· Public charity
South Carolina Research Authority
Fuel south carolina's innovation economy by accelerating technology enabled growth in research, academia, entrepreneurship and industry.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2023
- $10k–50k22 grants · $528k
- $50k–250k22 grants · $1.3M
- $250k+3 grants · $1.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Clemson University | $693,367 |
| SC Launch Inc | $500,000 |
| University of South Carolina | $484,477 |
| Clemson University Research Foundation | $110,000 |
| Francis Marion University | $96,239 |
| Incora Health Inc | $75,000 |
| Secure Process Intelligence LLC | $75,000 |
| MUSC Foundation for Research | $50,000 |
| 3Key Digital Marketing LLC | $50,000 |
| Glossifi Inc | $50,000 |
| Heron Farms Inc | $50,000 |
| Mainstage Operating LLC | $50,000 |
| North 7th Inc | $50,000 |
| Benedict College | $50,000 |
| Carolina Seeding Systems Inc | $50,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
63 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2023, 43 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CUCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION4× · 2017–2020 · $763k · revenue +143%
- MFMUSC Foundation for Research Development6× · 2018–2023 · $283k · revenue +81%
- CUCLEMSON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION5× · 2019–2023 · $231k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- BEBlue Eye Soft Corpone grant, 2020 · $110k
- MLMipy LLCone grant, 2019 · $94k
- PIPrewrite Incone grant, 2022 · $75k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To promote and support the educational, medical, scientific, and research purposes of the medical university of south carolina "musc", and university medical associates of the medical university of south carolina "uma", including their…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
The foundation is organized and operates as a support organization primarily to provide assistance to clemson university, university of south carolina, and university of south carolina aiken in their separate and joint efforts to provide…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.
The north carolina biotechnology center aids the biotechnology-related efforts of researchers, businesses, state and federal governments, and other agencies primarily through awards of grants and loans related to specific programs and…
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…
Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.
The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).
See Disclosure Above.
To support the University of South Carolina in its academic, research and charitable endeavors by promoting a culture of philanthropy, managing and stewarding donor gifts, and providing financial resources to support students and faculty…
Augusta university research institute, inc. (the "institute") was incorporated under the laws of the state of georgia as a nonprofit corporation on july 31, 1980. the institute qualified as a tax-exempt corporation under section 501(c)(3)…
How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 218 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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: Sc Launch Inc · Spartanburg County Foundation · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization South Carolina Research Authority funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from South Carolina Research Authority. Bigger dots raise more.
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