· Private foundation
Whitfield Family Charitable Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $48k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $115k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $125k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY | $125,000 |
| GRACE ON THE ASHELY (LOTTIE MOON) | $45,000 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS | $20,000 |
| MISSIONS AROUND THE WORLD | $20,000 |
| STAR GOSPEL MISSION | $10,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIORS | $10,000 |
| THE FAITH AND LEARNING INTERNATIONAL | $10,000 |
| WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL | $5,000 |
| CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDRENS HOME | $5,000 |
| LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| FAITH HOME | $5,000 |
| MY SISTERS HOUSE | $5,000 |
| HEART CRY MISSIONARY SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| CHARLESTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| CRESCENT HOSPICE | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CSCHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY7× · 2019–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +33%
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION6× · 2020–2025 · $68k · revenue +392%- SGSTAR GOSPEL MISSION7× · 2019–2025 · $50k · revenue +616%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $25k
- GOGRACE ON THE ASHLEY BAPTIST CHURCHone grant, 2019 · $15k
- MAMISSIONS AROUND THE WORLDone grant, 2019 · $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.
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.
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…
Cumberland Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.
Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.
Covenant HomeCare provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.
Claiborne Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.
To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve.
Samaritan's purse is a nondenominational evangelical christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. since 1970, samaritan's purse has helped meet the needs of people who are victims of war,…
Thompson Cancer Survival Center provides support services for cancer patients, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to…
We, saint joseph's health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. honoring the heritage and advancing the ministry of the sisters of…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 39 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MISSIONS AROUND THE WORLD ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STAR GOSPEL MISSION ↗
- Who funds WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries ↗
- Who funds FAITH HOME INC ↗
- Who funds Faith and Learning International NFP ↗
- Who funds LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds My Sister's House Inc ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds PET HELPERS INC ↗
- Who funds Josiah Venture ↗
- Who funds BERKELEY SENIORS INC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds LOWCOUNTRY PREGNANCY CENTER ↗
- Who funds OneWorld Health ↗
- Who funds BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK INCORPORATED ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Advanced Technology International · Davis Family Foundation Inc · Trident United Way · South Carolina Christian Foundation · Central Carolina Community Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Edward Jones Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · AbbVie Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Whitfield Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Whitfield Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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