Delaware · Private foundation
Pathfinder Foundation Inc
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2023
- 45
- Grants FY2023
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 41 to 44
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Total assets, FY2023
- $30M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations Pathfinder Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 41 | $1.2M | 5% |
| FY2022 | 44 | $1.5M | 11% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $1.4M | 7% |
| FY2020 | 44 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor School | $1,275,000 | 4 | 1% |
| South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc | $910,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Lowcountry Land Trust Inc | $515,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Polly Boyd Scholarship Fund | $145,000 | 4 | 28% |
| Trident Technical College Foundation Inc | $140,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Skyuka Hall | $135,000 | 4 | 2% |
| South Carolina Aquarium | $130,000 | 4 | 0% |
| First Tee Greater Charleston | $115,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $115,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Charleston Moves | $110,000 | 4 | 15% |
Show all 53 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($110k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Pathfinder Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 52 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.
Open a dossier: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Joanna Foundation · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Post and Courier Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · Guffey Family Foundation · Trident United Way · Elhapa Foundation Inc · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About Pathfinder Foundation Inc
- How much does Pathfinder Foundation Inc give?
- Pathfinder Foundation Inc reported 45 grants totaling $1,300,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 44 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Pathfinder Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Environment (38%), Education (34%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Pathfinder Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Baylor School ($1.3M), South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc ($910k), Lowcountry Land Trust Inc ($515k).
- Does Pathfinder Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pathfinder Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pathfinder Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, The Joanna Foundation, Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc.
- Where is Pathfinder Foundation Inc based?
- Pathfinder Foundation Inc is based in DE.
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