South Carolina · Public charity
The South Carolina Bar Foundation Inc
To fund the advancement of justice by improving civil legal services, law- related education, administration of justice, and legal services for community redevelopment and foreclosure prevention.
- $3.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 40
- Grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $53,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,496,890
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $34M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations The South Carolina Bar Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 36 | $3.8M | 22% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $2.6M | 3% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $2.6M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $3.3M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $2.8M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $3.3M | 14% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $3.0M | 12% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $2.7M | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina Legal Services | $11,849,873 | 9 | 16% |
| South Carolina Bar | $3,092,404 | 9 | 4% |
| Center for Heirs' Property Preservation | $1,222,700 | 9 | 10% |
| South Carolina Research Foundation | $996,600 | 9 | 3% |
| South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault | $990,750 | 8 | 12% |
| One-Eighty Place | $896,788 | 9 | 1% |
| Lowcountry Legal Volunteers | $775,000 | 9 | 31% |
| Pro Bono Legal Services Inc | $663,625 | 9 | 15% |
| Palmetto Project Inc | $618,903 | 9 | 7% |
| South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families | $616,900 | 9 | 2% |
Show all 42 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($104k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The South Carolina Bar Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 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: Central Carolina Community Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Post and Courier Foundation · Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · The Sunshine Foundation Inc · Frances P Bunnelle Foundation Coastal Community Foundation of Sc · Truist Foundation Inc · The Nord Family Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Charleston County Bar Association
How this is measured
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About The South Carolina Bar Foundation Inc
- How much does The South Carolina Bar Foundation Inc give?
- The South Carolina Bar Foundation Inc reported 40 grants totaling $3,818,895 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The South Carolina Bar Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (77%), Human Services (10%), Housing & Shelter (4%).
- Who are The South Carolina Bar Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: South Carolina Legal Services ($12M), South Carolina Bar ($3.1M), Center for Heirs' Property Preservation ($1.2M).
- Does The South Carolina Bar Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The South Carolina Bar Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Carolina Community Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina.
- Where is The South Carolina Bar Foundation Inc based?
- The South Carolina Bar Foundation Inc is based in SC.
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