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W W Burgiss Charities Inc at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
Lead Academy Public Charter School$10,000
Clement's Kindness Fund for the Chi$10,000
Communities In Schools of South Car$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

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its 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. Its 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%Miracle Hill Ministries Inc: $27k → 10%YMCA of Greenville: $25k → 10%YMCA of Greenville: $10k → 10%Pendleton Place: $10k → 10%Project Hope Foundation Inc: $10k → 10%Homeless Period Project: $10k → 10%Center for Development Services: $9k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against +9% for those 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
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.

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

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

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. 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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is A Child's Haven Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
15/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Greenville Tech Foundation Inc.: $25,000 · OtherGreenville Tech Foundation Inc.Mill Community Ministries: $25,000 · OtherMill Community MinistriesAugustine 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 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $15,000 · OtherPROJECT HOST INC: $15,000 · OtherSlater Marietta Health Human Svcs: $13,000 · OtherJULIE VALENTINE CENTER: $12,500 · OtherCONESTEE FOUNDATION INC: $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 ServicesPROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOMELESS PERIOD PROJECT 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 DevelopmentUNITED HOUSING CONNECTIONS: $15,000 · Community Improvement
Other$333,204Human Services$226,000Education$56,000Religion$41,000Housing & Shelter$34,525Youth Development$32,500Community Improvement$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetSAFE HARBOR INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetYOUTHBASE INC: $17,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetUNITED HOUSING CONNECTIONS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLEAD COLLECTIVE INCCHA: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCONESTEE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITYWORKS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPUBLIC EDUCATION PARTNERS GREENVILLE COUNTY: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPROJECT HOST INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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 budgetFULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF MCCORMICK SC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetJASMINE ROAD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCommunities in Schools of South Carolina: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOMELESS PERIOD PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetMEYER CENTER FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

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

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization W W Burgiss Charities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from W W Burgiss Charities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's 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
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 44 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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