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W W Burgiss Charities Inc

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.

$156k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Human Services$158kHousing & Shelter$142kEducation$115kReligion$98kHealth$70kFood & Nutrition$61kYouth Development$33kEnvironment$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $125k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA of Greenville$35,000
Safe Harbor Inc$20,000
United Housing Connections$15,000
The Julie Valentine Center$12,500
YouthBASE Inc$12,500
Communities In Schools of South Car$10,000
Lead Academy Public Charter School$10,000
Clement's Kindness Fund for the Chi$10,000
Augustine Literacy Project$9,200
Feed Seed Co$8,300
Servants for Sight$7,500
Greenville Tech Foundation Inc$6,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $206k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Mercyworks: $5k → 10%YMCA of Greenville: $35k → 10%YMCA of Greenville: $25k → 10%Miracle Hill Ministries: $40k → 10%YMCA of Greenville: $25k → 10%Miracle Hill Ministries Inc: $27k → 10%YMCA of Greenville: $10k → 10%Pendleton Place: $10k → 10%Project Hope Foundation Inc: $10k → 10%Center for Development Services: $9k → 10%Homeless Period Project: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

36%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$265k · 6 repeat orgs$473k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +69% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

6 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
30

Total granted

$265k
$382k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+9%

Still filing today

67%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $91k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentReligionCrime & LegalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • YO
    YMCA OF GREENVILLE
    4× · 2020–2025 · $95k · revenue +85%
  • MH
    MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $67k · revenue +51%
  • UM
    UNITED MINISTRIES
    2× · 2020–2024 · $41k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • MC
    Mill Community Ministries
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • GT
    Greenville Tech Foundation Inc.
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • LA
    LEGACY ADVANCEMENT
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Meals On Wheels of Greenville Inc

Meals on wheels of greenville, inc. enhances the quality of life of homebound individuals by providing nutritious meals, personal contact, and related services.

Food & Nutrition
2
Developmental Disabilities Management Assistance Inc

Carolina hill provides safe and caring emergency shelter and supportive services to homeless families focusing efforts to achieve rapid re-housing and developing skills and resources to maintain it.

Human Services
3
Beyond Housing

We strive to serve the community by constructing and rehabilitating homes for affordable homeownership, providing new housing rentals for low to moderate wealth families in south carolina, and providing services that aid in all aspects of…

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4
Mercy Housing & Human Development

Empowered by the belief that all people have basic rights to dignity and compassion, our mission at mercy housing and human development is to recognize the need for sustainable, affordable housing for low-wealth families of south…

Human Services
5
Carolina Childrens Home

The mission of Carolina Children's Home is to meet the under-served mental and physical health needs of children, young adults, and their families

Human Services
6
South Carolina Network of Children's Advocacy Centers

Empowering south carolina communities and children's advocacy centers to deliver a best practice response to child abuse

Youth Development
7
Hope Missions of the Upstate

HOPE Missions exists for all who are marginalized and living in poverty to experience acceptance in Christ, live in sustainable housing, and joyfully engage in supportive community.

Religion
8
Epworth Children's Home

Child and family well-being through residential group home, independent living, family care services and foster care services.

Human Services
9
Hope House of South Central Wisconsin Inc

The mission of hope house is to prevent abuse and provide support to victims of domestic and sexual violence. our service area includes sauk, columbia, juneau, marquette, and adams counties.

Human Services
10
Family Services Inc

Origin sc empowers individuals to achieve financial, housing and mental health stability through advocacy, counseling, and education.

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11
Compass of Carolina Inc

Our mission is to provide compassionate direction to individuals and families in need through counseling, education and financial benefits management.

Education
12
Waccamaw Youth Center Inc

The waccamaw youth center is committed to providing the at-risk youth of south carolina with a safe and comforting place to call home.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is A Child's Haven Inc and the most unlike its peers is Mercyworks. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr14%9%5–10yr18%17%10–20yr13%35%20–35yr13%26%35–55yr19%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr14%3%5–10yr18%14%10–20yr13%24%20–35yr13%21%35–55yr19%38%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/28
the rest of the field
13%
353/2,801

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 44 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Mill Community Ministries — $25,000 · OtherMill Community MinistriesGreenville Tech Foundation Inc. — $25,000 · OtherGreenville Tech Foundation Inc.Augustine Literacy Project — $24,200 · OtherAugustine Literacy ProjectFeed Seed Inc — $20,647 · OtherFeed Seed IncUnited Ministries — $20,000 · OtherUnited MinistriesJasmine Road Inc. — $15,000 · OtherA Childs Haven Inc. — $15,000 · OtherPROJECT HOST INC — $15,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS INC — $15,000 · OtherSlater Marietta Health Human Svcs — $13,000 · OtherJULIE VALENTINE CENTER — $12,500 · OtherUNITED HOUSING CONNECTIONS — $15,000 · OtherTRIUNE MERCY CENTER — $12,000 · Other+12 more — $105,857 · Other+12 moreYMCA OF GREENVILLE — $95,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GREENVILLEMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC — $67,000 · Human ServicesMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INCSAFE HARBOR INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HARBOR INCPENDLETON PLACE INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOMELESS PERIOD PROJECT INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES — $9,000 · Human Services+1 more — $5,000 · Human ServicesLEGACY ADVANCEMENT — $25,000 · EducationPUBLIC EDUCATION PARTNERS GREENVILLE COUNTY — $15,000 · EducationCommunities in Schools of South Carolina — $10,000 · EducationGREENVILLE TECH FOUNDATION INC — $6,000 · EducationUNITED MINISTRIES — $41,000 · ReligionCOMMUNITYWORKS INC — $15,000 · Housing & ShelterFULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF MCCORMICK SC INC — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterHOMES OF HOPE INC — $9,525 · Housing & ShelterYOUTHBASE INC — $17,500 · Youth DevelopmentLEAD COLLECTIVE INCCHA — $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentCONESTEE FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 · Environment
Other$333,204Human Services$226,000Education$56,000Religion$41,000Housing & Shelter$34,525Youth Development$32,500Environment$15,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetYMCA OF GREENVILLE — $95,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC — $67,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED MINISTRIES — $41,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLEGACY ADVANCEMENT — $25,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetYOUTHBASE INC — $17,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCONESTEE FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITYWORKS INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT HOST INC — $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLEAD COLLECTIVE INCCHA — $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPUBLIC EDUCATION PARTNERS GREENVILLE COUNTY — $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetJULIE VALENTINE CENTER — $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTRIUNE MERCY CENTER — $12,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPENDLETON PLACE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJASMINE ROAD INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMEYER CENTER FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HOMELESS PERIOD PROJECT INC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetPROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunities in Schools of South Carolina — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF MCCORMICK SC INC — $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetHOMES OF HOPE INC — $9,525 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES — $9,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetA Child's Haven Inc — $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Scsymmes FoundationJohn I Smith Charitie…The Jolley FoundationScansource Charitable…Daniel-Mickel Foundat…United Way of Greenvi…Sisk Foundation Bunco…Dabo's All in Team Fo…Charity Ball Board of…Sisters of Charity Fo…United Community Bank…Hollingsworth Funds I…
Scsymmes FoundationMO45.3× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Scsymmes Foundation · John I Smith Charities Inc · The Jolley Foundation · Scansource Charitable Foundation · Daniel-Mickel Foundation · United Way of Greenville County Inc · Sisk Foundation Buncombe St Methodist Church · Dabo's All in Team Foundation · Charity Ball Board of Greenville · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · United Community Bank Foundation · Hollingsworth Funds Inc

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

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization W W Burgiss Charities Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to W W Burgiss Charities Inc?

    Find your warmest path to W W Burgiss Charities Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 44 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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