South Carolina · Private foundation
The Brotherton Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $227k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations The Brotherton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 | 14 | $227k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $160k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $214k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $214k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $197k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $167k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $155k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tusculum University | $244,800 | 5 | 0% |
| Pickens County YMCA | $150,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Niswonger Foundation Inc | $85,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United Way of Pickens County | $71,250 | 6 | 3% |
| Mary's House Ministry Alliance for Regaining Your Safety | $60,000 | 3 | 24% |
| Miracle Hill Ministries Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cancer Survivors Park Alliance | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Chandler School | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Greenleaf | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Christ Church Episcopal School | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tusculum University | $244,800 | 5 | 0% |
| Pickens County YMCA | $150,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Niswonger Foundation Inc | $85,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United Way of Pickens County | $71,250 | 6 | 3% |
| Mary's House Ministry Alliance for Regaining Your Safety | $60,000 | 3 | 24% |
| Miracle Hill Ministries Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cancer Survivors Park Alliance | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Chandler School | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Greenleaf | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Christ Church Episcopal School | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| South Carolina Children's Theatre | $15,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Arts Council | $15,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Channel Missions | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fostering Great Ideas | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Pickens County Meals on Wheels Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Legacy Advancement | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wake Forest University | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Feed & Seed Co | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($496k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Brotherton Foundation 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: Dabo's All in Team Foundation · AWT Family Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Daniel-Mickel Foundation · Scansource Charitable Foundation · Fred Collins Foundation · Nalley Charitable Trust · Wallace Family Foundation · Hayne Hipp Foundation · Jean T and Heyward G Pelham Foundation · Charles Timmons Foundation · The Maddrey Foundation
How this is measured
About The Brotherton Foundation
- How much does The Brotherton Foundation give?
- The Brotherton Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $226,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Brotherton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Health (26%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are The Brotherton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Tusculum University ($245k), Pickens County YMCA ($150k), Niswonger Foundation Inc ($85k).
- Does The Brotherton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Brotherton Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Brotherton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dabo's All in Team Foundation, AWT Family Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation.
- Where is The Brotherton Foundation based?
- The Brotherton Foundation is based in SC.
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