South Carolina · Private foundation
James F and Nelle E Burgess Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $85
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $312
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $86k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations James F and Nelle E Burgess Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $1k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $810 | 40% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $2k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $2k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $2k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $2k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $1k | 55% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $1k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Baptist Church of Greenville S Carolina | $1,375 | 3 | n/a |
| United Ministries | $900 | 8 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels Inc | $735 | 7 | 0% |
| Triune Mercy Center | $700 | 6 | 0% |
| Sustaining Way | $575 | 5 | 0% |
| Upstate Forever | $575 | 7 | 0% |
| Miracle Hill Ministries Inc | $550 | 4 | 0% |
| Furman University | $550 | 3 | 0% |
| Genesis Homes Inc | $500 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of the Reedy River Inc | $225 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Baptist Church of Greenville S Carolina | $1,375 | 3 | n/a |
| United Ministries | $900 | 8 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels Inc | $735 | 7 | 0% |
| Triune Mercy Center | $700 | 6 | 0% |
| Sustaining Way | $575 | 5 | 0% |
| Upstate Forever | $575 | 7 | 0% |
| Miracle Hill Ministries Inc | $550 | 4 | 0% |
| Furman University | $550 | 3 | 0% |
| Genesis Homes Inc | $500 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of the Reedy River Inc | $225 | 5 | 0% |
| Conserving Carolina | $205 | 4 | 0% |
| Greenville Center for Creative Arts | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Free Medical Clinic Inc | $175 | 3 | 0% |
| Greenville Free Medical Clinic Inc | $150 | 3 | 0% |
| Homes of Hope Inc | $150 | 3 | 0% |
| Fuller Center for Housing of McCormick Sc Inc | $125 | 3 | 0% |
| South Carolina Wildlife Federation | $110 | 3 | 0% |
| The Anchorage | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Jocassee Inc | $60 | 3 | n/a |
| Foothills Trail Conservancy Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Host Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Challenge to Conquer Cancer | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Naturaland Trust | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Save Our Saluda | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc | $35 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Dupont Forest | $25 | 1 | 0% |
| The Frazee Center | $25 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James F and Nelle E Burgess 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.
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How this is measured
Compare James F and Nelle E Burgess Foundation with peer funders
About James F and Nelle E Burgess Foundation
- How much does James F and Nelle E Burgess Foundation give?
- James F and Nelle E Burgess Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $1,642 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does James F and Nelle E Burgess Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (25%), International (19%), Environment (16%).
- Who are James F and Nelle E Burgess Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: First Baptist Church of Greenville S Carolina ($1k), United Ministries ($900), Meals on Wheels Inc ($735).
- Does James F and Nelle E Burgess Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James F and Nelle E Burgess 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 James F and Nelle E Burgess Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Maddrey Foundation, Daniel-Mickel Foundation, The Jolley Foundation.
- Where is James F and Nelle E Burgess Foundation based?
- James F and Nelle E Burgess Foundation is based in SC.
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