· Public charity
South Carolina United Methodist Foundation Inc
Provide endowment for united methodist institutions.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $63k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $532k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WESLEY COMMONS | $103,428 |
| EPWORTH CHILDRENS HOME | $82,298 |
| WOFFORD COLLEGE | $76,241 |
| SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE | $72,994 |
| COLUMBIA COLLEGE | $67,920 |
| CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY | $65,830 |
| UM MANOR OF THE PEE DEE | $63,347 |
| PICKENS HIGH SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $12,000 |
| LATIMER MEMORIAL UMC | $10,724 |
| INDIA HOOK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $9,733 |
| PENDLETON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $9,303 |
| SAMPIT UMC | $6,000 |
| SC CONFERENCE OF THE UMC | $5,780 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $792k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those 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.
14 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WCWESLEY COMMONS7× · 2019–2025 · $330k · revenue +44%
- ECEPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME7× · 2019–2025 · $269k · revenue +42%
WOFFORD COLLEGE7× · 2019–2025 · $241k · revenue +24%
Funded once
- SCSC CONFERENCE OF THE UMCone grant, 2025 · $6k
- OGOAK GROVE UMCone grant, 2025 · $5k
- JUJORDAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCHone grant, 2025 · $5k
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.
Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.
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.
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.
Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.
Erskine College exists to glorify God as a Christian academic community where students are equipped to flourish as whole persons for lives of service through the pursuit of undergraduate liberal arts and graduate theological education.
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…
The mission of barclay college is to prepare students in a bible-centered environment for effective christian life, service, and leadership.
The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in…
True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.
Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.
Through innovative learning opportunities, individual student attention, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive educational access, simpson college cultivates a diverse community of learners to lead lives of meaning and purpose.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 17 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
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization South Carolina United Methodist Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from South Carolina United Methodist Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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