Who are University of South Carolina Educational Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: USC School of Medicine Greenville ($138M), University of South Carolina Development Foundation ($9.9M), Children's Center at USC ($5.5M).

Does University of South Carolina Educational Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as University of South Carolina Educational Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Carolina Community Foundation, Share Our Strength, I Car Education Foundation.

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University of South Carolina Educational Foundation

To support the University of South Carolina in its academic, research and charitable endeavors by promoting a culture of philanthropy, managing and stewarding donor gifts, and providing financial resources to support students and faculty now and into the future.

$34M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 6
Itemized grants FY2025: 4
Organizations funded FY2024: 25%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $31M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $867,497
Largest grant, FY2025: $20,426,582
Organizations funded a year: 3 to 8; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 3
Total assets, FY2025: $857M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 25% of the organizations University of South Carolina Educational Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EducationHealthHuman ServicesOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	6	$31M	33%
FY2024	4	$19M	25%
FY2023	3	$18M	0%
FY2022	3	$16M	33%
FY2021	6	$16M	17%
FY2020	5	$15M	40%
FY2019	8	$15M	25%
FY2018	7	$14M	43%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$156MHealth$266kHuman Services$61kPublic Benefit$15k

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
USC School of Medicine Greenville	$138,306,854	9	n/a
University of South Carolina Development Foundation	$9,946,937	1	45%
Children's Center at USC	$5,506,957	9	100%
National Merit Scholarship Corporation	$404,750	5	0%
Immanuel Lutheran School	$341,250	4	n/a
Cherokee County School District	$300,000	2	n/a
Francis Marion University Education Foundation	$165,000	2	2%
Medical University of South Carolina Foundation	$163,955	2	0%
Chester County School District	$103,140	1	n/a
Free Medical Clinic Inc	$71,500	2	1%

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All grantees of University of South Carolina Educational Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
USC School of Medicine Greenville	$138,306,854	9	n/a
University of South Carolina Development Foundation	$9,946,937	1	45%
Children's Center at USC	$5,506,957	9	100%
National Merit Scholarship Corporation	$404,750	5	0%
Immanuel Lutheran School	$341,250	4	n/a
Cherokee County School District	$300,000	2	n/a
Francis Marion University Education Foundation	$165,000	2	2%
Medical University of South Carolina Foundation	$163,955	2	0%
Chester County School District	$103,140	1	n/a
Free Medical Clinic Inc	$71,500	2	1%
Williamsburg County School District	$65,310	1	n/a
The Cooperative Ministry	$61,315	1	1%
Colleton County School District	$55,000	1	n/a
Darlington County School District	$51,570	1	n/a
St Matthews K-8 School	$50,000	2	n/a
Georgetown County School District	$49,830	1	n/a
Berkeley County School District	$30,000	1	n/a
Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative	$25,000	2	1%
Blenheim Elementary Middle School	$25,000	1	n/a
Clio Elementary Middle School	$25,000	1	n/a
Union County School District	$25,000	1	n/a
Sumter School District	$20,610	1	n/a
Midlands Alliance for Better Transportation and Ro	$15,000	1	n/a
American Heart Association Inc	$14,000	2	0%
Charleston County School District	$10,000	1	n/a
American College of Lifestyle Medicine	$10,000	1	1%
American Cancer Society Inc	$6,500	1	0%

University of South Carolina Educational Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 11.

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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.

Central Carolina Community FoundationSC19.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central Carolina Community Foundation · Share Our Strength · I Car Education Foundation · GenYOUTH Incorporated · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About University of South Carolina Educational Foundation

How much does University of South Carolina Educational Foundation give?: University of South Carolina Educational Foundation reported 6 itemized grants totaling $31,350,016, out of $33,782,231 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does University of South Carolina Educational Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%), Health (0%), Human Services (0%).
Who are University of South Carolina Educational Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: USC School of Medicine Greenville ($138M), University of South Carolina Development Foundation ($9.9M), Children's Center at USC ($5.5M).
Does University of South Carolina Educational Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as University of South Carolina Educational Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Carolina Community Foundation, Share Our Strength, I Car Education Foundation.
Where is University of South Carolina Educational Foundation based?: University of South Carolina Educational Foundation is based in SC.