South Carolina · Private foundation
The Graham 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.
- $3.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $71,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 49
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $48M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations The Graham Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $614k 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 | 13 | $3.1M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $2.4M | 42% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $2.5M | 100% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $2.5M | 50% |
| FY2017 | 49 | $1.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peacehaven Farm Inc | $2,250,000 | 3 | 90% |
| Kinward | $1,894,441 | 3 | 95% |
| Metropolitan Arts Council | $1,225,000 | 3 | 18% |
| Peace Center Foundation | $1,175,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Long Walk Home Inc | $492,687 | 3 | 93% |
| Conestee Foundation Inc | $211,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Miami Technical Institute Foundation Inc | $170,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Upstate Circle of Friends | $108,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Holy Trinity Episcopal Church | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greenville Arts Festival | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peacehaven Farm Inc | $2,250,000 | 3 | 90% |
| Kinward | $1,894,441 | 3 | 95% |
| Metropolitan Arts Council | $1,225,000 | 3 | 18% |
| Peace Center Foundation | $1,175,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Long Walk Home Inc | $492,687 | 3 | 93% |
| Conestee Foundation Inc | $211,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Miami Technical Institute Foundation Inc | $170,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Upstate Circle of Friends | $108,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Holy Trinity Episcopal Church | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greenville Arts Festival | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| I Am Changed | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Soapstone Preservation Endowment Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Trees Greenville | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Canterbury Counseling Center | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 72 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Graham Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Daniel-Mickel Foundation · The Jolley Foundation · Hayne Hipp Foundation · Helga Marston Foundation · Scsymmes Foundation · Jean T and Heyward G Pelham Foundation · Charles Timmons Foundation · The Maddrey Foundation · United Way of Greenville County Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Graham Foundation
- How much does The Graham Foundation give?
- The Graham Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $3,096,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 49 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Graham Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (19%), Food & Nutrition (15%), Religion (13%).
- Who are The Graham Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Peacehaven Farm Inc ($2.3M), Kinward ($1.9M), Metropolitan Arts Council ($1.2M).
- Does The Graham Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Graham 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 Graham Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Daniel-Mickel Foundation, The Jolley Foundation, Hayne Hipp Foundation.
- Where is The Graham Foundation based?
- The Graham Foundation is based in SC.
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