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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 FY2024(still arriving)
283
Itemized grants FY2024
220
Organizations funded FY2023
27%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$26M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$15,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$3,231,544
Organizations funded a year
116 to 220
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
20
Total assets, FY2024
$248M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Spartanburg County Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.8M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHealthPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2024still arriving257$23M23%
FY2023220$22M27%
FY2022177$10M18%
FY2021173$9.8M25%
FY2020160$8.8M26%
FY2019164$9.8M40%
FY2018121$10M45%
FY2017116$7.1Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Northside Development Corporation$11,127,468875%
Spartanburg Academic Movement$7,177,091752%
Spartanburg Community College Foundation Inc$5,298,674895%
Onespartanburg Inc Foundation$4,428,170229%
Partners for Active Living$3,217,990866%
Spartanburg Day School$2,993,67486%
First Baptist Church of Spartanburg Inc$2,769,4818n/a
University of South Carolina Upstate Foundation$2,514,692768%
Bethlehem Center$2,209,335555%
Converse University$2,006,31782%
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All grantees of Spartanburg County Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Northside Development Corporation$11,127,468875%
Spartanburg Academic Movement$7,177,091752%
Spartanburg Community College Foundation Inc$5,298,674895%
Onespartanburg Inc Foundation$4,428,170229%
Partners for Active Living$3,217,990866%
Spartanburg Day School$2,993,67486%
First Baptist Church of Spartanburg Inc$2,769,4818n/a
University of South Carolina Upstate Foundation$2,514,692768%
Bethlehem Center$2,209,335555%
Converse University$2,006,31782%
J M Smith Foundation$1,789,38263%
Spartanburg Methodist College$1,760,17783%
Walton Family Foundation Inc$1,703,30010%
Chapman Cultural Center Inc$1,676,425815%
First Presbyterian Church$1,661,5007n/a
Spartanburg County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership$1,468,098412%
United Way of the Piedmont Inc$1,287,63585%
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation$1,249,91383%
Tyger River Foundation$1,155,107297%
Advent Foundation$1,129,8098n/a
Scsdb Foundation$981,217830%
Spartanburg County School District 6$942,9548n/a
Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve In$886,495850%
Wofford College$872,30780%
St Lukes Free Medical Clinic of Spartanburg Inc$865,26881%
City of Spartanburg$815,6547n/a
Mobile Meals of Spartanburg County Inc$811,40587%
Hope Point Church$788,2528n/a
Hope Center for Children$760,51088%
BSA Endowment Master Trust$725,504142%
Mary Black Foundation Inc$678,050214%
Upstate Forever$668,142512%
Spartanburg County Historical Assoc$641,769898%
Habitat for Humanity Spartanburg I$602,28486%
Citizen Scholars Institute Inc$559,485367%
Kids Upstate$532,80384%
Onespartanburg Inc$521,89546%
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION of Greater Spartanburg$497,52382%
Apella Health Management Inc$484,25110%
Christ School Inc$482,90043%
Alight Inc$478,940436%
USC School of Medicine Greenville$472,1656n/a
Children's Museum of the Upstate Inc$451,25054%
Palmetto Project Inc$439,25039%
Halter (Healing and Learning Through Equine Relationships)$412,568825%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$407,84780%
Spartanburg School Dist 7$406,0405n/a
Spartanburg Art Museum$400,918822%
Nazareth Presbyterian Church$399,4747n/a
Strategic Spartanburg Inc$365,409260%
Iglesia Bautista Renacer$360,0001n/a
Spartanburg Humane Society Inc$335,73886%
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation$334,84650%
Grace United Methodist Church$331,1685n/a
Upstate Family Resource Center$326,220716%
The Hawkins Foundation$326,000125%
Cancer Association of Spartanburg & Cherokee Counties Inc$324,046818%
Spartanburg Philharmonic$319,520710%
The Charles Lea Center Foundation Inc$301,558820%
Institute for Child Success Inc$301,000211%
Children's Advocacy Center of Spartanburg Cherokee - Union Inc$295,743711%
Spartanburg Area Conservancy Inc$294,603821%
Clemson University Foundation$279,69350%
Central United Methodist Church$278,8758n/a
Healthy Smiles of Spartanburg Inc$277,483810%
Total Ministries of Spartanburg County Inc$276,991819%
Benjamin House Ministries$270,000212%
Grace Presbyterian Church$265,7532n/a
Adult Learning Center$250,124818%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$245,1503n/a
Tyger River Chapel Foundation$232,707370%
United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation Inc$230,00081%
First Presbyterian Church of Columbia$228,5201n/a
Temple B'Nai Israel$222,9898n/a
Project Rest$220,57854%
The Westminster Presbyterian Church$220,2378n/a
Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas Inc$215,71082%
Birthmatters$213,451616%
New Beginnings Umc$200,0002n/a
Miracle Hill Ministries Inc$198,10050%
Lake Summit Foundation Inc$191,350497%
Clemson University$187,4963n/a
Angel's Charge Ministry$181,096721%
University of North Carolina at Chapel H Arts & Sciences Foundation$180,00020%
South Carolina Charities Inc$179,00034%
Presbyterian Church USA Foundation$178,7141n/a
Rebuilding Together Spartanburg Inc$177,571627%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$175,00050%
United States Catholic Conference$175,0005n/a
Speaking Down Barriers$173,992733%
University of South Carolina Development Foundation$173,57321%
Ballet Spartanburg Inc$164,58087%
Trinity United Methodist Church$162,3236n/a
PK Outreach Inc$161,009628%
The Spartanburg Soup Kitchen Inc$159,30677%
Ruth's Gleanings$158,05049%
Rotary International District 7750$156,402325%
Praxis Leadership Inc$154,487448%
Spartanburg County Public Libraries$154,0994n/a
Spartanburg County Baptist Association$153,1502n/a
Spoleto Festival USA Inc$150,00021%
Woodberry Forest School$150,00010%
Presbyterian College$143,34780%
Boy Scouts of America$138,13270%
Brothers Restoring Urban Hope Inc$135,9164n/a
Reach Out and Read Inc$133,50020%
Duke University$132,39640%
MUSC Foundation for Research Development$131,64951%
The Kenan-Flagler Business School Foundation$131,60020%
Hub City Roots$128,50168%
Emory University$128,26350%
Piedmont Care Inc$128,00081%
Goforth Recovery$124,950610%
Shepherds Center of Spartanburg$124,580775%
St Paul the Apostle Catholic Church$121,9207n/a
Furman University$117,86360%
New Life Baptist Fellowship$117,6004n/a
Middle Tyger Community Center$115,10872%
Animal Allies Inc$111,62555%
Helping Hands Ministries of the Woodruff Area Inc$107,127211%
Spartanburg County School District Two$106,1302n/a
Hub City Writers Project$106,12766%
Spartanburg Area Housing Corporation$105,50029%
Group of 100 Inc$105,250815%
Uplift and Outreach Center$103,600452%
South Carolina United Methodist Foundation Inc$103,53219%
Upstate Pride Sc$102,500729%
Falatok Foundation$102,138146%
Anderson University$100,75260%
Southside Christian School of the Upstate$100,00030%
Youth Entrepreneurs Inc$100,00012%
Girl Scouts of South Carolina - Mountains to Midlands Inc$99,80070%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upstate Inc$99,42164%
Upstate Warrior Solution Inc$98,44271%
The Salvation Army$96,9767n/a
Hub City Animal Project Inc$94,500453%
Conservators Center Inc$91,00044%
Davidson College$91,00040%
Alotian Charitable Events$90,00041%
Project Hope Foundation Inc$89,29540%
Spartanburg Little Theatre$88,26053%
Scago Educational Facilities Corporation Spartanburg School District No 5$88,160111%
Dental Foundation of North Carolina Inc$82,00040%
Edward via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine$79,05030%
Winthrop University Foundation$78,74151%
Temple Education Ministries Inc$76,318358%
Spartanburg Youth Soccer Club Inc$76,273115%
Blood Cancer United Inc$75,00060%
Greer Relief and Resources Agency Inc$74,96042%
Spartanburg School District 1$74,8602n/a
Limestone University$70,94350%
Young Life$70,69960%
Glenn Springs Preservation Society$69,8832n/a
Upstate Workforce Futures Corporation$67,215458%
The Citadel Foundation$64,75050%
Charleston Southern University$64,59860%
Spartanburg Science Center$64,350610%
Samaritan's Purse$63,80030%
Mental Fitness Inc$63,250433%
Landrum Presbyterian Church$62,8833n/a
Hope Remains Youth Ranch Inc$62,20544%
Palmetto Council Inc Scouting America$61,32524%
Evans Training Center$59,20041%
Servants for Sight$58,16444%
Union County Health Care Foundation Inc$57,794188%
Saluda Community Land Trust Inc$56,000315%
Jumpstart South Carolina$55,50031%
Noble Tree Foundation Org$55,300419%
Carolina Pregnancy Center$55,00025%
B E Mays Alumni Association Vivians S Teamer$54,5002n/a
Pride Link$53,000422%
Fort Hill Presbyterian Church$52,5003n/a
Medical University of South Carolina Foundation$52,50030%
Unitarian Universalist Church of Spartanburg Sc Inc$52,30653%
Meeting Street Schools$52,15020%
Claflin University$51,10040%
The Homeless Period Project Inc$51,00044%
Mdc Inc$50,00021%
Calvary Redemption Center$50,0001n/a
Gender Benders$50,000411%
Friends of the Spartanburg County Public Library$50,000135%
Carolina Miracle League Inc$50,000119%
Jackson Grove United Methodist Church$49,3717n/a
City of Landrum$49,3206n/a
Cleveland Opportunity Foundation$48,269420%
Keep the Change Incorporated$48,00084%
Opportunity Hub$47,82328%
College of Charleston Foundation$46,95140%
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Foundation Inc$46,22140%
Sertoma Inc$45,3504n/a
Buford Street United Methodist Church$44,6017n/a
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$42,99320%
Bloom Upstate Inc$42,018317%
Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic School$40,4773n/a
New Hope Baptist Church$40,4273n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$40,02550%
Harry Dallara Memorial Foundation Inc co Charles Dallara$40,000150%
Mount Vernon Preservation Society$40,00023%
Trees Coalition$39,9503n/a
Faces and Voices of Recovery(Favor) Upstate Sc$39,85031%
Union Presbyterian Church$39,8312n/a
North Greenville University$39,78850%
Spartanburg School District Three$39,4503n/a
Urban League of the Upstate$39,02531%
Presbyterian Church in America a Corporation$38,5915n/a
Association for Computing Machinery Inc$38,24940%
Upstate Youth Development Foundation dba First Tee - Upstate South Carolina$38,05335%
Aidvantageus Dept Education$37,9323n/a
Mary and Martha Services Inc$37,432211%
Brown Girls Read$37,0091n/a
Oakbrook Preparatory School$36,00030%
Trees Greenville$35,52532%
Switch$35,4492n/a
The Haven Inc$35,4001n/a
Goodwill Industries of Houston$35,00010%
New Day Inc of Spartanburg$34,33333%
University of the South$33,00010%
ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc$32,94940%
Communityworks Inc$32,50020%
Impact Sports International$32,00062%
Spartanburg School District 4$31,9502n/a
Westgate Training & Consultation Network$31,77442%
Washington and Lee University$31,50030%
Spartanburg Terrace Tenants Association$31,1282n/a
National Minority Supplier Development Council Inc$31,00010%
Omegas of Spartanburg Inc$31,000320%
Southeastern Children's Home Inc$31,00012%
Reliant Mission Inc$30,9002n/a
Spartanburg Community Band Inc$30,5763n/a
Youth Sports Bureau USA$30,5003n/a
St Christopher's School Foundation$30,00020%
The Christian Performing Artists' Fellowship Inc$30,00018%
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation$30,00010%
St Paul United Methodist Church$28,9533n/a
Mission Dental South Carolina Inc$28,65913%
South Carolina State University Foundation Inc$28,30030%
Sidewalk Hope Inc$27,95043%
Saint Lukes Episcopal Church$27,6503n/a
Woodruff Area Soup Kitchen$27,4441n/a
Speak for Animals$27,000310%
Grace Community Church of Sc$27,0003n/a
Hub City Hog Fest Inc$25,8684n/a
Epworth Children's Home$25,60040%
Erskine College and Theological Seminary$25,50030%
Hope for a Better South Carolina Foundation$25,4921n/a
The Charles Lea Center Inc$25,46810%
Southside Baptist Church$25,2003n/a
Grace Community Bible Church Inc$25,0003n/a
Georgia State Omega Psi Phi Foundation Inc$25,000127%
Charleston County School District$25,0003n/a
Lowcountry Land Trust Inc$25,00010%
American Friends of Lubavitch$25,00011%
National Pku Alliance Inc$25,00012%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$25,00010%
Girls on the Run Upstate SC$25,00032%
Darlington School Inc$25,00010%
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$25,00010%
The Lander Foundation$24,75020%
Virginia Episcopal School$24,6253n/a
Emory & Henry University$24,25020%
New Morning$23,00020%
Lenoir-Rhyne University$22,80030%
St Matthews Episcopal Church$22,5602n/a
Goodwill Industries of Upstatemidlands South Carolina Inc$22,21610%
St Luke's Foundation Inc$22,00022%
Rice Bowls Inc$21,75331%
Beauty Marks for Girls$21,500217%
Junior Achievement of Upstate South Carolina Inc$21,42625%
Saint Christophers Episcopal Church$21,3892n/a
Nami Spartanburg Inc$21,300214%
S C Federation of Business & Professional Womens Clubs Inc$21,1052n/a
Western Carolina University$21,0503n/a
Junior League of Spartanburg Inc$21,000118%
Carpenters Table Community Outreach Center$20,814116%
Buzzards Bay Coalition$20,20010%
Warriors Once Again$20,10028%
American Heart Association Inc$20,05030%
Merrie-Woode Foundation Inc$20,00021%
Dreams Fore Kids Inc$20,00013%
Homes of Hope Inc$20,00020%
Benjamin E Mays Family Resource Ctr$20,000111%
Spartanburg Leased Housing Corporation$19,4781n/a
University of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporated$19,00020%
Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina$19,0003n/a
Hospice and Palliative Care Foundation$18,50023%
The University of Georgia Foundation$18,50020%
Pflag Spartanburg$18,5001n/a
Upstate Lgbt Chamber Fund$18,500217%
North Carolina State University Foundation Inc$17,75020%
Spartanburg Preparatory School$17,56010%
Proud Mary Theatre Company$17,5003n/a
Sight Savers of America Inc$17,50010%
Berkeley County School District$17,0003n/a
A Light Unto My Path$17,000111%
Ps I Love You Ministries$16,86818%
Battlebetty Foundation$16,7002n/a
Main Street United Methodist Church$16,6003n/a
Newberry College$16,55020%
S C Federation of Business & Professional Womens Clubs Inc$16,5372n/a
Mediatrix Sc Inc$16,52526%
864pride$16,00025%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Sc Inc$16,00020%
Anderson Mill Road Baptist Church$15,8982n/a
Help for Our Elderly Inc$15,500157%
Grace North Atlanta Church$15,4591n/a
South Carolina Baptist Convention$15,3921n/a
Appalachian State University Foundation Inc$15,25020%
Greer Community Outreach Center Inc$15,20028%
Kiwanis of Spartanburgintl K-164$15,000115%
Prisma Health-Upstate$15,00010%
Spartanburg Breakfast Optimist Club$15,0001n/a
In Heaven Hands Ministries$15,0001n/a
Columbia College$15,00020%
Pfeiffer University$15,00020%
March of Dimes Inc$15,00010%
Nueva Generacion$15,0002n/a
Rock Island-Milan Education Foundation$14,98519%
Precious Blood of Christ$14,5441n/a
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc$14,50010%
Coastal Carolina University$14,5002n/a
Stanly Community College$14,0002n/a
Gardner-Webb University$14,00020%
Southside Sankofa Inc$14,000187%
University of St Andrews American Foundation Inc$14,00020%
Lake Junaluska Assembly Inc$13,29520%
Board of the University of Alabama$13,0002n/a
Project Pawws$13,0002n/a
Thornwell$12,79620%
Spartanburg Divine 9$12,5871n/a
Metro Atlanta Recovery Residences Inc$12,50020%
Pine Street School Foundation Inc$12,3502n/a
Kappa Alpha Order Educational Foundation$12,20020%
Iasis Christ Fellowship$12,0002n/a
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$12,0002n/a
The Greatest Champion Foundation$12,00013%
Leadership Spartanburg Alumni$12,000246%
Coker University$11,75020%
Williamsburg Community School District Foundation$11,5002n/a
Nc A&T State University$11,4002n/a
Greenville Tech Foundation Inc$11,27720%
Pca Reformed University Ministries$11,2002n/a
Cane Creek Church$11,0341n/a
Francis Marion University$11,0132n/a
Elohims Foundation$11,0001n/a
Trinity Episcopal Church$10,9002n/a
Cherokee County School District$10,5002n/a
Spartanburg County$10,5001n/a
Young Life Foundation$10,5001n/a
Globalbike Inc$10,50019%
Hospice Savannah Foundation Inc$10,10010%
The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd$10,0001n/a
Civitan International$10,00011%
Atlanta Technical College Foundation Incorporated$10,00010%
C4 Ministries Inc$10,00012%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$10,00010%
Wills Eye Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Campbell University$10,00020%
Church of the Good Shepherd$10,0002n/a
Rotary International Dba Union Rotary Club$10,000126%
Mill City Church$10,0002n/a
Roper Mountain Science Center Association$10,00012%
RobinHood Group$10,00014%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University$10,0001n/a
Lenoir Community College Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Town of Gosnold$10,0001n/a
Southside Baptist Church$10,0001n/a
Black Economic Mobility Coalition$10,0001n/a
Ken Garff for Good$10,00020%
Friends of Mariposa International Inc$10,0001n/a
Projecthandup$10,00010%
Bju Inc$10,00010%
Global Development Group USA Inc$10,00011%
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art$10,00010%
Union County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership$10,00014%
Set Free Alliance (F/K/A Water of Life)$10,00020%
Union County Agricultural Fair Association$10,00014%
Baptist Medical & Dental Mission International Inc$9,82210%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$9,69610%
International African American Museum$9,66610%
Southeastern Chapter National Safety Council$9,65010%
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution$9,40010%
Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee Inc$9,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$8,34610%
Eagle Island Inc$8,10011%
B Nai Israel Congregation$8,0501n/a
Penland School Of Craft$8,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County Inc$8,00010%
Spartanburg Juneteenth Inc$7,79719%
Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries$7,69610%
Bellview Baptist Church$7,6951n/a
Time Served$7,50012%
Piedmont Sertoma Club$7,5001n/a
Colleton County Historical and Preservation Society$7,500112%
Avk Scholar$7,5001n/a
Guiding Reins$7,500112%
S C Hunters and Landowners for the Hungry$7,2501n/a
Edenton Street United Methodist Church Child Development Center Inc$7,25011%
Creative Advancement Centers Inc$7,24517%
Chabad of Greater Greenville$7,2001n/a
Sc Test Prep$7,2001n/a
Paws Prayers & Promises$7,000112%
Union County Historical Society Inc$7,0001n/a
Arch Ministries Inc$7,0001n/a
Wake Forest University Development Foundation$7,00013%
Faith Hope and Love Christian Ministries$6,6581n/a
University of South Carolina Beaufort Education Foundation$6,50011%
Oakwood Cemetery of Spartanburg$6,250110%
Junior Achievement of Greater South Carolina Inc$6,1871n/a
Cornerstone Baptist$6,0881n/a
The Jacksonville State University Foundation Inc$6,00010%
Lifeworks SC$6,0001n/a
Catawba Valley Community College Foundation Inc$6,00010%
Ball 4 Good$6,0001n/a
Roof Above Inc$6,00010%
First United Methodist Church$6,0001n/a
Greenville Rugby Club$6,0001n/a
South Carolina Academy of Science$5,7671n/a
Bike Walk Greenville$5,76214%
Peace Center Foundation$5,75010%
Bethlehem Baptist Church$5,7471n/a
Stone Soup Storytelling Institute$5,6921n/a
The Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina$5,6001n/a
Trinity Cathedral$5,5501n/a
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral$5,5501n/a
Stuart Hall$5,50010%
Union County Historical Society$5,50016%
Divinity Care Facility Inc$5,5001n/a
The South Carolina Historical Society$5,40010%
S C Federation of Business & Professional Womens Clubs Inc$5,2761n/a
Children and Choices$5,2581n/a
Second Chance Rescue Inc$5,10010%
Companion Animal Alliance$5,10010%
Mount Moriah Baptist Church Inc$5,1001n/a
Favor Creenvile$5,0251n/a
Tri-County Technical College Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$5,00010%
Providence Presbytery$5,0001n/a
Morningside Baptist Church$5,0001n/a
Anderson Interfaith Ministries$5,00010%
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Camelback Ventures$5,00010%
Fire Pit Ranch$5,00011%
Liberty Fellowship of South Carolina$5,00010%
Madison River Foundation$5,00012%
North Carolina a & T State University$5,0001n/a
Charlotte Ballet$5,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas$5,00010%
Davidsonians for Freedom of Thought and Discourse$5,00011%
South Carolina Governors School for Science & Mathematics Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation$5,00010%
Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church Fdn$5,0001n/a
The Mariners' Museum$5,00010%
Uab Educational Foundation$5,00010%
8th Street Foundation$5,00012%
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro$5,0001n/a
University of West Georgia Foundation Inc$5,00010%
University of Utah$5,0001n/a
Iris$5,0001n/a
Operation Hope$5,0001n/a
Trustees of Purdue University$5,0001n/a
The Ohio State University$5,0001n/a
Emory University$5,0001n/a
First Flight Alliance$5,0001n/a
Public Education Partners Greenville County$5,00011%
Kenyon College$5,00010%
Saint Leo University Inc$5,00010%
Newspring Church Inc$5,0001n/a
Homeless No More Inc$5,0001n/a
Out of the Ashes Inc$5,00011%
Faces of Total Victory Np$5,0001n/a
Kendall Vision Ministry Inc$5,0001n/a
Central Presbyterian Church$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Spartanburg County Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 38 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their 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 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 budgetSpartanburg Philharmonic: $319,520 over 7y, 9.6% of budgetThe Charles Lea Center Foundation Inc: $301,558 over 8y, 20% 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 200.

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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.

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

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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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.

About Spartanburg County Foundation

How much does Spartanburg County Foundation give?
Spartanburg County Foundation reported 283 itemized grants totaling $25,637,635, out of $34,908,855 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 116 and 220 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Spartanburg County Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (29%), Philanthropy (21%), Health (9%).
Who are Spartanburg County Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Northside Development Corporation ($11M), Spartanburg Academic Movement ($7.2M), Spartanburg Community College Foundation Inc ($5.3M).
Does Spartanburg County Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Spartanburg County Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mary Black Foundation Inc, J M Smith Foundation, Arkwright Foundation.
Where is Spartanburg County Foundation based?
Spartanburg County Foundation 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 483 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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