South Carolina · Private foundation
The Gilreath Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $60k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $749k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Gilreath Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $60k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $55k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $45k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $35k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $50k | 88% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $60k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebuild Upstate | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Safe Harbor Inc | $43,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Greenville Tech Foundation Inc | $39,500 | 4 | 0% |
| A Child's Haven Inc | $37,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Sustaining Way | $35,500 | 4 | 4% |
| Mill Village Ministries | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Youthbase Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Public Education Partners Greenville County | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Hope House of Colorado | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| I Have a Dream Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebuild Upstate | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Safe Harbor Inc | $43,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Greenville Tech Foundation Inc | $39,500 | 4 | 0% |
| A Child's Haven Inc | $37,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Sustaining Way | $35,500 | 4 | 4% |
| Mill Village Ministries | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Youthbase Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Public Education Partners Greenville County | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Hope House of Colorado | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| I Have a Dream Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alliance for the Collaboration With the Hispanic Community | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Anchor House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlanta Speech School Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Family Effect | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Must Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Impact on Education Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Greenville County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lakes and Bridges Charter School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Food Share Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| The Humane Society of Boulder Valley Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($78k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gilreath 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: Scansource Charitable Foundation · The Jolley Foundation · Scsymmes Foundation · Daniel-Mickel Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · United Way of Greenville County Inc · Dabo's All in Team Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · Hollingsworth Funds Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Local Boys Do Good · Sisk Foundation Buncombe St Methodist Church
How this is measured
About The Gilreath Foundation
- How much does The Gilreath Foundation give?
- The Gilreath Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $60,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Gilreath Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Education (23%), Housing & Shelter (11%).
- Who are The Gilreath Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rebuild Upstate ($50k), Safe Harbor Inc ($43k), Greenville Tech Foundation Inc ($40k).
- Does The Gilreath Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gilreath 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 Gilreath Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Scansource Charitable Foundation, The Jolley Foundation, Scsymmes Foundation.
- Where is The Gilreath Foundation based?
- The Gilreath Foundation is based in SC.
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