South Carolina · Private foundation
The Pines 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.
- $17k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $108k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Pines Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 18 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $17k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $16k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $14k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $11k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $11k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Missions International | $13,500 | 9 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $11,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $10,100 | 9 | 0% |
| St Matthews Lutheran Church | $6,750 | 9 | n/a |
| Charleston Animal Society | $3,600 | 9 | 0% |
| Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy | $3,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Charleston South Carolina Inc | $3,400 | 7 | 0% |
| The Golden Rule Inc | $2,600 | 5 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $2,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Cancer Research Institute Inc | $2,300 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Missions International | $13,500 | 9 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $11,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $10,100 | 9 | 0% |
| St Matthews Lutheran Church | $6,750 | 9 | n/a |
| Charleston Animal Society | $3,600 | 9 | 0% |
| Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy | $3,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Charleston South Carolina Inc | $3,400 | 7 | 0% |
| The Golden Rule Inc | $2,600 | 5 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $2,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Cancer Research Institute Inc | $2,300 | 5 | 0% |
| The Snow Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($80k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Pines 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: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Pines Foundation
- How much does The Pines Foundation give?
- The Pines Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $16,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Pines Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (44%), Health (27%), International (10%).
- Who are The Pines Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Water Missions International ($14k), National Multiple Sclerosis Society ($11k), Lowcountry Food Bank Inc ($10k).
- Does The Pines Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Pines 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 Pines Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Pines Foundation based?
- The Pines Foundation is based in SC.
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