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Lipscomb Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$772k
Granted FY2024still arriving
49
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$203k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.0MHuman Services$989kPhilanthropy$873kYouth Development$573kHealth$457kArts & Culture$345kHousing & Shelter$248kFood & Nutrition$180kOther$0
02FY2024 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $73k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $496k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $203k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Community Fndtn of Western NC$203,100
Bounty & Soul$30,000
Homeless No More$25,000
Educational Advisory Foundation$25,000
Young Life$20,000
Sistercare$18,000
USC Educational Foundation$18,000
SC First Steps to School Readiness$16,000
Columbia Museum of Art$15,000
The Therapy Place$15,000
Communities In Schools of SC$15,000
Camp Happy Days$15,000
Ezekiel Ministries$15,000
Thornwell$14,000
Fostering Great Ideas$14,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $639k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Homeless Period Project: $10k → 10%NEW FOUNDATIONS HOME FOR CHILDREN: $7k → 15%Thornwell: $14k → 18%HEALING SPECIES: $15k → 25%THORNWELL: $12k → 18%HEALING SPECIES: $10k → 25%THORNWELL: $12k → 18%HEALING SPECIES: $10k → 25%THORNWELL: $12k → 18%HEALING SPECIES: $10k → 25%THORNWELL: $10k → 18%HEALING SPECIES: $8k → 25%EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $7k → 16%THORNWELL: $10k → 18%HEALING SPECIES: $8k → 25%EAST COOPER COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $30k → 12%East Cooper Community Outreach: $10k → 12%Universal Community Improvement Org: $12k → 16%GROWING HOME SOUTHEAST: $14k → 11%GROWING HOME SOUTHEAST: $10k → 11%Fostering Great Ideas: $14k → 10%GROWING HOME SOUTHEAST: $10k → 11%GROWING HOME SOUTHEAST: $10k → 11%GROWING HOME SOUTHEAST: $10k → 11%GROWING HOME SOUTHEAST: $8k → 11%FLORENCE CRITTENTON PROGRAMS OF SC: $20k → 12%WINGS FOR KIDS: $10k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON PROGRAMS OF SC: $10k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON PROGRAMS OF SC: $10k → 12%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $15k → 16%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $15k → 16%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $15k → 16%HIVE COMMUNITY CIRCLE THE: $10k → 16%NUTURING CENTER: $15k → 16%NUTURING CENTER: $15k → 16%Camp Cole Foundation: $15k → 16%NUTURING CENTER: $15k → 16%Nurturing Center: $12k → 16%NUTURING CENTER: $12k → 16%CHILDREN'S TRUST OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $12k → 16%Childen's Trust of South Carolina: $12k → 16%CHILDREN'S TRUST OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $12k → 16%Camp Cole Foundation: $10k → 16%CHILDREN'S TRUST OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $10k → 16%PALMETTO FAMILY COUNCIL: $10k → 16%Nurturing Center: $8k → 16%CAMP COLE FOUNDATION: $8k → 16%PALMETTO FAMILY COUNCIL: $8k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
IN
CA
CO
MO
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.0M · 88 repeat orgs$666k to everyone else

88 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2024, 48 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

88
51

Total granted

$4.0M
$367k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+43%

Still filing today

75%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $299k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HN
    Homeless No More Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $226k · revenue +110%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $136k · revenue +59%
  • SI
    SISTERCARE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $136k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • YO
    YMCA of Columbia
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • SV
    SWANNANOA VALLEY CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • BM
    BLACK MOUNTAIN SWANNANOA VALLEY ARTS CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $21k · revenue +49%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
South Carolina Network of Children's Advocacy Centers

Empowering south carolina communities and children's advocacy centers to deliver a best practice response to child abuse

Youth Development
2
South Carolina Council On Competitiveness

The south carolina council on competitiveness is a nonpartisan, business-led non-profit organization committed to advancing the long term competitiveness of south carolina through actionable research, support of industry clusters and…

Community Improvement
3
Carolina Childrens Home

The mission of Carolina Children's Home is to meet the under-served mental and physical health needs of children, young adults, and their families

Human Services
4
Carolina Family Connections

Recruit and train and license foster parents to receive foster children from county government agencies.

Human Services
5
Columbia College

Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.

Education
6
Children's Place Inc

To protect, heal and strengthen children and families from the impact of abuse, neglect, and adverse experiences in their lives through education, treatment, and prevention services.

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7
South Carolina Council On Economic Education

Sc economics is the only sc non-profit organization exclusively dedicated to improving economic education and financial literacy by preparing teachers and students to be active, successful, and prosperous members of our global economy.

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8
Sc Chamber of Commerce

Enhancing the quality of life for all south carolinians, achieving global competiteveness and ultimately increasing prosperity for sc citizens.

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9
Leadership South Carolina

To provide South Carolinians an opportunity to advance their leadership skills while broadening their understanding of issues and opportunities facing the State.

Education
10
The Children's Center Inc

The children's center provides affordable high quality education and childcare for working families throughout the lowcountry.

Human Services
11
Sc Educational Communications Inc

South Carolina Educational Communications, Inc. ("SCEC") supports and promotes educational public media activities in South Carolina and across the United States, including the development and creation of original content for broadcast and…

Arts & Culture
12
Waccamaw Youth Center Inc

The waccamaw youth center is committed to providing the at-risk youth of south carolina with a safe and comforting place to call home.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Trust of South Carolina; the most unlike its peers is Elevations Youth Development Outreach Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

107 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. 107 of the 150 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
36
Early backer (in before they grew)
104/107
Grantees still filing
79/107
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Community Fndtn of Western NC: $203,100 · OtherCommunity Fndtn of Western NCBOY SCOUTS INDIAN WATERS COUNCIL: $153,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS INDIAN WATERS COUNCILSISTERCARE INC: $136,000 · OtherSISTERCARE INCBoys Farm Inc: $90,800 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: $85,500 · Other+88 more: $1,738,003 · Other+88 moreTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $681,800 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUN…CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $114,950 · PhilanthropyCENTRAL CAROLINA C…UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $76,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE …+1 more: $12,000 · PhilanthropyEDUCATIONAL ADVISORY FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · EducationEDUCATIONAL AD…University of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $189,500 · EducationUniversity of …THE LEARNING COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC: $79,000 · EducationTHE LEARNING C…CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $41,700 · EducationCLEMSON UNIVER…IT-OLOGY: $38,500 · EducationIT-OLOGYCommunities in Schools of South Carolina: $37,000 · EducationLEGACIES BUILT: $33,000 · EducationEZEKIEL MINISTRIES INC: $32,000 · Education+8 more: $65,150 · Education+8 moreTHORNWELL: $81,000 · Human ServicesTHORNWELLNURTURING CENTER INC: $77,000 · Human ServicesNURTURING CEN…GROWING HOME SOUTHEAST INC: $64,675 · Human ServicesGROWING HOME …HEALING SPECIES INC: $59,500 · Human ServicesHEALING SPECI…CHILDREN'S TRUST OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $54,795 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S TR…HEALTHY LEARNERS: $45,000 · Human ServicesHEALTHY LEARN…East Cooper Community Outreach: $45,000 · Human ServicesEast Cooper C…Florence Crittenton Programs of South Carolina Inc: $40,000 · Human ServicesFlorence Crit…The Camp Cole Foundation Inc: $37,000 · Human ServicesThe Camp Cole…THE HOMELESS PERIOD PROJECT INC: $32,500 · Human Services+10 more: $114,090 · Human Services+10 moreYOUNG LIFE: $136,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE THERAPY PLACE INC: $122,000 · Youth DevelopmentYouth Corps: $37,270 · Youth DevelopmentCHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC: $33,500 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $25,500 · Youth DevelopmentGirls on the Run of Columbia: $23,500 · Youth Development+3 more: $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc: $80,000 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART: $73,500 · Arts & CultureEdventure Inc: $33,000 · Arts & CultureBLACK MOUNTAIN SWANNANOA VALLEY ARTS CENTER: $20,700 · Arts & CultureSOUTH CAROLINA PHILHARMONIC INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureVarna International Music Academy: $8,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $7,350 · Arts & CultureHomeless No More Inc: $225,675 · Housing & Shelter
Other$2,406,403Philanthropy$884,750Education$715,850Human Services$650,560Youth Development$389,770Arts & Culture$234,550Housing & Shelter$225,675

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $681,800 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHomeless No More Inc: $225,675 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetEDUCATIONAL ADVISORY FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 8y, 27% of budgetUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $189,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $136,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSISTERCARE INC: $136,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTHE THERAPY PLACE INC: $122,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetCENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $114,950 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBoys Farm Inc: $90,800 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetTHORNWELL: $81,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc: $80,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCharleston Collegiate School: $80,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LEARNING COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC: $79,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetNURTURING CENTER INC: $77,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $76,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART: $73,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSoutheastern Chapter National Safety Council: $68,100 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetGROWING HOME SOUTHEAST INC: $64,675 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBounty & Soul: $60,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDYSLEXIA RESOURCE CENTER INC: $60,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetHEALING SPECIES INC: $59,500 over 6y, 8.4% of budgetGenerations Group Homes of Greenville Inc: $58,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S TRUST OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $54,795 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPATHWAYS TO HEALING: $50,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetRichland County Court Appointed Special Advocates: $47,600 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetHEALTHY LEARNERS: $45,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetEast Cooper Community Outreach: $45,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $41,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S ATTENTION HOME INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFlorence Crittenton Programs of South Carolina Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetKoinonia of Columbia Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetIT-OLOGY: $38,500 over 5y, 19% of budgetYouth Corps: $37,270 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetCommunities in Schools of South Carolina: $37,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Camp Cole Foundation Inc: $37,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMidlands Fatherhood Coalition: $35,600 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES - DENVER CASA: $35,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetPALMETTO PLACE CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES: $34,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC: $33,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBEGINNINGS FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN: $33,015 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetEdventure Inc: $33,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLEGACIES BUILT: $33,000 over 4y, 79% of budgetTHE HOMELESS PERIOD PROJECT INC: $32,500 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetEZEKIEL MINISTRIES INC: $32,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetCAMP DISCOVERY AT HIS ACRES INC: $30,500 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetHARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK: $29,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $25,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGirls on the Run of Columbia: $23,500 over 4y, 8.2% of budget
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 THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC ↗
  • Who funds Homeless No More Inc ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATIONAL ADVISORY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds University of South Carolina Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds SISTERCARE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE THERAPY PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Boys Farm Inc ↗
  • Who funds THORNWELL ↗
  • Who funds ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds Charleston Collegiate School ↗
  • Who funds THE LEARNING COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds NURTURING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds Southeastern Chapter National Safety Council ↗
  • Who funds GROWING HOME SOUTHEAST INC ↗
  • Who funds Bounty & Soul ↗
  • Who funds DYSLEXIA RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALING SPECIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Generations Group Homes of Greenville Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S TRUST OF SOUTH CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAYS TO HEALING ↗
  • Who funds Richland County Court Appointed Special Advocates ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY LEARNERS ↗
  • Who funds East Cooper Community Outreach ↗
  • Who funds CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S ATTENTION HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds Florence Crittenton Programs of South Carolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds Koinonia of Columbia Inc ↗

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.

Central Carolina Comm…Dominion Energy Chari…Sisters of Charity Fo…Coastal Community Fou…United Way of the Mid…Carolina Childrens Ho…Dorothy D Smith Chari…The Nord Family Found…Michael J Mungo Found…Publix Super Markets …The Leon Levine Found…The Joanna Foundation
Central Carolina Community FoundationSC116× affinity65 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central Carolina Community Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · United Way of the Midlands · Carolina Childrens Home · Dorothy D Smith Charitable Foundation · The Nord Family Foundation · Michael J Mungo Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · The Joanna Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lipscomb Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lipscomb Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    41report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Lipscomb Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lipscomb Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 150 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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