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Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Save The Children Federation Inc, United Way of the Midlands, Children's Trust of South Carolina.

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South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees

Per south carolina code section 59-152-30: "the goals for south carolina first steps to school readiness are to: (1) provide parents with access to the support they might seek and want to strengthen their families and to promote the optimal development of their preschool children; (2) increase comprehensive services so children have…

$56M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 47
Grants FY2025: 47
Organizations funded FY2024: 0%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $396,153
Largest grant, FY2025: $32,397,609
Organizations funded a year: 47 to 48; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $35M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees 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.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationOther

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	47	$56M	0%
FY2024	47	$53M	0%
FY2023	48	$43M	0%
FY2022	48	$41M	0%
FY2021	48	$29M	0%
FY2020	48	$33M	2%
FY2019	47	$29M	0%
FY2018	47	$28M	4%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$168MEducation$158MCommunity Improvement$206k

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
Greenville County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$10,124,635	9	87%
Richland County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$9,004,190	9	42%
Charleston County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$7,637,661	9	87%
Lexington County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$7,570,676	9	97%
Spartanburg County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$7,544,243	9	20%
York County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$7,282,126	9	97%
Berkeley County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$6,097,457	9	96%
Horry County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$5,936,122	9	100%
Anderson County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$4,415,462	9	99%
Beaufort County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$4,134,328	9	98%

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All grantees of South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Greenville County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$10,124,635	9	87%
Richland County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$9,004,190	9	42%
Charleston County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$7,637,661	9	87%
Lexington County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$7,570,676	9	97%
Spartanburg County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$7,544,243	9	20%
York County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$7,282,126	9	97%
Berkeley County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$6,097,457	9	96%
Horry County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$5,936,122	9	100%
Anderson County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$4,415,462	9	99%
Beaufort County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$4,134,328	9	98%
Florence County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$4,092,560	9	92%
Aiken County First Steps to School Readiness	$3,714,013	9	99%
Sumter County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$3,461,770	9	100%
Dorchester County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$3,367,003	9	99%
Orangeburg County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$3,112,863	9	97%
Pickens County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$3,090,318	9	95%
Dillon County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,972,872	9	98%
Lee County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,920,154	9	47%
Darlington County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,906,266	9	86%
Chesterfield County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,892,894	9	83%
Lancaster County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,738,734	9	18%
Williamsburg County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,647,767	9	99%
Marion County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,486,643	9	100%
Colleton County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,392,041	9	92%
Greenwood County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,324,253	9	99%
Barnwell County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,212,021	9	71%
Georgetown County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,183,784	9	99%
Fairfield County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,175,681	9	100%
Cherokee County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,149,195	9	99%
Bamberg County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,130,405	9	98%
McCormick County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,094,716	9	97%
Clarendon County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,088,185	9	99%
Union County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$2,046,286	9	99%
Calhoun County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$1,998,528	9	99%
Oconee County First Steps to School Readiness	$1,947,856	9	100%
Kershaw County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$1,943,182	9	100%
Edgefield County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$1,940,440	9	97%
Newberry County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$1,933,948	8	96%
Jasper County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$1,931,062	9	94%
Chester County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$1,924,609	9	99%
Laurens County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$1,916,243	9	100%
Marlboro County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$1,896,217	9	100%
Allendale County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$1,887,824	9	99%
Saluda County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$1,879,501	9	98%
Hampton County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$1,871,040	9	100%
Abbeville County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership	$1,806,780	9	99%
Newberry County First Steps Partnership	$205,982	1	n/a

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($169M), not named here.

South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 44 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 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 46.

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.

Save The Children Federation IncCT23.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Save The Children Federation Inc · United Way of the Midlands · Children's Trust of South Carolina · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc

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 South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees

How much does South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees give?: South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees reported 47 grants totaling $55,614,972 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 48 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (51%), Education (48%), Community Improvement (0%).
Who are South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Greenville County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership ($10M), Richland County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership ($9.0M), Charleston County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership ($7.6M).
Does South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Save The Children Federation Inc, United Way of the Midlands, Children's Trust of South Carolina.
Where is South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees based?: South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees is based in SC.