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Neill M Timmons Foundation at a glance

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Neill M Timmons Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$499k
Granted FY2025still arriving
46
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$747kHealth$555kArts & Culture$137kReligion$105kPhilanthropy$80kHuman Services$47kHousing & Shelter$36kFood & Nutrition$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k23 grants · $109k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $265k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $125k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FURMAN UNIVERSITY$75,000
FURMAN UNIVERSITY$50,000
PIVOTPOINT WNC$25,000
COTA CHILDRENS ORGAN TRANSPLANT ASSOCIATION INC$25,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$20,000
UNITED WAY OF GREENVILLE COUNTY INCORPORATED$15,000
FACES AND VOICES OF RECOVERY GREENVILLE$15,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$15,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$10,000
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$10,000
HANLEY CENTER FOUNDATION INC$10,000
PEACE CENTER FOUNDATION$10,000
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN$10,000
UNITED MINISTRIES$10,000
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF GREENVILLE S CAROLINA$10,000
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 (FY21–25, $151k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHARLESTON RECOVERY CENTER INC: $25k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $10k → 13%CHARLESTON RECOVERY CENTER INC: $10k → 12%CHARLESTON RECOVERY CENTER INC: $5k → 12%CHARLESTON RECOVERY CENTER INC: $5k → 12%CHARLESTON RECOVERY CENTER INC: $5k → 12%PENDLETON PLACE INC: $10k → 10%PROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 10%PENDLETON PLACE INC: $10k → 10%SAFE HARBOR INC: $5k → 10%PENDLETON PLACE INC: $5k → 10%PROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 10%PENDLETON PLACE INC: $5k → 10%SAFE HARBOR INC: $5k → 10%SAFE HARBOR INC: $5k → 10%SAFE HARBOR INC: $5k → 10%PROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 10%SAFE HARBOR INC: $1k → 10%PROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 10%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
NY
RI
KY
NM
TN
NC
SC
GA
FL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 45 repeat orgs$134k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
8

Total granted

$2.2M
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+3%

Still filing today

82%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterReligionOther
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

  • FA
    FACES AND VOICES OF RECOVERY(FAVOR) UPSTATE SC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $100k · revenue +98%
  • CC
    CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
    6× · 2017–2025 · $83k · revenue +92%
  • PW
    PIVOTPOINT WNC
    4× · 2019–2025 · $73k · revenue ×26

Funded once

  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -79%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue 0%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
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
Musc Strategic Ventures

To promote and support the educational, medical, scientific, and research purposes of the medical university of south carolina "musc", and university medical associates of the medical university of south carolina "uma", including their…

Health
2
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
3
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
4
Prisma Health

Inspire health. serve with compassion. be the difference.

Health
5
Tandem Health Sc

Tandem health sc is a comprehensive primary healthcare practice dedicated to building a healthy community and improving the health, well-being, and quality of life of each person served.

Health
6
Greenwood Genetic Center Inc

The greenwood genetic center is a nonprofit institute centered on clinical genetic services, diagnostic laboratory testing, educational programs and resources, and research. with a focus on compassionate patient care and innovative…

Health
7
Regenesis Health Care Inc

We strive to give health services to residents in and around the spartanburg, cherokee, and union sc areas. we believe that services to families can make a difference in the community, helping neighbors move towards healthier lifestyles…

Health
8
University of the South

The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in…

Education
9
Anuvia Prevention and Recovery Center Inc

We Restore, We Empower, We rise together.

—
10
Augusta Health Care Inc

The mission of augusta health is to strengthen the health and well-being of all people in our communities.

Health
11
Annandale At Suwanee Inc

To perpetuate a village community to provide progressive life assistance to adults with developmental disabilities so that they can maximize their abilities and maintain their independence in the least restrictive environment.

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Safe Harbor Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sarah Simpson Gossett Home 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

46 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. 46 of the 57 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/46
Grantees still filing
28/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FURMAN UNIVERSITY: $575,000 · EducationFURMAN UNIVERSITYCHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $83,333 · EducationCHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL SCHOOLUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $80,000 · EducationUniversity of South Carolina Educational F…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $70,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION+3 more: $44,500 · EducationFACES AND VOICES OF RECOVERY(FAVOR) UPSTATE SC: $100,000 · OtherFACES AND VOICES OF RECOVERY(F…UNITED WAY OF GREENVILLE COUNTY INC: $95,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREENVILLE COUNT…FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF GREENVILLE S CAROLINA: $75,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF GREENV…MEYER CENTER FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN: $55,000 · OtherMEYER CENTER FOR SPECIAL CHILD…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $45,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYCOTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association: $30,000 · OtherPROJECT HOST INC: $30,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $30,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $25,000 · OtherMORGANS HOPE: $25,000 · Other+9 more: $107,000 · Other+9 morePIVOTPOINT WNC: $72,500 · HealthPIVOTPOINT WNCAmerican Heart Association Inc: $65,000 · HealthAmerican Heart A…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $40,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN…GATEWAY HOUSE INC: $35,000 · HealthGATEWAY HOUSE IN…HANLEY CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · HealthHANLEY CENTER FO…THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $30,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HO…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER …SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $20,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITA…CANCER SURVIVORS PARK ALLIANCE: $15,000 · Health+1 more: $7,000 · HealthCharleston Recovery Center Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesCharlesto…NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS: $40,500 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORH…PROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT H…PENDLETON PLACE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesPENDLETON…SAFE HARBOR INC: $21,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HARB…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesJUST SAY SOMETHING INC: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S THEATRE: $70,000 · Arts & CulturePEACE CENTER FOUNDATION: $39,000 · Arts & CultureGREENVILLE CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS: $37,500 · Arts & CultureTHE WAREHOUSE THEATRE: $15,000 · Arts & CultureGREENVILLE THEATRE: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED MINISTRIES: $45,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 · ReligionMARY SUNSHINE HOUSE: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterPRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterSarah Simpson Gossett Home Inc: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterDisabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust: $10,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Public Benefit
Education$852,833Other$617,000Health$339,500Human Services$202,500Arts & Culture$172,500Religion$65,000Housing & Shelter$31,000Public Benefit$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFURMAN UNIVERSITY: $575,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFACES AND VOICES OF RECOVERY(FAVOR) UPSTATE SC: $100,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREENVILLE COUNTY INC: $95,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $83,333 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $80,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPIVOTPOINT WNC: $72,500 over 4y, 19% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S THEATRE: $70,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEYER CENTER FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN: $55,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCharleston Recovery Center Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetUNITED MINISTRIES: $45,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS: $40,500 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPEACE CENTER FOUNDATION: $39,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGREENVILLE CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS: $37,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetGATEWAY HOUSE INC: $35,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetHANLEY CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPENDLETON PLACE INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCOTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT HOST INC: $30,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASS OF CAROLINA INC: $21,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetSAFE HARBOR INC: $21,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARY SUNSHINE HOUSE: $15,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCANCER SURVIVORS PARK ALLIANCE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGAMECOCK CLUB OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI GREENVILLE SC: $15,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetTHE WAREHOUSE THEATRE: $15,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of South Carolina Alumni Association: $13,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREENVILLE THEATRE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERREN PROJECT: $7,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSarah Simpson Gossett Home Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCENTRE STAGE-SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 FURMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FACES AND VOICES OF RECOVERY(FAVOR) UPSTATE SC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREENVILLE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds University of South Carolina Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PIVOTPOINT WNC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds MEYER CENTER FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Charleston Recovery Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PEACE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREENVILLE CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds GATEWAY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds HANLEY CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PENDLETON PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds COTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOST INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPASS OF CAROLINA INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HARBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds MARY SUNSHINE HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds CANCER SURVIVORS PARK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds GAMECOCK CLUB OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds NAMI GREENVILLE SC ↗
  • Who funds THE WAREHOUSE THEATRE ↗

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.

AWT Family FoundationCharles Timmons Found…Scsymmes FoundationDaniel-Mickel Foundat…The Jolley FoundationScansource Charitable…Bill and Connie Timmo…Yeargin FoundationCharity Ball Board of…John I Smith Charitie…United Way of Greenvi…Helga Marston Foundat…
AWT Family FoundationDE36.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AWT Family Foundation · Charles Timmons Foundation · Scsymmes Foundation · Daniel-Mickel Foundation · The Jolley Foundation · Scansource Charitable Foundation · Bill and Connie Timmons Foundation · Yeargin Foundation · Charity Ball Board of Greenville · John I Smith Charities Inc · United Way of Greenville County Inc · Helga Marston 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 Neill M Timmons Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Neill M Timmons Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.

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 57 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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