South Carolina · Private foundation
The Four Bees 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.
- $240k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 42
- Grants FY2024
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,250
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $76,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 45
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations The Four Bees Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k 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 | 42 | $240k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $200k | 28% |
| FY2022 | 45 | $202k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $204k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $198k | 41% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $307k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The McCallie School | $60,150 | 6 | 0% |
| United Way of Greenville County Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Triune Mercy Center | $50,350 | 6 | 1% |
| Zoe Empowers | $31,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Search Ministries Inc | $18,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Denison University | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Primera Iglesia Bautista | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Christ Church | $6,375 | 6 | n/a |
| Young Life | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Embrace the Dream Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The McCallie School | $60,150 | 6 | 0% |
| United Way of Greenville County Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Triune Mercy Center | $50,350 | 6 | 1% |
| Zoe Empowers | $31,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Search Ministries Inc | $18,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Denison University | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Primera Iglesia Bautista | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Christ Church | $6,375 | 6 | n/a |
| Young Life | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Embrace the Dream Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 2% |
| South Carolina Waterfowl Association | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trinity-Pawling School Corporation | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Emmanuel's Hammer Inc | $3,125 | 6 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $1,525 | 3 | 0% |
| Highlands Bolivian Mission Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Billy Graham Evangelistic Association | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Epworth Children's Home | $1,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Nations of Coaches Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Christ Church Episcopal School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Partners in Agriculture Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Miracle Hill Ministries Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mauldin First Baptist Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| United Ministries | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Episcopal Church of the Incarnation | $200 | 3 | n/a |
| Thornwell | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Fourth Presbyterian Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Myers Park Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Neighbors in Ministry Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Navigators | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Fairview Baptist Church | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Spartanburg Day School | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Favor Inc | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| St Marys Catholic Church | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Advent Foundation | $25 | 1 | n/a |
| John Knox Presbyterian Church | $25 | 1 | n/a |
| Leadership Ministries Inc | $25 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 73 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Four Bees 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: Yeargin Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Charles Timmons Foundation · John I Smith Charities Inc · South Carolina Christian Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Hayne Hipp Foundation · Spinks Family Foundation · Bill and Connie Timmons Foundation · The Jolley Foundation
How this is measured
About The Four Bees Foundation
- How much does The Four Bees Foundation give?
- The Four Bees Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $239,775 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 45 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Four Bees Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (57%), Human Services (13%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are The Four Bees Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The McCallie School ($60k), United Way of Greenville County Inc ($60k), Triune Mercy Center ($50k).
- Does The Four Bees Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Four Bees 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 Four Bees Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Yeargin Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas, Charles Timmons Foundation.
- Where is The Four Bees Foundation based?
- The Four Bees Foundation is based in SC.
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