South Carolina · Community foundation
Kiawah Cares Foundation
To improve the quality of life of our Sea Island neighbors on Johns Island and Wadmalaw Island through community partnerships.
- $360k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $339k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $232,295
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $409k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Kiawah Cares Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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 | $339k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $289k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $274k | 78% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $308k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $166k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $111k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $227k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $194k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston County School District | $566,336 | 9 | n/a |
| Palmetto Project Inc | $117,515 | 7 | 1% |
| Sea Island Hunger Awareness Foundation | $92,941 | 6 | 5% |
| Johns Island Presbyterian Church Home Improv Program | $92,150 | 4 | n/a |
| Reading Partners | $87,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools of the Charleston Area Inc | $78,471 | 3 | 3% |
| Kiawah Womens Foundation | $33,591 | 3 | n/a |
| Clemson University | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Johns Island Presbyterian Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warrior Wod Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 6% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston County School District | $566,336 | 9 | n/a |
| Palmetto Project Inc | $117,515 | 7 | 1% |
| Sea Island Hunger Awareness Foundation | $92,941 | 6 | 5% |
| Johns Island Presbyterian Church Home Improv Program | $92,150 | 4 | n/a |
| Reading Partners | $87,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools of the Charleston Area Inc | $78,471 | 3 | 3% |
| Kiawah Womens Foundation | $33,591 | 3 | n/a |
| Clemson University | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Johns Island Presbyterian Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warrior Wod Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Holy Spirit Catholic Church | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Trident Technical College | $16,987 | 1 | n/a |
| Going Places | $15,876 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach Services | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lowcountry Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy | $12,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Coastal Carolina Council Bsa | $11,910 | 1 | 1% |
| Communities in Schools of South Carolina | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vision to Learn | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Barrier Islands Little League Inc | $8,700 | 1 | 7% |
| Heal With Hearts | $8,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Sea Island Habitat For Humanity Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Anglican Diocese of South Carolina | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Live Oak Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Johns Parish Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charleston Gaillard Management Corporation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hands of Christ | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charleston Area Therapeutic Riding Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Roc Solid Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($727k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kiawah Cares 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: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Joanna Foundation · Beyond Our Gates Foundation of Kiawah & Seabrook · Trident United Way · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Mark Elliott Motley Foundation Inc · George R & Janet E Desko Charitable Foundation · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Tara Foundation · Post and Courier Foundation · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc
How this is measured
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About Kiawah Cares Foundation
- How much does Kiawah Cares Foundation give?
- Kiawah Cares Foundation reported 12 itemized grants totaling $339,020, out of $359,693 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Kiawah Cares Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (75%), Food & Nutrition (6%), Religion (5%).
- Who are Kiawah Cares Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Charleston County School District ($566k), Palmetto Project Inc ($118k), Sea Island Hunger Awareness Foundation ($93k).
- Does Kiawah Cares Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kiawah Cares Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, The Joanna Foundation, Beyond Our Gates Foundation of Kiawah & Seabrook.
- Where is Kiawah Cares Foundation based?
- Kiawah Cares Foundation is based in SC.
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