South Carolina · Private foundation
The Self Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2020
- 46
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Itemized, FY2020
- $939k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 35
- FY2018 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 3
- Total assets, FY2020
- $26M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 38% of the organizations The Self Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 34 | $904k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 35 | $840k | 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, FY2018 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Clubs of the Crescent Region | $150,000 | 1 | 44% |
| Humane Society of Greenwood | $100,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Project Hope Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greenwood School District 50 | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greenwood Genetic Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Initiatives Inc | $79,000 | 2 | 7% |
| United Center for Community Care | $75,000 | 2 | 23% |
| Healthy Learners | $66,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Clemson University Foundation | $64,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($396k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Self Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 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: Countybank Foundation · Davis Family Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Greenwood County Community Foundation Inc · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Ascend Cares Foundation · Wilbur S Smith and Margaret P Smith Foundation Inc · Cy Thomason Foundation of Greenwood · Kauffmann Family Foundation Inc · First Citizens Foundation Inc Co First · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Bowers-Rodgers Home Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Self Foundation
- How much does The Self Foundation give?
- The Self Foundation reported 46 itemized grants totaling $938,796, out of $1,157,296 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
- What does The Self Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2020, its largest causes are Science & Tech (72%), Education (5%), Health (4%).
- Who are The Self Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2020: Boys and Girls Clubs of the Crescent Region ($150k), Humane Society of Greenwood ($100k), Project Hope Foundation Inc ($100k).
- Does The Self Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Self Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Self Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Countybank Foundation, Davis Family Foundation Inc, Duke Energy Foundation.
- Where is The Self Foundation based?
- The Self Foundation is based in SC.
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