k · revenue +23%
- AUANDERSON UNIVERSITY4× · 2022–2025 · $30k · revenue +36%
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY4× · 2022–2025 · $30k · revenue +6%
Funded once
DUKE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +1%- MTMIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGEone grant, 2022 · $8k
- WCWESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITYone grant, 2021 · $8k
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.
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…
Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.
Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…
Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship
In partnership with the church, the purpose of william jessup university is to educate transformational leaders for the glory of god.
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…
Wesleyan university is dedicated to providing an education in liberal arts by building a diverse, energetic community of students, faculty, and staff who value independence of mind and generosity of spirit. see additional description in…
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 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.
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 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ANDERSON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Washington and Lee University ↗
- Who funds WINGATE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds WOFFORD COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds COKER UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds North Central College ↗
- Who funds HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James Benjamin and Agnes M Liles Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
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