· Private foundation
The Callie and John Rainey Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CONVERSE COLLEGE | $50,000 |
| PAL | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,500 |
| HEATHWOOD HALL EPISCOPAL SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER | $5,000 |
| TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL | $2,500 |
| STILL HOPES RETIREMENT COMMUNITY | $1,000 |
| HISTORIC COLUMBIA FOUNDATION | $250 |
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 88% 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.
To educate Charleston area residents and visitors about the natural and cultural history of the South Carolina Lowcountry through collections, exhibitions, preservation, conservation, research and related programming.
Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.
To collect, preserve and share the diverse history of all the peoples of howard county
The organization operates a historical society and three museums as well as a library for historical research.
The Mission of the College of Charleston Foundation is to promote programs of education, research, student development, and faculty development for the exclusive benefit of the College of Charleston.
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…
The Chicago History Museum strives to be a destination for learning, inspiration, and civic engagement. Through dynamic exhibitions, tours, programs, digital resources, and special events, the Museum connects people to Chicago's history…
To provide a well rounded education for kindergarten, elementary, and high school students.
Culture and heritage commission (cmh) is a family of museums in york county, sc, which includes historic brattonsville, the mccelvey center, the museum of york county and the main street children's museum in old town rock hill. its vision…
Edventure inspires children, youth, and the adults who care about them to experience the joy of learning.
At unc health foundation, we inspire philanthropic support for unc health and unc school of medicine that transforms healthcare and provides hope to the people of north carolina and communities around the world.
To promote interest in, knowledge of, and appreciation for north carolina history and culture through historical preservation, library service, and perpetuation of state literary and cultural heritage.
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 15 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 ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc ↗
- Who funds CONVERSE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF ANDERSON COUNTY MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds Heathwood Hall Episcopal School ↗
- Who funds THE TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE CHARLES LEA CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HEALTHY SMILES OF SPARTANBURG INC ↗
- Who funds Historic Columbia Foundation ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Callie and John Rainey Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Callie and John Rainey Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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