South Carolina · Private foundation
The Wayne & Pauline Thrift Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $93k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $26,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 32
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Wayne & Pauline Thrift Family 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; $2k 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 | 26 | $93k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $82k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $68k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $70k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $64k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $64k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oconee Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc | $72,950 | 6 | 1% |
| Clemson University Foundation | $54,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Upstate Warrior Solution Inc | $41,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Holly Springs Baptist Church | $18,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Oconee County Friends of the Library | $16,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Graces Closet | $15,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Oconee County Humane Society Inc | $14,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $13,500 | 6 | 0% |
| ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc | $10,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Oconee United Ministries | $9,000 | 5 | 3% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($113k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wayne & Pauline Thrift Family 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: Duke Energy Foundation · Dabo's All in Team Foundation · Upcountry Fiber Foundation · Oconee Federal Charitable Foundation · The Jim Parke Foundation · Rhodenbaugh Foundation · J M Smith Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good
How this is measured
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About The Wayne & Pauline Thrift Family Foundation
- How much does The Wayne & Pauline Thrift Family Foundation give?
- The Wayne & Pauline Thrift Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $93,035 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 32 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Wayne & Pauline Thrift Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (22%), Human Services (20%), Education (19%).
- Who are The Wayne & Pauline Thrift Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Oconee Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc ($73k), Clemson University Foundation ($54k), Upstate Warrior Solution Inc ($41k).
- Does The Wayne & Pauline Thrift Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wayne & Pauline Thrift Family 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 Wayne & Pauline Thrift Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, Dabo's All in Team Foundation, Upcountry Fiber Foundation.
- Where is The Wayne & Pauline Thrift Family Foundation based?
- The Wayne & Pauline Thrift Family Foundation is based in SC.
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