· Private foundation
Magnolia Plantation 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE | $9,000 |
| THE SLAVE DWELLING PROJECT | $5,000 |
| HISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| TURN 90 | $3,000 |
| ACADIA REPERATORY THEATER | $2,000 |
| GOODNEWSBEE FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| SC SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI | $2,000 |
| NATIONAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI | $1,500 |
| OLD ST ANDREWS CHURCH | $1,000 |
| ST JOHNS IN THE WILDERNESS | $1,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| THE CITADEL BRIGADIER FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| CHURCH OF THE MINISTERIO INTERNACIONAL EL SHADDAI | $1,000 |
| KEEPERS OF THE WILD | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +40% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
97 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 74 since wound down.
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 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
Backed again, and grew
- SDSLAVE DWELLING PROJECT INC8× · 2017–2024 · $65k · revenue +302%
From The Heart Productions5× · 2019–2023 · $36k · revenue +132%- CACHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY6× · 2017–2023 · $24k · revenue +87%
Funded once
- AAAGS AT TRIDENT TECHone grant, 2022 · $10k
- IAINTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUMgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +95%
- PWPIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue -4%
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.
Our mission is to inspire conservation of the natural world by exhibiting and caring for animals, by excelling in education and research, and by providing an exceptional visitor experience.
To educate Charleston area residents and visitors about the natural and cultural history of the South Carolina Lowcountry through collections, exhibitions, preservation, conservation, research and related programming.
We inspire people to enjoy, value and protect the wild character and natural legacy of the South.
(See Schedule O)
Brookgreen gardens was formed in 1931 to collect, preserve and exhibit american sculpture, and the flora and fauna native to south carolina.
Through responsible stewardship of our unique ecological resource, we provide inclusive opportunities for meaningful connection, discovery, and education in nature.
The organization's primary mission is a grassroots initiative that advances sustainable development of natural, cultural and historic resources for enhanced quality of life and economic revitalization of communities in south carolina.
The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.
The mission of the atlantic coast conservancy is to provide 21st century solutions and sound scientific applications for conservation of critical natural resources in the face of a changing climate, focusing on the southeasthern united…
Aia south carolina promotes the profession of architecture through advocacy, education and public outreach. the chapter supports the creation of equitable communities through its work promoting fair state laws and activities of six local…
Natural History Institute is organized to provide leadership and resources for a revitalized practice of natural history that integrates art, science, and humanities to promote the health and well-being of humans and the rest of the…
Protect and conserve land, natural areas, rural landscapes, family farms and historic places within north carolina's heartland
How this is measured
57 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. 57 of the 159 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 SLAVE DWELLING PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds From The Heart Productions ↗
- Who funds GOODNEWSBEE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Keepers of the Wild ↗
- Who funds TURN90 ↗
- Who funds The Cooper School ↗
- Who funds CHARLESTON WATERKEEPER ↗
- Who funds ACADIA WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds San Francisco Film Society ↗
- Who funds Charleston Horticultural Society ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds PIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KIDS ON POINT INC ↗
- Who funds EUNOIA RESCUE ↗
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 · Guffey Family Foundation · The Joanna Foundation · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Central Carolina Community Foundation · John Winthrop Charitable Trust · Elhapa Foundation Inc · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · Pathfinder Foundation Inc · The Stony Point Foundation · Post and Courier Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Magnolia Plantation Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Magnolia Plantation Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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