South Carolina · Public charity
South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development
Through our network of members and partner organizations, SCACED strives to improve the quality of life for low-wealth families and communities by advancing community economic development and public policy in South Carolina.
- $659k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $436k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $142,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 37
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 52% of the organizations South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $681k 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 | 19 | $436k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $1.7M | 52% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $2.0M | 81% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $63k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $207k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $76k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $60k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $68k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIMB Fund | $453,376 | 3 | 5% |
| Increasing HOPE | $343,077 | 5 | 22% |
| South Carolina Community Capital Alliance | $336,000 | 1 | 50% |
| Optus Bank | $239,583 | 2 | n/a |
| Communityworks Inc | $237,763 | 2 | 4% |
| Desa Inc | $232,318 | 2 | n/a |
| Benedict College | $196,394 | 2 | 0% |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $191,261 | 2 | n/a |
| Allendale County Alive | $170,174 | 3 | 79% |
| South Carolina Hispanic Chamber of Commerce | $164,835 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIMB Fund | $453,376 | 3 | 5% |
| Increasing HOPE | $343,077 | 5 | 22% |
| South Carolina Community Capital Alliance | $336,000 | 1 | 50% |
| Optus Bank | $239,583 | 2 | n/a |
| Communityworks Inc | $237,763 | 2 | 4% |
| Desa Inc | $232,318 | 2 | n/a |
| Benedict College | $196,394 | 2 | 0% |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $191,261 | 2 | n/a |
| Allendale County Alive | $170,174 | 3 | 79% |
| South Carolina Hispanic Chamber of Commerce | $164,835 | 1 | n/a |
| The Gullah Farmers Cooperative Association | $162,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Santee Lynches Affordable Housing and Community Development Corporat | $136,588 | 2 | 4% |
| South Carolina Hispanic Chamber of Commerce | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southeastern Housing and Community Development | $94,992 | 3 | 1% |
| I58 Inc | $83,358 | 1 | 8% |
| Trinity Transitional Housing | $81,540 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvary Life Inspirations Comm Dev Corp | $72,000 | 1 | 39% |
| Homes of Hope Inc | $70,750 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Resource Center | $60,812 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Andrews Community and Economic Development Association | $59,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sc Uplift Community Outreach | $51,500 | 2 | 9% |
| Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce | $50,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Nancys Community Center Inc | $45,494 | 1 | 11% |
| East Cooper Community Outreach | $33,556 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Uplifting Alliance Project | $32,768 | 2 | 7% |
| Carolina Human Reinvestment | $32,300 | 2 | 11% |
| Soteria Community Development Corporation | $31,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Southern Carolina Regional - CDC | $28,306 | 1 | 6% |
| Empower Development Center | $27,928 | 1 | n/a |
| Lincolnville Preservation & Historical Society Inc | $23,600 | 1 | 45% |
| Limitless Community Development Corp | $23,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Rize Inc | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County Sc Inc | $22,500 | 2 | n/a |
| A Father's Place | $21,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Rebuild Upstate | $20,444 | 2 | 2% |
| Economic Opportunity Center | $20,025 | 1 | 6% |
| Midlands Community Development Corp | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Love Abound CDC | $19,742 | 1 | n/a |
| Charleston County Human Services Commission Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grace Impact Development Center Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 9% |
| Smart Box | $17,500 | 2 | 5% |
| First Impression of South Carolina Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 5% |
| South Carolina Empowerment Centre | $16,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Hub City Roots | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Genesis Homes Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| County Of Greenville | $14,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Sumter County Community Development Corporation | $13,750 | 2 | 5% |
| Victory Gardens International | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Care Connections | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Step by Step Ministry Hope Project Incorporated | $11,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Windy Hill Plantation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kidogo Farms | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spartanburg Urban Mission | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sustaining Way | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Session Farm LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dreams Enterprise and Co LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eden Community Garden Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mount Zion Baptist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Community Self-Help | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chester County Literacy Council | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Homeless No More Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Dragonfly Creek LLP | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saxmore Farms LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Heart Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mill Village Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Melo Business Ventures LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity of York County Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fresh Future Farm Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Natramedics LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carver Elementary School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Midlands CDC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Midlands Development Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Willrock Farm LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ross Family Farm LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lowcountry Legal Volunteers | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Gullah Geechee Group Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Eden Community Development Corporation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Micah Programs | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Neighbors Together Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Williamsburg Enterprise Community Commission | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Charity Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Catalyst Community Development Corporation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Prime Community Development Corporation | $7,500 | 1 | 9% |
| Blacquity SC | $7,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Community First Land Trust | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Charleston Chamber Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Charleston Redevelopment Corporation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Clemson University | $7,163 | 1 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity of Horry County Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 50 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: Central Carolina Community Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · United Way of Greenville County Inc · The Jolley Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · Truist Foundation Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · United Community Bank Foundation · Hollingsworth Funds Inc · Wells Fargo Foundation · Daniel-Mickel Foundation · Scansource Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
Compare South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development with peer funders
About South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development
- How much does South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development give?
- South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development reported 19 itemized grants totaling $435,850, out of $659,041 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (49%), Housing & Shelter (25%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: CLIMB Fund ($453k), Increasing HOPE ($343k), South Carolina Community Capital Alliance ($336k).
- Does South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Carolina Community Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, United Way of Greenville County Inc.
- Where is South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development based?
- South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development is based in SC.
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