· Private foundation
The Chester Foundation
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $206k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
- $250k+1 grant · $375k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNI | $375,000 |
| CLEMSON UNIV FOUNDATION | $120,000 |
| CHESTER CO PUBLIC ED FDTN | $30,750 |
| CHESTER AREA UNITED WAY | $25,000 |
| CHRIST CENTRAL CENTER OF HOPE | $20,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $20,000 |
| THE TURNING POINT OF CHESTER | $20,000 |
| GRASP | $20,000 |
| CHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| CHESTER COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| HOSPICE COMMUNITY CARE | $10,000 |
| FORT LAWN COMMUNITY CENTER | $10,000 |
| FLLWSHP OF CHRSTN ATHLTS | $7,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $380k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CUCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $935k · revenue +143%
- WUWinthrop University Foundation2× · 2017–2018 · $155k · revenue +120%
- TTTHE TURNING POINT OF CHESTER INC8× · 2017–2024 · $135k · revenue +66%
Funded once
- III58 INC HOUSING INTIATIVEone grant, 2023 · $90k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $75k
- SPSAMARITANS PURSE - UKRAINEone grant, 2022 · $25k
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.
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.
See schedule o for form 990, part iii, line 1 - organization's mission
The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…
Chatham university prepares women and men to be world ready: to build lives of purpose and value and fulfilling work. (see continuation on schedule o)in addition to appropriate professional skills and liberal arts learning, chatham…
We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…
The schs mission is to expand, preserve, and make accessible our invaluable collection, and to encourage interest and pride in the rich history of our state.
Jesus commanded, "love your neighbor as yourself." (mark 12:31) our ministry provides loving service to the poor and hungry. the organization will operate an ecumenical food pantry to serve those who need food assistance in york county and…
The Lancaster County Society for Historical Preservation LCSHPs mission is to preserve and protect buildings and sites of historic interest in Lancaster County SC; to advance historic preservation as an instrument of economic and social…
To deliver high-quality medical care and essential pharmaceuticals with unwavering compassion and respect. we focus our efforts on individuals aged 12 to 64 who find themselves without the safety net of medicaid, medicare, or any other…
Provide food & aid for people in need
To prepare principled leaders for faith-informed public service.
To operate a health care system providing medical excellence to the eastern region of south carolina and the extreme southeastern region of north carolina.
The methodist church is a global denomination that opens hearts, opens minds and opens doors through active engagement with our world. the mission of the methodist church is to make disciples of jesus christ for the transformation of the…
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 38 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.
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 Chester Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Chester Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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