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Spartanburg County Foundation

The Spartanburg County Foundation is committed to improving the lives of Spartanburg County residents by promoting philanthropy, encouraging community engagement, and responding to community needs.

$35M
Granted FY2024still arriving
283
Grants FY2024still arriving
20
States reached
$3.2M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$36MPhilanthropy$26MHealth$11MReligion$10MHousing & Shelter$7.1MCommunity Improvement$6.6MHuman Services$5.9MArts & Culture$4.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 283 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 283 grants below total $25,637,635 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $34,908,855 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $9,271,220 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k88 grants · $558k
  • $10k–50k124 grants · $2.5M
  • $50k–250k52 grants · $6.1M
  • $250k+19 grants · $16M
$15,500
Median grant
20
States reached
$248M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Spartanburg Academic Movement$3,231,544
OneSpartanburg Inc Foundation$1,821,160
Maycomb Outcomes LLC$1,703,300
The Bethlehem Center$1,593,021
Northside Development Group$1,463,186
Spartanburg County Foundation$1,160,291
Spartanburg Community College Foundation$736,039
Spartanburg Community College$593,410
Spartanburg Methodist College$585,094
Spartanburg County First Steps$518,160
First Baptist Church of Spartanburg$498,311
Spartanburg Day School$484,057
Mary Black Foundation$339,300
USC Upstate Foundation$335,928
First Presbyterian Church Spartanburg$302,099
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $3.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Helping Hands Ministries of Woodruff Area Inc: $92k → 15%Benjamin E Mays Family Resource Center: $31k → 17%PROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION: $37k → 15%Benjamin E Mays Family Resource Center: $24k → 17%Benjamin E Mays Family Resource Center: $20k → 17%Project HOPE Foundation: $21k → 15%PROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION: $17k → 15%Helping Hands Ministries of Woodruff Area Inc: $16k → 15%PROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION: $15k → 15%MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES: $26k → 17%Christmas in Action Spartanburg: $18k → 15%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $13k → 10%SOUTHEASTERN CHILDREN'S HOME: $31k → 15%Homeless Period Project DBA The Period Project The: $15k → 10%UPSTATE PRIDE SC: $14k → 10%BENJAMIN HOUSE MINISTRIES: $230k → 15%BENJAMIN HOUSE MINISTRIES: $40k → 15%HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FOUNDATION: $11k → 15%Miracle Hill Ministries: $58k → 10%MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES: $42k → 10%MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES: $29k → 10%Upstate Family Resource Center: $173k → 15%UPSTATE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $67k → 15%Upstate Pride SC: $16k → 10%UPSTATE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $50k → 15%SWITCH: $20k → 10%SWITCH: $15k → 10%URBAN LEAGUE OF THE UPSTATE: $13k → 10%The Homeless Period Project DBA The Period Project: $13k → 10%PS I LOVE YOU MINISTRIES: $17k → 15%Project REST: $108k → 15%SAFE HOMES - RAPE CRISIS COALITION: $68k → 15%The Carolina Miracle League Development Fund: $50k → 15%GOFORTH RECOVERY: $29k → 15%The Bethlehem Center: $1.6M → 15%PROJECT REST: $23k → 15%GOFORTH RECOVERY: $22k → 15%GoForth Recovery: $38k → 15%Project REST: $15k → 15%GoForth Recovery: $15k → 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF THE UPSTATE: $11k → 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF THE UPSTATE: $15k → 15%RUTH'S GLEANINGS: $50k → 15%Ruth's Gleanings: $42k → 15%Mission Dental South Carolina: $29k → 15%SPARTANBURG URBAN MISSION: $28k → 15%RUTH'S GLEANINGS: $16k → 15%Help for Our Elderly Inc: $16k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
DE
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$94M · 286 repeat orgs$6.7M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +33% since the first grant, against +17% for the ones you funded once.

286 repeat relationships — 198 still active in FY2024, 88 since wound down; 59 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

286
127

Total granted

$94M
$4.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+17%

Still filing today

70%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • ND
    NORTHSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $11M · revenue +98% · 75% of their budget
  • SA
    SPARTANBURG ACADEMIC MOVEMENT
    7× · 2017–2024 · $7.2M · revenue ×65 · 52% of their budget
  • OI
    ONESPARTANBURG INC FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $4.4M · revenue +125% · 29% of their budget

Funded once

  • BE
    BSA Endowment Master Trustgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $726k · revenue +31% · 42% of their budget
  • AH
    Apella Health Management Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $484k · revenue +17%
  • IB
    IGLESIA BAUTISTA RENACER
    one grant, 2017 · $360k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Southern Wesleyan University

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.

Education
2
Greenville College

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.

Education
3
Spalding University Inc

Spalding university is a diverse community of learners dedicated to meeting the needs of the times in the tradition of the sisters of charity of nazareth through quality undergraduate and graduate liberal and professional studies, grounded…

Education
4
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…

Education
5
South Carolina Humanities Council Inc

The mission of south carolina humanities council, inc. is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of south carolinians. the organization seeks to increase public understanding of and support for the humanities by telling the human…

Arts & Culture
6
Sc Launch Inc

Fuel south carolina's innovation economy by accelerating technology-enabled growth in research, academia, entrepreneurship and industry.

Community Improvement
7
South Carolina Childrens Fund

To make strategic, catalytic investments and provide expertise and technical assistance to educational organizations across south carolina.

Education
8
South Carolina Business & Industry Political Education Committee

Promoting and protecting the free private and competitive enterprise system through research and education.

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9
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission On Colleges Inc

The southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern states. the commission's mission is the enhancement of…

Education
10
South Carolina Research Authority

Fuel south carolina's innovation economy by accelerating technology enabled growth in research, academia, entrepreneurship and industry.

Science & Tech
11
University of South Carolina Business Partnership Foundation

To build an endowment fund and supervise its creative management. to assist in determining appropriate projects and to be financed with funds raised. to encourage and assist in supporting research in business and economic problems. to…

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12
South Carolina Council On Competitiveness

The south carolina council on competitiveness is a nonpartisan, business-led non-profit organization committed to advancing the long term competitiveness of south carolina through actionable research, support of industry clusters and…

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Citizen Scholars Institute Inc and the most unlike its peers is Mount Vernon Preservation Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsCommunity FoundationsIndependent K-12 SchoolsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Youth Sports ProgramsPregnancy Support ServicesLgbtq+ Community SupportElementary Literacy TutoringEquine Therapy ProgramsEnvironmental Conservation …Health Access Advocacy and …Cancer Support ServicesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…United Way AffiliatesAddiction Recovery ServicesFood Banks and PantriesSchool District FoundationsJewish Community Organizati…Youth Mentoring ProgramsDomestic Violence ServicesVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Youth Development CentersAffordable Housing Developm…Local Food System Organizat…Senior Support ServicesYmca Youth DevelopmentDance Arts OrganizationsDevelopmental Disabilities …Christian Youth CampsCommunity College Foundatio…Local History MuseumsCommunity Food PantriesAnimal Rescue and ShelterAffordable Housing Construc…Community Arts Centers
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%5%<5yr12%7%5–10yr15%17%10–20yr24%21%20–35yr9%18%35–55yr19%33%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%5%<5yr12%2%5–10yr15%23%10–20yr24%11%20–35yr9%17%35–55yr19%42%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 5% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%10/483
the rest of the field
12%
3,442/28,306

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

348 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 348 of the 483 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

38
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
75
Early backer (in before they grew)
336/348
Grantees still filing
236/348
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Spartanburg County Foundation — $21,178,302 · PhilanthropySpartanburg County FoundationONESPARTANBURG INC FOUNDATION — $4,428,170 · PhilanthropyONESPARTANBURG INC FOUNDATIONJ M SMITH FOUNDATION — $1,789,382 · PhilanthropyJ M SMITH FOUNDATIONWalton Family Foundation Inc — $1,703,300 · PhilanthropyWalton Family Foundation Inc+6 more — $1,559,439 · PhilanthropySPARTANBURG DAY SCHOOL — $2,993,674 · OtherSPARTANBURG DAY SCHOOLFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG INC — $2,769,481 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG INCUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE FOUNDATION — $2,514,692 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE FOU…FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $1,661,500 · OtherCHAPMAN CULTURAL CENTER INC — $1,676,425 · Other+117 more — $31,482,583 · Other+117 moreSPARTANBURG ACADEMIC MOVEMENT — $7,177,091 · EducationSPARTANBURG ACADEMIC…SPARTANBURG COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $5,298,674 · EducationSPARTANBURG COMMUNIT…CONVERSE UNIVERSITY — $2,006,317 · EducationCONVERSE UNIVERSITYSPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE — $1,760,177 · EducationSPARTANBURG METHODIS…SPARTANBURG COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP — $1,468,098 · EducationSPARTANBURG COUNTY F…+29 more — $3,830,483 · Education+29 moreNORTHSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $11,127,468 · Community ImprovementNORTHSIDE D…+3 more — $475,617 · Community ImprovementMAYO CLINIC — $1,600,000 · HealthSpartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation — $1,249,913 · HealthST LUKES FREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF SPARTANBURG INC — $865,268 · HealthTHE HAWKINS FOUNDATION — $326,000 · HealthHEALTHY SMILES OF SPARTANBURG INC — $277,483 · HealthUNITED MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE FOUNDATION INC — $230,000 · Health+6 more — $500,313 · HealthBETHLEHEM CENTER — $2,209,335 · Human ServicesUPSTATE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER — $326,220 · Human ServicesBENJAMIN HOUSE MINISTRIES — $270,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT REST — $220,578 · Human ServicesMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC — $198,100 · Human ServicesREBUILDING TOGETHER SPARTANBURG INC — $177,571 · Human ServicesRUTH'S GLEANINGS — $158,050 · Human Services+10 more — $800,774 · Human ServicesPARTNERS FOR ACTIVE LIVING — $3,217,990 · Public Safety & Disaster
Philanthropy$30,658,593Other$43,098,355Education$21,540,840Community Improvement$11,603,085Health$5,048,977Human Services$4,360,628Public Safety & Disaster$3,217,990

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSpartanburg County Foundation — $21,178,302 over 7y, 23% of budgetNORTHSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $11,127,468 over 8y, 75% of budgetSPARTANBURG ACADEMIC MOVEMENT — $7,177,091 over 7y, 52% of budgetSPARTANBURG COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $5,298,674 over 8y, 95% of budgetONESPARTANBURG INC FOUNDATION — $4,428,170 over 2y, 29% of budgetPARTNERS FOR ACTIVE LIVING — $3,217,990 over 8y, 66% of budgetSPARTANBURG DAY SCHOOL — $2,993,674 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE FOUNDATION — $2,514,692 over 7y, 68% of budgetBETHLEHEM CENTER — $2,209,335 over 5y, 55% of budgetCONVERSE UNIVERSITY — $2,006,317 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetJ M SMITH FOUNDATION — $1,789,382 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetSPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE — $1,760,177 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetWalton Family Foundation Inc — $1,703,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHAPMAN CULTURAL CENTER INC — $1,676,425 over 8y, 15% of budgetMAYO CLINIC — $1,600,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPARTANBURG COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP — $1,468,098 over 4y, 12% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE PIEDMONT INC — $1,287,635 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetSpartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation — $1,249,913 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetTYGER RIVER FOUNDATION — $1,155,107 over 2y, 97% of budgetSCSDB FOUNDATION — $981,217 over 8y, 30% of budgetHATCHER GARDEN AND WOODLAND PRESERVE IN — $886,495 over 8y, 50% of budgetWOFFORD COLLEGE — $872,307 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetST LUKES FREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF SPARTANBURG INC — $865,268 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetMOBILE MEALS OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY INC — $811,405 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetHOPE CENTER FOR CHILDREN — $760,510 over 8y, 7.5% of budgetBSA Endowment Master Trust — $725,504 over 1y, 42% of budgetMARY BLACK FOUNDATION INC — $678,050 over 2y, 14% of budgetUPSTATE FOREVER — $668,142 over 5y, 12% of budgetSPARTANBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOC — $641,769 over 8y, 98% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY SPARTANBURG I — $602,284 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetCITIZEN SCHOLARS INSTITUTE INC — $559,485 over 3y, 67% of budgetKIDS UPSTATE — $532,803 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetONESPARTANBURG INC — $521,895 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION of Greater Spartanburg — $497,523 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetApella Health Management Inc — $484,251 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHRIST SCHOOL INC — $482,900 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetALIGHT INC — $478,940 over 4y, 36% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE UPSTATE INC — $451,250 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetPALMETTO PROJECT INC — $439,250 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetHALTER (HEALING AND LEARNING THROUGH EQUINE RELATIONSHIPS) — $412,568 over 8y, 25% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $407,847 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSPARTANBURG ART MUSEUM — $400,918 over 8y, 22% of budgetSTRATEGIC SPARTANBURG INC — $365,409 over 2y, 60% of budgetSPARTANBURG HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $335,738 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation — $334,846 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUPSTATE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER — $326,220 over 7y, 16% of budgetTHE HAWKINS FOUNDATION — $326,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetCANCER ASSOCIATION OF SPARTANBURG & CHEROKEE COUNTIES INC — $324,046 over 8y, 18% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Spartanburg County Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SPARTANBURG ACADEMIC MOVEMENT ↗
  • Who funds SPARTANBURG COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ONESPARTANBURG INC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS FOR ACTIVE LIVING ↗
  • Who funds SPARTANBURG DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BETHLEHEM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CONVERSE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds J M SMITH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Walton Family Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHAPMAN CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds SPARTANBURG COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE PIEDMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TYGER RIVER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SCSDB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HATCHER GARDEN AND WOODLAND PRESERVE IN ↗
  • Who funds WOFFORD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ST LUKES FREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF SPARTANBURG INC ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE MEALS OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE CENTER FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds BSA Endowment Master Trust ↗
  • Who funds MARY BLACK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UPSTATE FOREVER ↗
  • Who funds SPARTANBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SPARTANBURG I ↗
  • Who funds CITIZEN SCHOLARS INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS UPSTATE ↗
  • Who funds ONESPARTANBURG INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION of Greater Spartanburg ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Mary Black Foundation…J M Smith FoundationArkwright FoundationSouth Carolina Christ…Milliken & Company Ch…United Way of the Pie…Spartanburg Regional …Balmer FoundationBlack & Phillips Foun…Anna M Black Charitab…Gibbs Charitable Foun…Wr & Eh Floyd Foundat…
Mary Black Foundation IncSC131.2× affinity64 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mary Black Foundation Inc · J M Smith Foundation · Arkwright Foundation · South Carolina Christian Foundation · Milliken & Company Charitable Foundation · United Way of the Piedmont Inc · Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation · Balmer Foundation · Black & Phillips Foundation Inc · Anna M Black Charitable Foundation · Gibbs Charitable Foundation · Wr & Eh Floyd Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Spartanburg County Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Reach Out and Read Inc — 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
44report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Spartanburg County Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Spartanburg County Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 483 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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