How much does Palmetto Promise Institute give?

Palmetto Promise Institute reported 50 itemized grants totaling $783,077, out of $973,042 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 60 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.

What does Palmetto Promise Institute fund?

By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (67%), Religion (29%), Arts & Culture (3%).

Who are Palmetto Promise Institute's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Diocese of Charleston ($411k), Westgate Christian School ($115k), New Way Global ($74k).

Does Palmetto Promise Institute fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Palmetto Promise Institute?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Carolina Community Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation, Folds of Honor Foundation.

Where is Palmetto Promise Institute based?

Palmetto Promise Institute is based in SC.

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Palmetto Promise Institute

The Palmetto Promise Institute is a non partisan nonprofit educational organization dedicated to educating the public and enhancing the public good. The organization provides research, analysis, and publications on issues that affect the common good

$973k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 50
Itemized grants FY2025: 60
Organizations funded FY2024: 100%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $783k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $9,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $229,000
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 60; FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $1.3M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Palmetto Promise Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $842k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationHuman ServicesOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	50	$783k	6%
FY2024	60	$842k	100%
FY2022	2	$96k	50%
FY2020	1	$14k	0%
FY2019	1	$6k	n/a

100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$1.2MReligion$512kArts & Culture$50kHealth$6kYouth Development$5k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Diocese of Charleston	$411,011	2	n/a
Westgate Christian School	$114,750	2	n/a
New Way Global	$74,000	1	16%
Maranatha Christian School	$58,500	2	n/a
Bob Jones University	$56,646	2	n/a
Lol Steam School of the Arts	$50,000	2	n/a
First Presbyterian Church	$45,297	2	n/a
My Sc Education	$41,500	3	43%
Chabad Lubavitch of Myrtle Beach	$36,000	2	n/a
Daniels Christian School In	$36,000	2	n/a

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All grantees of Palmetto Promise Institute by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Diocese of Charleston	$411,011	2	n/a
Westgate Christian School	$114,750	2	n/a
New Way Global	$74,000	1	16%
Maranatha Christian School	$58,500	2	n/a
Bob Jones University	$56,646	2	n/a
Lol Steam School of the Arts	$50,000	2	n/a
First Presbyterian Church	$45,297	2	n/a
My Sc Education	$41,500	3	43%
Chabad Lubavitch of Myrtle Beach	$36,000	2	n/a
Daniels Christian School In	$36,000	2	n/a
Northeast Enrichment Academy	$27,000	2	n/a
Manning Educational Association	$26,595	2	0%
North Myrtle Beach Christian School	$26,110	2	2%
Calvary Christian School Myrt	$24,000	2	n/a
Christian Hope Academy Inc	$24,000	2	4%
Ragin Preparatory Christian Academy	$23,835	2	1%
Palmetto Christian Academy of Greenwood	$23,677	2	1%
Holly Hill Academy Inc	$23,575	2	1%
North Palm Community Church Inc	$23,000	2	n/a
Harvest Christian Academy	$22,500	2	n/a
Newberry Academy Inc	$21,147	2	1%
Center for Learning	$21,000	2	n/a
Thomas Hart Academy	$21,000	2	1%
Mullins Marion Christian Scho	$19,250	2	n/a
Sumter Christian School	$19,077	2	n/a
Grace Baptist Church of West Columbia Sc	$18,000	2	n/a
Miracle Academy Nursery Center Inc	$18,000	2	1%
Orangeburg Preparatory Schools Inc	$18,000	2	0%
Kingstree Christian Academy	$17,550	2	n/a
Oakwood Christian School	$17,161	2	n/a
Colleton Preparatory Academy Inc	$16,500	2	0%
Hampton Park Baptist Church Hampton Park Christian School	$16,500	2	n/a
Easley Christian School	$15,975	2	n/a
Cambridge Academy Inc	$15,637	2	1%
Riverpointe Christian Academy	$15,000	2	1%
Southside Christian School of the Upstate	$15,000	2	0%
As-Sabeel Academy of Greenville	$15,000	2	1%
Abundant Life Church of Greenville Sc Incorporated	$15,000	2	n/a
Valorous Church Inc	$13,853	2	n/a
Wedgefield Baptist Church	$13,505	1	n/a
All Saints Episcopal Day School Inc	$13,500	2	n/a
Christian Academy	$13,500	2	0%
Trinity Collegiate School	$13,500	2	0%
Emmanuel Baptist Church of Hartsville Inc	$12,554	2	n/a
Maximum Elementary at Lifespring Church	$12,465	2	n/a
Oconee Christian Academy	$12,000	2	1%
Grace Community Academy of Columbia Inc	$12,000	2	1%
The Complete Student	$12,000	2	1%
Richard Winn Academy	$12,000	2	0%
Lca Foundation	$12,000	1	3%
Eddlemon Adventist Christian Academy	$11,296	2	n/a
North Walterboro Christian Academy	$10,500	1	1%
Westside Baptist Church	$9,768	1	n/a
Berea Junior Academy	$9,000	1	n/a
Holy Trinity Classical Christian School Inc	$6,996	1	0%
Orangeburg Christian Academy Inc	$6,548	1	1%
Charis Language Immersion Academy	$6,000	1	4%
Westminster Catawba Christian School Inc	$6,000	1	n/a
Faith Christian School and Preschool	$6,000	1	n/a
Rose of Sharon Christian Academy	$5,750	1	n/a
Temple Christian Academy	$5,604	1	n/a
Harmony School	$5,510	1	n/a
Calvary Christian School - Gr	$5,395	1	n/a
The Success Center	$5,250	1	n/a
Cornerstone Christian School	$5,216	1	1%

Palmetto Promise Institute supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 29.

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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 Community FoundationSC15.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About Palmetto Promise Institute

How much does Palmetto Promise Institute give?: Palmetto Promise Institute reported 50 itemized grants totaling $783,077, out of $973,042 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 60 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Palmetto Promise Institute fund?: By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (67%), Religion (29%), Arts & Culture (3%).
Who are Palmetto Promise Institute's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Diocese of Charleston ($411k), Westgate Christian School ($115k), New Way Global ($74k).
Does Palmetto Promise Institute fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Palmetto Promise Institute?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Carolina Community Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation, Folds of Honor Foundation.
Where is Palmetto Promise Institute based?: Palmetto Promise Institute is based in SC.