South Carolina · Public charity
Spartanburg Academic Movement
SPARTANBURG ACADEMIC MOVEMENT is an "all-in" partnership of schools and colleges, businesses, governments, foundations, faith communities and individuals across spartanburg county in pursuit of high levels of educational achievement. The collective mission is we ensure spartanburg county's children and youth reach academic and life…
- $569k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $538k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $21M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Spartanburg Academic Movement funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $169k 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 | 16 | $438k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $259k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $610k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $2.5M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $175k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $127k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $51k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northside Development Corporation | $665,000 | 4 | 18% |
| StriveTogether Inc | $352,832 | 3 | 1% |
| Bethlehem Center | $150,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Upstate Family Resource Center | $110,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative | $100,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Spartanburg Area Housing Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Institute for Child Success Inc | $92,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Union County School District | $87,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Union Community Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Onespartanburg Inc | $66,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northside Development Corporation | $665,000 | 4 | 18% |
| StriveTogether Inc | $352,832 | 3 | 1% |
| Bethlehem Center | $150,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Upstate Family Resource Center | $110,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative | $100,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Spartanburg Area Housing Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Institute for Child Success Inc | $92,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Union County School District | $87,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Union Community Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Onespartanburg Inc | $66,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Spartanburg | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way of the Piedmont Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Brothers Restoring Urban Hope Inc | $53,050 | 4 | n/a |
| Bloom Upstate Inc | $35,846 | 3 | 14% |
| Halter (Healing and Learning Through Equine Relationships) | $26,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Mental Fitness Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Spartanburg School District 1 | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Speaking Down Barriers | $21,050 | 2 | 6% |
| Bars Academy | $20,245 | 2 | n/a |
| Hub City Roots | $17,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Benjamin E Mays Family Resource Ctr | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Come Closer | $10,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Middle Tyger Community Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Spartanburg Academic Movement supplied at peak.
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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: Spartanburg County Foundation · Mary Black Foundation Inc · United Way of the Piedmont Inc · J M Smith Foundation · Gerrish H Milliken Foundation 009209-009 · Arkwright Foundation · Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Spartanburg Academic Movement
- How much does Spartanburg Academic Movement give?
- Spartanburg Academic Movement reported 17 itemized grants totaling $537,603, out of $568,815 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Spartanburg Academic Movement fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (23%), Housing & Shelter (18%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are Spartanburg Academic Movement's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Northside Development Corporation ($665k), StriveTogether Inc ($353k), Bethlehem Center ($150k).
- Does Spartanburg Academic Movement fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Spartanburg Academic Movement?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Spartanburg County Foundation, Mary Black Foundation Inc, United Way of the Piedmont Inc.
- Where is Spartanburg Academic Movement based?
- Spartanburg Academic Movement is based in SC.
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