South Carolina · Public charity
Upstate Forever
UPSTATE FOREVER is a conservation organization with a mission to protect critical lands, waters, and the unique character of the upstate of south carolina.
- $4.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $138k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations Upstate Forever funded were first-time grantees, receiving 94% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $138k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $486k | 71% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $88k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spartanburg Area Conservancy Inc | $79,840 | 2 | 6% |
| Conserving Carolina | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Naturaland Trust | $48,440 | 2 | 1% |
| Upper Savannah Land Trust | $40,000 | 3 | 11% |
| South Carolina Farm Bureau Land Trust Inc | $37,500 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($457k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Upstate Forever
- How much does Upstate Forever give?
- Upstate Forever reported 7 itemized grants totaling $138,300, out of $4,317,625 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Upstate Forever fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (59%), Environment (41%).
- Who are Upstate Forever's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Spartanburg Area Conservancy Inc ($80k), Conserving Carolina ($50k), Naturaland Trust ($48k).
- Does Upstate Forever fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Upstate Forever?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Upstate Forever based?
- Upstate Forever is based in SC.
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