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The Charles W & Elizabeth H Coker Foundation at a glance

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The Charles W & Elizabeth H Coker Foundation

See schedule o.the foundation is a supporting organization of the hartsville chamber of commerce to benefit the hartsville, south carolina area.

$610k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$2.4MArts & Culture$410kHuman Services$254kHealth$125kYouth Development$105kPhilanthropy$90kCommunity Improvement$70kEnvironment$62kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $597,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $609,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $12,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $75k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COKER UNIVERSITY$500,000
HARTSVILLE INTERFAITH MINISTRIES$25,000
MCLEOD FOUNDATION$10,000
CYPRESS ADVENTURES$10,000
BLACK CREEK ARTS COUNCIL$10,000
UNITED WAY ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC$10,000
RUBICON THROUGH LEADERSHIP HARTSVILLE$10,000
HARTSVILLE SOUP KITCHEN$8,000
HARTSVILLE COMMUNITY$7,000
TREES FOR TOMORROW$7,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $381k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $20k → 20%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $15k → 20%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $15k → 20%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $8k → 20%HARTSVILLE INTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $30k → 21%HARTSVILLE INTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $30k → 21%CYPRESS ADVENTURES: $30k → 21%TRENT HILL CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $26k → 21%HARTSVILLE INTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $25k → 21%HARTSVILLE INTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $25k → 21%HARTSVILLE INTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $25k → 21%CYPRESS ADVENTURES: $25k → 21%HARTSVILLE INTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $25k → 21%HARTSVILLE INTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $25k → 21%HARTSVILLE INTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $25k → 21%CYPRESS ADVENTURES: $15k → 21%CYPRESS ADVENTURES: $10k → 21%HARTSVILLE SOUP KITCHEN: $8k → 21%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 18 repeat orgs$164k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
8

Total granted

$3.5M
$147k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+84%

Still filing today

67%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyAnimalsCommunity ImprovementOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CU
    COKER UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +23%
  • HI
    Hartsville Interfaith Ministries
    8× · 2017–2025 · $210k · revenue +101% · 29% of their budget
  • EI
    Edventure Inc
    3× · 2019–2021 · $160k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • TH
    Trent Hill Center for Children & Familiesgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $26k · revenue +962%
  • HC
    HARTSVILLE CHRISTMAS-IN-APRIL INC
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • FA
    FLORENCE AREA HUMANE SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +264%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

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.

1
South Carolina Public Interest Foundation
Crime & Legal
2
South Carolina Urban Entomology Charitable Alliance
Education
3
Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Educational Foundation
Philanthropy
4
Humane Society of Eastern Carolina

to find forever homes for unwanted animals

Animals
5
South Carolina Ems Foundation
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6
Sumter County Commission On Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Empowering people in sumter county sc to live free from substance abuse through a continuum of high quality services.

Health
7
The Daniel O Morris South Carolina Low Country Heritage Trust
Philanthropy
8
Mcleod Health

To operate a health care system providing medical excellence to the eastern region of south carolina and the extreme southeastern region of north carolina.

Health
9
Darlington County Habitat for Humanity Inc

To provide affordable housing for low-income families in darlington county, sc

Housing & Shelter
10
The Humane Society of Beaufort County

To prevent domestic animal overpopulation through spaying and neutering programs, to place animals into proper homes, to educate the public on responsible pet ownership, and assist at the animal shelter.

Animals
11
The Carolina Trust
Philanthropy
12
Sc Chamber of Commerce

Enhancing the quality of life for all south carolinians, achieving global competiteveness and ultimately increasing prosperity for sc citizens.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way Association of South Carolina Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mcleod Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 28 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COKER UNIVERSITY: $1,785,000 · EducationCOKER UNIVERSITYSOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNORS SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS FOUNDATION INC: $135,000 · EducationSOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNORS SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS …BUTLER ACADEMY: $500,000 · OtherBUTLER ACADEMYFREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF DARLINGTON COUNTY: $115,000 · OtherFREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF DARLI…Black Creek Arts Council Inc: $110,000 · OtherBlack Creek Arts Council IncTREES FOR TOMORROW: $52,000 · OtherTREES FOR TOMORROWHARTSVILLE COMMUNITY CHORUS INC: $35,000 · Other+8 more: $121,500 · Other+8 moreHartsville Interfaith Ministries: $210,000 · Human ServicesHartsville …Cypress Adventures Inc: $80,000 · Human ServicesCypress Adv…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $57,500 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…Trent Hill Center for Children & Families: $25,747 · Human ServicesTrent Hill …HOUSE OF HOPE OF THE PEE DEE INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesEdventure Inc: $160,000 · Arts & CultureHartsville Museum Foundation Inc: $105,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED WAY ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $70,000 · PhilanthropyMCLEOD FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyFLORENCE AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $25,000 · AnimalsDarlington County Humane Society Inc: $25,000 · AnimalsHARTSVILLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $38,000 · Community ImprovementJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $16,000 · International
Education$1,920,000Other$933,500Human Services$391,247Arts & Culture$265,000Philanthropy$90,000Animals$50,000Community Improvement$38,000International$16,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOKER UNIVERSITY: $1,785,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetHartsville Interfaith Ministries: $210,000 over 8y, 29% of budgetEdventure Inc: $160,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNORS SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS FOUNDATION INC: $135,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetFREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF DARLINGTON COUNTY: $115,000 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetBlack Creek Arts Council Inc: $110,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetHartsville Museum Foundation Inc: $105,000 over 3y, 42% of budgetCypress Adventures Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetUNITED WAY ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $57,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHARTSVILLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $38,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetTrent Hill Center for Children & Families: $25,747 over 1y, 10% of budgetFLORENCE AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 552 PEE DEE AREA COUNCIL: $25,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetDarlington County Humane Society Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMCLEOD FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHOUSE OF HOPE OF THE PEE DEE INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $16,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPEE DEE COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ASSAULT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRUBICON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budget
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.

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.

The Byerly FoundationCentral Carolina Comm…Joan Sasser Coker and…Duke Energy FoundationEastern Carolina Comm…Dominion Energy Chari…Assurant FoundationSouth Carolina Studen…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…
The Byerly FoundationDE28.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Byerly Foundation · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Joan Sasser Coker and Charles Westfield Coker Charitable Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Eastern Carolina Community Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Assurant Foundation · South Carolina Student Loan Corp · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Charles W & Elizabeth H Coker Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Charles W & Elizabeth H Coker Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report 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
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Charles W & Elizabeth H Coker Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Charles W & Elizabeth H Coker 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 28 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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