South Carolina · Private foundation
Sfw 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.
- $129k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $112k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Sfw Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $151k 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 | 3 | $129k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $175k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $263k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $289k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $144k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $190k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $73k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $73k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Shore Food Lab Inc | $190,000 | 2 | 34% |
| American College of the Building Arts | $160,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The Humane Society of Kent County Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Kent Cultural Alliance Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Minarys Dream Alliance Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Sultana Education Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Great Plains Conservation Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sandys Garden Inc | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($873k), 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: Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Sfw Foundation
- How much does Sfw Foundation give?
- Sfw Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $128,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sfw Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (47%), Food & Nutrition (13%), Animals (13%).
- Who are Sfw Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Eastern Shore Food Lab Inc ($190k), American College of the Building Arts ($160k), The Humane Society of Kent County Inc ($150k).
- Does Sfw Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sfw Foundation 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 Sfw Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc, American Endowment Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Sfw Foundation based?
- Sfw Foundation is based in SC.
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