South Carolina · Private foundation
The Paul and Margaret Porter Charitable 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.
- $308k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2024
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,300
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations The Paul and Margaret Porter Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 37 | $308k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 38 | $320k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $321k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $333k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $301k | 41% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $196k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brevard College Corporation | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Life Enrichment Center of Cleveland County Inc | $145,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Club Cleveland County | $115,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Spread the Health Inc | $103,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Community Math Academy Inc | $95,000 | 6 | 24% |
| Childrens Homes of Cleveland County Inc | $82,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry Inc | $62,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Central United Methodist Church | $61,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Cleveland County Family YMCA Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 46 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($290k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Paul and Margaret Porter Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 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: Albemarle Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Dover Foundation Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Hospice Cleveland County Foundation · Weathers Family Foundation - Rbc Trust Accoun · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Brinkley Family Foundation · United Way of Cleveland County Inc · The Eleanor H Barnhardt Charitable Trust · Celanese Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Paul and Margaret Porter Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About The Paul and Margaret Porter Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Paul and Margaret Porter Charitable Foundation give?
- The Paul and Margaret Porter Charitable Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $307,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Paul and Margaret Porter Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Human Services (22%), Health (12%).
- Who are The Paul and Margaret Porter Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Brevard College Corporation ($200k), Life Enrichment Center of Cleveland County Inc ($145k), Boys and Girls Club Cleveland County ($115k).
- Does The Paul and Margaret Porter Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Paul and Margaret Porter Charitable 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 Paul and Margaret Porter Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Albemarle Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas, Dover Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Paul and Margaret Porter Charitable Foundation based?
- The Paul and Margaret Porter Charitable Foundation is based in SC.
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