· Private foundation
Mary Elizabeth Avinger Charitable 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.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $75k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SC SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF & BLIND | $20,000 |
| EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME | $20,000 |
| ORANGEBURG CALHOUN FREE MEDICAL | $15,000 |
| ORANGEBURG COUNCIL ON AGING | $10,000 |
| EDISTO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $10,000 |
| ORANGEBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL | $8,000 |
| FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES | $5,000 |
| ST ANDREWS METHODIST CHURCH | $5,000 |
| COOPERATIVE CHURCH MINISTRIES OF | $4,000 |
| ORANGEBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| WINTHROP UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| SC UNITED METHODIST FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $1,000 |
| THE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | $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 (FY24–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 25%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 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
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 +85% since the first grant, against -37% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ECEPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME7× · 2017–2024 · $81k · revenue +177%
- OCORANGEBURG COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING7× · 2017–2024 · $50k · revenue +10%
- OPORANGEBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOLS INC7× · 2017–2024 · $48k · revenue +20%
Funded once
- HSHEALING SPECIES INCone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue -37%
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.
To aid banking education by providing scholarships to college students.
To provide a faith based community where life will be rich and full as god intends it to be, holding to our values, serving one another with dedication and promoting health and wellness for all.
The organization provides health care to individuals regardless of their ability to pay. this is a direct fulfillment of their tax exempt purpose.
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.
Operation of a public charter school
The educational trust operates exclusively for the benefit of, and to carry out the purposes of, the university of south carolina school of medicine and the greater university of south carolina. its main purposes are to augment and aid…
In the spirit of christ's love, the ministry of united church of christ homes is to provide care and service to elders through acts of love and compassion.
Empowering south carolina communities and children's advocacy centers to deliver a best practice response to child abuse
The Eastern Carolina Community Foundation improves the quality of life in this area of South Carolina through inspired philanthropy and innovative community programs.
Williamsburg regional hospital is a not for profit acute care hospital with 25 licensed beds, providing excellence in patient care in an environment that is respectful of others, adaptive to change, accountable for outcomes, and attentive…
Ouachita baptist university is a christ-centered learning community. embracing the liberal arts tradition, the university prepares individuals for ongoing intellectual and spiritual growth, lives of meaningful work, and reasoned engagement…
Conway hospital community services provides outpatient health care services to horry county and the surrounding community in conjunction with conway hospital, inc., a non-profit acute care hospital system.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 18 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 SCSDB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
- Who funds EDISTO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds ORANGEBURG COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING ↗
- Who funds ORANGEBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOLS INC ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds ORANGEBURG CALHOUN FREE MEDICAL CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds Winthrop University Foundation ↗
- Who funds SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED METHODIST FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HEALING SPECIES 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.
Open a dossier: Central Carolina Community Foundation · Spartanburg County Foundation · Albemarle Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mary Elizabeth Avinger Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mary Elizabeth Avinger Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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