· Private foundation
The Sherman Family Charitable Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CJF ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND | $7,500 |
| THE SHERMAN HOUSE | $7,500 |
| LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK | $7,500 |
| SYNAGOGUE EMANU-EL | $7,500 |
| TRIDENT LITERARY SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| SC AQUARIUM ADVANCEMENT DEPARTMENT | $5,000 |
| GREEN WAVE CLUB TULANE | $3,000 |
| GEORGETOWN COUNTY MUSEUM | $2,500 |
| YASCHIK ARNOLD JEWISH STUDIES COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON | $2,500 |
| MEALS ON WHEEL EAST COOPER | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| TULANE UNIVERSITY | $2,500 |
| INT'L AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM | $2,500 |
| COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON ATHLETIC FUND | $2,500 |
| ADDLESTONE HEBREW ACADEMY | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LFLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC5× · 2018–2024 · $25k · revenue +51%
- COCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2024 · $23k · revenue +8%
- TLTRIDENT LITERACY ASSOCIATION INC2× · 2018–2021 · $18k · revenue +15%
Funded once
- DWDAVIS WALKER HEART FUNDone grant, 2020 · $20k
- FSFLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES BOOSTERSone grant, 2017 · $15k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $14k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To educate Charleston area residents and visitors about the natural and cultural history of the South Carolina Lowcountry through collections, exhibitions, preservation, conservation, research and related programming.
The mission of the charleston school of law foundation inc is to encourage and assist the study, teaching, promoting and research of the rule of law in charleston, south carolina and all related subject areas as determined by the board of…
Charleston Habitat for Humanitys (CHFH) vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Seeking to put God's love into action, Charleston Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope. By…
South carolina legal services is a statewide law firm that provides civil legal services to protect the rights and represent the interests of low income south carolinians.
To expand access to legal representation and rights in South Carolina.
Facilitate networking among hospitals
Charleston Literary Festival, Inc. produces a curated, annual program of events with a distinctly international flavor in the historic setting of Charleston, South Carolina. It brings together world class authors and speakers on a variety…
To strengthen families, organizations, and communities to prevent child abuse and neglect.
The Community Foundation's mission is strengthening community by connecting people, resources, and needs.
To facilitate, develop, and advocate for neighborhood revitalization, affordable housing construction, preservation and economic development in Charleston County.
Empowering south carolina communities and children's advocacy centers to deliver a best practice response to child abuse
The charleston area justice ministry (cajm) is committed to justice and building a powerful organization capable of negotiating the interests of our community. having been founded by religious congregations, cajm is based on values of…
How this is measured
31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 80 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TRIDENT LITERACY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHABAD OF CHARLESTON INC ↗
- Who funds JCC HOUSING CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds ADDLESTONE HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds TOURO INFIRMARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FORUM FOR EQUALITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
- Who funds Charleston Jewish Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDRENS SHELTER OF HOPE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KID SMART ↗
- Who funds LIBERTY'S KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds BARRIER ISLANDS FREE MEDICAL CLINIC ↗
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: Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Joanna Foundation · Trident United Way · The Leon Levine Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Cohen Family Foundation · Goldring Family Foundation · Oscar and Mona Sokol Foundation · Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust · Sol and Celia Cohen Endowment Fund · Jewish Endowment Foundation of South Carolina
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Sherman Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sherman Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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