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Wateree Floodlands Memorial Forest

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$67k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
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 2025.

Religion$187kInternational$95kPhilanthropy$90kHealth$80kArts & Culture$75kFood & Nutrition$55kEnvironment$50kAnimals$39kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$10,000
ST JUDES CHILDREN HOSPITAL$10,000
PILOTS TO THE RESCUE$10,000
COLEL CHABAD$10,000
GOSPEL MUSIC HYMM SING FOUND$5,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONSL$5,000
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH$5,000
THE CHALMERS CENTER$5,000
BETHESDA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$5,000
CHURCH OF THE HOLY COMFORT$2,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%KERSHAW COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $10k → 12%KERSHAW COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $5k → 12%KERSHAW COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $5k → 12%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$628k · 17 repeat orgs$92k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
8

Total granted

$628k
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+54%

Still filing today

47%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
InternationalReligionAnimalsHealthHousing & ShelterHuman 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $80k · revenue +74%
  • Compassion International Incorporated
    4× · 2020–2025 · $75k · revenue +16%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF KERSHAW COUNTY
    4× · 2019–2024 · $60k · revenue +199%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF KERSHAW COU
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • FC
    FULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF MCCORMICK SC INC
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue -5%
  • SS
    STRAIGHT STREET
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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 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
2
United Christian Ministries

To show the love of christ to those experiencing financial crises through basic needs assistance.

Human Services
3
Christian Cooperative Ministry Inc

To provide food and clothing for the residents in madison, tennessee and surrounding davidson county residents that are in need. we also provide sack lunches to the homeless in the area.

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4
Compassion Ministries Inc

Compassion ministries, inc. demonstrates the love and teachings of jesus christ to local families and to those in remote appalachian and cumberland mountain regions of east tennessee, kentucky, and north carolina by feeding the hungry and…

Human Services
5
Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries

A Baptist ministry for children and families of South Carolina that provides residential care for children in need along with counseling, educational, and referral services while developing and strengthening positive relationships in a…

Human Services
6
Catholic Charities of Southwest Louisiana in the Roman Catholic Diocese

The mission of catholic charities of southwest louisiana is to be christ's merciful love to those who suffer.our mission is to be carried out by catholic people and others in fraternal goodwill pooling their resources to reach out and…

Human Services
7
Christ Community Health Services Augusta Inc

The provision and promotion of quality healthcare to the public through the operation of one or more health centers in medically underserved areas of the central savannah river area (csra).

Health
8
Charleston Animal Society

Since its founding, our mission has always stayed the same: the prevention of cruelty to animals. in 1874, charleston animal society became the first animal organization in south carolina and one of the first in the nation and has never…

Animals
9
Carolina Community Care Inc

The mission of hospice & community care is to give hope, comfort, and compassion to those that need it most. hospice & community care is a nonprofit healthcare organization providing hospice and palliative care to residents of york,…

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10
Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation

We guide and encourage donors who are motivated toward kingdom-building generosity. our mission is carried out through four primary initiatives: providing donor-advised funds, inspiring and encouraging generosity within families along the…

Philanthropy
11
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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12
Cabarrus Cooperative Christian Ministry

To respond to the growing need in our community by providing immediate assistance to residents of Concord, Kannapolis, and Cabarrus County, NC who are experiencing crisis in the areas of food, shelter or finances while providing them…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chalmers Center for Economic Development; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

13 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. 13 of the 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF KERSHAW COUNTY: $60,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF KERSHAW COUNTYFOOD FOR THE SOUL: $55,000 · OtherFOOD FOR THE SOULGRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $40,000 · OtherGRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH: $35,000 · OtherFRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCHCOLEL CHABAD: $30,000 · OtherCOLEL CHABADUNITED WAY OF KERSHAW COU: $20,000 · OtherBETHESDA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $19,500 · OtherGOSPEL MUSIC HYMM SING FOUND: $15,000 · OtherKERSHAW COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $20,000 · OtherFULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF MCCORMICK SC INC: $15,000 · Other+8 more: $53,500 · Other+8 moreCompassion International Incorporated: $75,000 · InternationalCompassion In…CHALMERS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $10,000 · InternationalCHALMERS CENT…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $80,000 · HealthST JUDE CHIL…GOSPEL MUSIC HYMN SING FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Arts & CultureGOSPEL MU…CONGAREE LAND TRUST: $50,000 · EnvironmentPILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC: $20,000 · AnimalsFOSTERING FOSTER ANIMAL RESCUE: $12,000 · AnimalsSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $15,000 · ReligionCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY MINISTRIES OF KERSHAW COUNTY: $10,000 · Religion
Other$398,000International$85,000Health$80,000Arts & Culture$60,000Environment$50,000Animals$32,000Religion$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KERSHAW COUNTY: $60,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetGOSPEL MUSIC HYMN SING FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetCONGAREE LAND TRUST: $50,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetPILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKERSHAW COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $20,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF MCCORMICK SC INC: $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetFOSTERING FOSTER ANIMAL RESCUE: $12,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY MINISTRIES OF KERSHAW COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetCENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHALMERS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF KERSHAW COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds GOSPEL MUSIC HYMN SING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CONGAREE LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds PILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds KERSHAW COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds FULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING OF MCCORMICK SC INC ↗
  • Who funds FOSTERING FOSTER ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY MINISTRIES OF KERSHAW COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHALMERS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ↗

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 FoundationSC13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central Carolina Community Foundation · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Wateree Floodlands Memorial Forest funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wateree Floodlands Memorial Forest. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 28 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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