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South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities

Scicu seeks to advance higher education in south carolina through fundraising, scholarships, research, as well as facilitating collaborative activities among the member institutions. Scicu also enhances a positive public image and encourages government policies that support independent higher education.

$587k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2025
20
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$27,622
Largest grant, FY2025
$42,627
Organizations funded a year
19 to 20
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$5.7M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities 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.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving20$561k5%
FY202420$642k0%
FY202320$702k0%
FY202220$743k0%
FY202120$666k5%
FY202019$632k0%
FY201919$598k0%
FY201819$635k0%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$6.0M

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Furman University$452,81190%
Wofford College$370,41090%
Converse University$364,78190%
Anderson University$362,94690%
Presbyterian College$362,05790%
Coker University$314,96190%
Columbia College$314,54190%
North Greenville University$302,52190%
Southern Wesleyan University$299,41890%
Charleston Southern University$295,22990%
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All grantees of South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Furman University$452,81190%
Wofford College$370,41090%
Converse University$364,78190%
Anderson University$362,94690%
Presbyterian College$362,05790%
Coker University$314,96190%
Columbia College$314,54190%
North Greenville University$302,52190%
Southern Wesleyan University$299,41890%
Charleston Southern University$295,22990%
Newberry College$280,73790%
Benedict College$272,43490%
Erskine College and Theological Seminary$264,60990%
Spartanburg Methodist College$256,86190%
Claflin University$254,60890%
Limestone University$251,50780%
Allen University$216,64290%
Voorhees College$208,00090%
Morris College$185,05890%
Bju Inc$171,54150%
BlueCross BlueShield$7,5001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFurman University: $452,811 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWofford College: $370,410 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetConverse University: $364,781 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAnderson University: $362,946 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPresbyterian College: $362,057 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCoker University: $314,961 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetColumbia College: $314,541 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Greenville University: $302,521 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Wesleyan University: $299,418 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCharleston Southern University: $295,229 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNewberry College: $280,737 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBenedict College: $272,434 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetErskine College and Theological Seminary: $264,609 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSpartanburg Methodist College: $256,861 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetClaflin University: $254,608 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLimestone University: $251,507 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAllen University: $216,642 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetVoorhees College: $208,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetMorris College: $185,058 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBju Inc: $171,541 over 5y, 0.0% of budget

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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 20.

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.

Dick Horne FoundationWatson-Brown Foundati…Central Carolina Comm…Chapman Foundation IncSpartanburg County Fo…National Collegiate A…Duke Energy FoundationCampbell Young LeadersSouth Carolina Christ…Folds of Honor Founda…Educational Credit Ma…Ibm International Fou…
Dick Horne FoundationSC26.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dick Horne Foundation · Watson-Brown Foundation Inc · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Chapman Foundation Inc · Spartanburg County Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Duke Energy Foundation · Campbell Young Leaders · South Carolina Christian Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · Educational Credit Management Corporation · Ibm International Foundation

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 Independent Colleges and Universities

How much does South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities give?
South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities reported 21 grants totaling $587,046 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
Who are South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Furman University ($453k), Wofford College ($370k), Converse University ($365k).
Does South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dick Horne Foundation, Watson-Brown Foundation Inc, Central Carolina Community Foundation.
Where is South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities based?
South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities is based in SC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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