South Carolina · Public charity
Riverbanks Society
The RIVERBANKS SOCIETY is a south carolina corporation organized to provide financial support for the richland-lexington riverbanks park district and its activities.
- $6.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,025,009
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Riverbanks Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $6.1M | 40% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $7.8M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $7.9M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $9.3M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $4.0M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $3.9M | 33% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $6.1M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $3.7M | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland-Lexington Riverbanks Park | $53,544,206 | 9 | n/a |
| The International Rhino Foundation | $95,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation | $60,000 | 5 | 1% |
| International Elephant Foundation | $34,428 | 3 | 2% |
| American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pan African Sanctuary Alliance Inc | $21,370 | 3 | 1% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $5,054 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($82k), not named here.
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: Columbus Zoological Park Association · Zoological Society of San Diego · Utah Zoological Society · Dallas Zoo Management Inc · Houston Zoo Inc · Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Riverbanks Society
- How much does Riverbanks Society give?
- Riverbanks Society reported 5 grants totaling $6,199,175 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Riverbanks Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (90%), Community Improvement (10%), Animals (0%).
- Who are Riverbanks Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Richland-Lexington Riverbanks Park ($54M), The International Rhino Foundation ($95k), The Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation ($60k).
- Does Riverbanks Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Riverbanks Society?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbus Zoological Park Association, Zoological Society of San Diego, Utah Zoological Society.
- Where is Riverbanks Society based?
- Riverbanks Society is based in SC.
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