· Private foundation
The Arcadia Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2019
- Under $10k8 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $33k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $211k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SPARTANBURG DAY SCHOOL | $211,459 |
| SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION | $23,000 |
| JUDICIAL WATCH INC | $10,000 |
| ADULT LEARNING CENTER INC | $8,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $5,000 |
| THE SPARTANBURG REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| NATIONAL LEGAL & POLICY CENTER | $3,000 |
| EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE ADVENT | $3,000 |
| TAX FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| CHAPMAN CULTURAL CENTER INC | $3,000 |
| BALLET GUILD OF SPARTANBURG INC | $2,500 |
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 (FY19–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 97% 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
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.
SMC Delivers an exceptional education that fuses the empowerment of the liberal arts with crucial career skills. Our mission is to equip our students with the knowledge, skills, virtues, and mindset needed to thrive personally, create…
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…
The south carolina policy council was founded in 1986 as an independent, private, non-partisan research organization to promote the principles of limited government, free enterprise, and individual liberty and responsibility in the state…
South carolina legal services is a statewide law firm that provides civil legal services to protect the rights and represent the interests of low income south carolinians.
Sc economics is the only sc non-profit organization exclusively dedicated to improving economic education and financial literacy by preparing teachers and students to be active, successful, and prosperous members of our global economy.
South Carolina Educational Communications, Inc. ("SCEC") supports and promotes educational public media activities in South Carolina and across the United States, including the development and creation of original content for broadcast and…
To advance and support the state government affairs profession by fostering community among peers and elected officials, building knowledge, and promoting diverse perspectives in a nonpartisan environment.
Creating economic opportunities in distressed rural communities.
Enhancing the quality of life for all south carolinians, achieving global competiteveness and ultimately increasing prosperity for sc citizens.
The social science research council is an independent, international nonprofit organization. it fosters innovative research, nurtures new generations of social scientists, and deepens how inquiry is practiced within and across disciplines.
Promoting and protecting the free private and competitive enterprise system through research and education.
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 11 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.
- Who funds SPARTANBURG DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Spartanburg County Foundation ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds ADULT LEARNING CENTER ↗
- Who funds CHAPMAN CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds TAX FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER ↗
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: Alfred Moore Foundation · Rose and Walter Montgomery Foundation · Betty & James K Stone Foundation · Anna M Black Charitable Foundation · J M Smith Foundation · Spartanburg County Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Arcadia Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Arcadia Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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