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Waccamaw Community Foundation

The foundation is committed to providing the highest level of services to donors, grant recipients and the community; thus, furthering its mission of improving the quality of life in horry and georgetown counties.

$2.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
71
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$407k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$8.5MReligion$3.7MEducation$2.3MHuman Services$981kArts & Culture$936kHealth$881kEnvironment$692kCommunity Improvement$569kOther$0
02FY2025 · 71 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 71 grants below total $2,045,618, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,570,119 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $524,501 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $111k
  • $10k–50k48 grants · $932k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $595k
  • $250k+1 grant · $407k
$15,390
Median grant
6
States reached
$44M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COASTAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC$407,100
YMCA OF COASTAL CAROLINA$184,300
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HORRY COUNTY$134,100
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF MYRTLE BEACH$82,950
UNITED WAY OF HORRY COUNTY INC$80,100
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$63,900
WACCAMAW INDIAN PEOPLE$50,000
BELIN MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$40,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$37,183
SOUTH CAROLINA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION$37,000
PARTNERSHIP GRAND STRAND$32,083
PALMETTO SHORES CHURCH$32,000
LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC$31,270
OCEAN VIEW BAPTIST CHURCH$30,900
FAITH WINS$30,000
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 (FY17–25, $836k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ANZA IMANI RESCUE FOUNDATION: $6k → 7%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $13k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $7k → 10%BIG RED BARN RETREAT: $20k → 16%HELP 4 KIDS: $15k → 13%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $26k → 12%HELP 4 KIDS: $14k → 13%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS - CAROLINA LOWCOUNTY CHAPTER: $12k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS - CAROLINA LOWCOUNTRY CHAPTER: $8k → 12%HELP 4 KIDS: $13k → 13%HELP 4 KIDS: $10k → 13%GRAND STRAND FAMILY YMCA: $8k → 13%JEANNIE & CARTER SMITH MINISTRIES: $25k → 13%HELP 4 KIDS: $32k → 13%HELP 4 KIDS: $30k → 13%HELP 4 KIDS: $15k → 13%FOSTERING HOPE INC: $6k → 13%YMCA OF COASTAL CAROLINA: $184k → 13%NEW DIRECTIONS OF HORRY COUNTY: $81k → 13%836 INC: $45k → 13%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $43k → 13%836 INC: $34k → 13%NEW DIRECTIONS OF HORRY COUNTY: $28k → 13%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS - EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA CHAPTER: $25k → 13%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS - EASTERN SC CHAPTER: $22k → 13%COASTAL RECOVERY CENTER: $17k → 13%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS - EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA CHAPTER: $13k → 13%NEW DIRECTIONS OF HORRY COUNTY: $11k → 13%836 INC: $10k → 13%836 INC: $10k → 13%NEW DIRECTIONS OF HORRY COUNTY: $10k → 13%AMERICAN NATION RED CROSS - EASTERN SC CHAPTER: $10k → 13%YMCA OF COASTAL CAROLINA: $10k → 13%COASTAL RECOVERY CENTER: $8k → 13%YMCA OF COASTAL CAROLINA: $8k → 13%COASTAL RECOVERY CENTER: $6k → 13%YMCA OF COASTAL CAROLINA: $6k → 13%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
IA
IN
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 118 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

118 repeat relationships: 52 still active in FY2025, 66 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

118
81

Total granted

$14M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+18%

Still filing today

69%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $217k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesReligionYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF HORRY COUNTY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $702k · revenue +26%
  • BG
    BROOKGREEN GARDENS
    7× · 2017–2025 · $539k · revenue +52%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    3× · 2017–2025 · $428k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF MYRTLE BEACH
    one grant, 2021 · $128k
  • GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +46%
  • AS
    ALL SAINTS PARISH WACCAMAW EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $75k
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
Carolina College of Biblical Studies

Carolina college of biblical studies exists to disciple christ-followers, through biblical higher education, for a lifetime of effective servant leadership.

Education
2
South Carolina Christian Chamber of Commerce

To unify christians in south carolina by connecting commerce and community to positively impact our culture for christ.

Religion
3
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
4
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
5
Carolina Chaplaincy Program

To promote the gospel message by placing christian personnel in prisons for the purpose of relating to the spiritual needs of the inmates on an ongoing basis.

Religion
6
Campus Outreach Columbia

An interdenominational college ministry on seven college campuses across north and south carolina. goal is to see students leave college equipped and passionate to walk with jesus in the church and spread his love to others.

Philanthropy
7
North Greenville University

North greenville university exists to glorify god by cultivating graduates who are equipped to serve as transformational leaders for church and society.

Education
8
Sc Chamber of Commerce

Enhancing the quality of life for all south carolinians, achieving global competiteveness and ultimately increasing prosperity for sc citizens.

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9
South Carolina Public Interest Foundation
Crime & Legal
10
Carolina University

A christ-centered university committed to exceptional teaching, scholarly research, creative innovation, and professional collaboration.

Education
11
Carolina Christian Academy

Educational instruciton for students in prek-12th grades.

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12
South Carolina Council On Competitiveness

The south carolina council on competitiveness is a nonpartisan, business-led non-profit organization committed to advancing the long term competitiveness of south carolina through actionable research, support of industry clusters and…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc; the most unlike its peers is Nmb Area Museum Foundation. 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

164 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 164 of the 223 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.

12
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
156/164
Grantees still filing
100/164
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COASTAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $874,055 · OtherCOASTAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONFirst Presbyterian Church: $700,505 · OtherFirst Presbyterian ChurchGARDEN CITY CHAPEL: $567,879 · OtherGARDEN CITY CHAPELCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $516,530 · OtherTRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF CONWAY SC: $388,843 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $328,982 · Other+118 more: $6,416,511 · Other+118 moreSOUTH CAROLINA CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION: $4,442,790 · ReligionSOUTH CAROLINA CHRISTIAN FO…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $427,686 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSETEACH MY PEOPLE: $278,382 · ReligionImpact Ministries of Myrtle Beach: $191,857 · Religion+4 more: $208,003 · ReligionRAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND: $2,571,548 · PhilanthropyRAYMOND JAMES CH…UNITED WAY OF HORRY COUNTY INC: $702,026 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF HO…+4 more: $81,580 · PhilanthropySustain South Carolina Intersection of Commerce and Conservation: $550,000 · EnvironmentBROOKGREEN GARDENS: $538,824 · EnvironmentSOUTH CAROLINA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION: $201,145 · Environment+1 more: $26,000 · EnvironmentYMCA OF COASTAL CAROLINA: $227,151 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $190,820 · Human ServicesNEW DIRECTIONS OF HORRY COUNTY INC: $143,250 · Human Services836 INC: $128,750 · Human ServicesHELP 4 KIDS: $127,100 · Human ServicesHelping Hand of Myrtle Beach Inc: $105,550 · Human ServicesTEEN CHALLENGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $42,000 · Human ServicesTara Hall School Inc DBA Mingo Creek Academy: $38,250 · Human Services+7 more: $110,233 · Human ServicesCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $173,000 · EducationORANGEBURG-CALHOUN TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $157,000 · EducationGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · EducationTHE FRAZEE CENTER: $97,500 · EducationCHANTICLEER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $58,920 · EducationWACCAMAW INDIAN PEOPLE: $50,000 · EducationCHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $44,650 · EducationVanderbilt University: $41,250 · EducationCOASTAL SCHOOL MINISTRIES INC: $37,918 · Education+17 more: $299,809 · EducationMCLEOD HEALTH FOUNDATION: $279,706 · HealthMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION: $83,247 · HealthFRIENDSHIP MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $68,500 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $62,110 · HealthGEORGETOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $47,738 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $38,344 · HealthSonshine Recovery Ministries: $35,333 · HealthKENNEDY'S DISEASE ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 · Health+9 more: $102,761 · Health
Other$9,793,305Religion$5,548,718Philanthropy$3,355,154Environment$1,315,969Human Services$1,113,104Education$1,060,047Health$747,739

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOUTH CAROLINA CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION: $4,442,790 over 4y, 12% of budgetRAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND: $2,571,548 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOASTAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $874,055 over 9y, 11% of budgetUNITED WAY OF HORRY COUNTY INC: $702,026 over 9y, 7.8% of budgetSustain South Carolina Intersection of Commerce and Conservation: $550,000 over 3y, 39% of budgetBROOKGREEN GARDENS: $538,824 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $516,530 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $427,686 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRANKLIN G BURROUGHS SIMEON B CHAPIN ART MUSEUM: $308,664 over 9y, 12% of budgetMCLEOD HEALTH FOUNDATION: $279,706 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetTEACH MY PEOPLE: $278,382 over 9y, 10% of budgetVETERANS WELCOME HOME AND RESOURCE CENTER: $270,250 over 2y, 16% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HORRY COUNTY INC: $227,478 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetYMCA OF COASTAL CAROLINA: $227,151 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetWACCAMAW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $224,524 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION: $201,145 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetImpact Ministries of Myrtle Beach: $191,857 over 3y, 27% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $190,820 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities of South Carolina: $186,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $181,608 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $173,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF HORRY AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY INC: $172,503 over 3y, 16% of budgetORANGEBURG-CALHOUN TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $157,000 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetGround Zero Ministries Inc: $143,450 over 9y, 6.2% of budgetNEW DIRECTIONS OF HORRY COUNTY INC: $143,250 over 6y, 2.4% of budget836 INC: $128,750 over 7y, 8.8% of budgetHELP 4 KIDS: $127,100 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetHelping Hand of Myrtle Beach Inc: $105,550 over 2y, 11% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRAZEE CENTER: $97,500 over 8y, 16% of budgetFRIENDSHIP PLACE INC: $92,500 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetPARTNERSHIP GRAND STRAND: $87,083 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION: $83,247 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL TRAINING NETWORK INC: $78,503 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNMB AREA MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $75,500 over 2y, 60% of budgetSPARTANBURG DAY SCHOOL: $75,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFaith Wins: $75,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetFRIENDSHIP MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $68,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSOS HEALTH CARE INC: $68,250 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetThe Village Group: $68,200 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetNECHAMA - JEWISH RESPONSE TO DISASTER: $66,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $62,110 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHANTICLEER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $58,920 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $52,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMyrtle Beach Downtown Alliance Inc: $51,666 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSouth Carolina Aquarium: $50,082 over 4y, 0.1% of budget5thT Innovation Group: $50,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetWACCAMAW INDIAN PEOPLE: $50,000 over 1y, 27% 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.

  • Who funds SOUTH CAROLINA CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND ↗
  • Who funds COASTAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF HORRY COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Sustain South Carolina Intersection of Commerce and Conservation ↗
  • Who funds BROOKGREEN GARDENS ↗
  • Who funds COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds THE FRANKLIN G BURROUGHS SIMEON B CHAPIN ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds MCLEOD HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TEACH MY PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS WELCOME HOME AND RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HORRY COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF COASTAL CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds WACCAMAW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH CAROLINA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Impact Ministries of Myrtle Beach ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities of South Carolina ↗
  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF HORRY AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Ground Zero Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW DIRECTIONS OF HORRY COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds 836 INC ↗
  • Who funds HELP 4 KIDS ↗

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.

Frances P Bunnelle Foundation Coastal Community Foundation of ScSC61.9× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Frances P Bunnelle Foundation Coastal Community Foundation of Sc · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · South Carolina Christian Foundation · Chapin Foundation of Myrtle Beach Sc · Central Carolina Community Foundation · United Way of Horry County Inc · The K Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Moglia Family Foundation · Georgetown Memorial Hospital · Frugal Princess Inc · Lowcountry Food Bank 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 Waccamaw Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Waccamaw Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
39report 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.

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 223 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 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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