South Carolina · Private foundation
The Suitt Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $109k
- Granted FY2021
- 16
- Grants FY2021
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 88%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $44,818
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 88% of the organizations The Suitt Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 90% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 16 | $109k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $6k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $3k | 65% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $2k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville Theatre | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Upstate Forever | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Switch | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe Harbor Inc | $1,035 | 2 | 0% |
| County Of Greenville | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Meyer Center for Special Children | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greenville Center for Creative Arts | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greenlaw Foundation Corp | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 28 grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($91k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Suitt 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: The Jolley Foundation · Hayne Hipp Foundation · Elbert W Rogers Foundation · Daniel-Mickel Foundation · Scansource Charitable Foundation · J M Smith Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Yeargin Foundation · Neill M Timmons Foundation · Charles Timmons Foundation · Scsymmes Foundation
How this is measured
About The Suitt Foundation
- How much does The Suitt Foundation give?
- The Suitt Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $108,818 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Suitt Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Religion (40%), Education (16%), Health (11%).
- Who are The Suitt Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Greenville Theatre ($10k), Upstate Forever ($6k), Switch ($2k).
- Does The Suitt Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Suitt 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 Suitt Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Jolley Foundation, Hayne Hipp Foundation, Elbert W Rogers Foundation.
- Where is The Suitt Foundation based?
- The Suitt Foundation is based in SC.
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