South Carolina · Public charity
Palmetto Project Inc
To seek creative ideas for solving problems faced by the citizens of sc. Key areas of focus include: accessible healthcare; community relations and development; youth, families and schools; and civic participation.
- $632k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $56k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $55,722
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $55,722
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Palmetto Project Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $56k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $199k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $261k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $200k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $28k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $43k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $512k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Honorable Reverend Clementa C Pinckney Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Antioch Educational Center | $119,172 | 3 | n/a |
| Bluffton Self Help Inc | $95,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hopeful Horizons | $76,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Walton Options for Independent Living Inc | $75,456 | 1 | 3% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $73,620 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $67,037 | 2 | n/a |
| Rural Missions Inc | $65,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Time Served | $63,782 | 2 | 14% |
| The African Methodist Epsicopal Church Incorporated | $58,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 27 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Honorable Reverend Clementa C Pinckney Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Antioch Educational Center | $119,172 | 3 | n/a |
| Bluffton Self Help Inc | $95,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hopeful Horizons | $76,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Walton Options for Independent Living Inc | $75,456 | 1 | 3% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $73,620 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $67,037 | 2 | n/a |
| Rural Missions Inc | $65,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Time Served | $63,782 | 2 | 14% |
| The African Methodist Epsicopal Church Incorporated | $58,000 | 2 | n/a |
| South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees | $57,300 | 2 | 0% |
| University of South Carolina Development Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Habitat for Humanity Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services Inc | $43,085 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Samaritan Clinic | $32,234 | 1 | 10% |
| Camden Military Academy | $28,252 | 1 | 0% |
| Help of Beaufort | $27,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Hampton United Methodist Church | $25,306 | 1 | n/a |
| Dysautonomia Advocacy Foundation | $25,154 | 1 | n/a |
| Love House Learning Academy | $18,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Healthy Learners | $16,560 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Brunson | $15,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry Inc | $15,070 | 1 | 0% |
| Resource Foundation for Jasper County | $13,500 | 1 | 29% |
| Healing Waters Mission & Wellness Center | $11,340 | 1 | n/a |
| Hampton County Literacy Council Inc | $11,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Helpings | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($12k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Palmetto Project Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
About Palmetto Project Inc
- How much does Palmetto Project Inc give?
- Palmetto Project Inc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $55,722, out of $631,916 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Palmetto Project Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (22%), Human Services (18%), Education (13%).
- Who are Palmetto Project Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Honorable Reverend Clementa C Pinckney Foundation ($150k), Antioch Educational Center ($119k), Bluffton Self Help Inc ($95k).
- Does Palmetto Project Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Palmetto Project Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, United Way of the Lowcountry.
- Where is Palmetto Project Inc based?
- Palmetto Project Inc is based in SC.
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