South Carolina · Public charity
The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Foundation
Elevate and enrich the lives of our upstate neighbors in need. To help guide our outreach we have established 3 pillars of impact: (1) ending hunger, (2) creating safe spaces, (3) support lifelong learning.
- $756k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $697k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $161,129
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $364k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | $697k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $549k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $369k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $304k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $256k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $188k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $160k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $186k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Pickens County | $477,795 | 7 | 13% |
| Pickens County Meals on Wheels Inc | $238,418 | 8 | 4% |
| Safe Harbor Inc | $200,900 | 8 | 1% |
| Feed a Hungry Child PC Inc | $191,850 | 7 | 46% |
| Family Promise of Pickens County Inc | $188,030 | 8 | 11% |
| Center for Developmental Services | $186,140 | 8 | 1% |
| Samaritan Health Clinic of Pickens County | $156,820 | 8 | 6% |
| Pickens County Advocacy Center Inc | $148,920 | 7 | 12% |
| Purple Heart Homes Inc | $144,400 | 7 | 1% |
| The Helping Hands of Clemson Inc | $136,420 | 7 | 3% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Pickens County | $477,795 | 7 | 13% |
| Pickens County Meals on Wheels Inc | $238,418 | 8 | 4% |
| Safe Harbor Inc | $200,900 | 8 | 1% |
| Feed a Hungry Child PC Inc | $191,850 | 7 | 46% |
| Family Promise of Pickens County Inc | $188,030 | 8 | 11% |
| Center for Developmental Services | $186,140 | 8 | 1% |
| Samaritan Health Clinic of Pickens County | $156,820 | 8 | 6% |
| Pickens County Advocacy Center Inc | $148,920 | 7 | 12% |
| Purple Heart Homes Inc | $144,400 | 7 | 1% |
| The Helping Hands of Clemson Inc | $136,420 | 7 | 3% |
| Ripple of One | $117,840 | 8 | 4% |
| Senior Citizens of Pickens Inc | $85,400 | 7 | 22% |
| Happy Hooves Inc | $58,000 | 5 | 8% |
| The Dollywood Foundation | $58,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Blue Ridge Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fdn | $52,700 | 1 | 20% |
| Oconee County Humane Society Inc | $49,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Legacy Home of Recovery | $43,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Neighborhood Cancer Connection | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rebuild Upstate | $38,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Neighborhood Cancer Connection | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| GirlUp GVL | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Clemson Paw Partners | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Tamassee DAR School Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 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: Dabo's All in Team Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · United Way of Pickens County · Nalley Charitable Trust · United Way of Greenville County Inc · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
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About The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Foundation give?
- The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Foundation reported 19 itemized grants totaling $696,957, out of $756,458 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (24%), Human Services (20%), Food & Nutrition (17%).
- Who are The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: United Way of Pickens County ($478k), Pickens County Meals on Wheels Inc ($238k), Safe Harbor Inc ($201k).
- Does The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dabo's All in Team Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation, United Way of Pickens County.
- Where is The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Foundation based?
- The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Foundation is based in SC.
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