South Carolina · Public charity
Wholespire Inc
To provide communities with proven and sustainable approaches that lead to increased access to healthy choices for all people.
- $81k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $65k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $79k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Wholespire Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $65k | 90% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $59k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $35k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $69k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $307k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prisma Health-Midlands | $34,624 | 2 | 0% |
| Hampton County Government | $34,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Upper Palmetto YMCA Inc | $34,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Family Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Laurens Inc | $34,500 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Anderson County | $34,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Barnwell County Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse | $34,500 | 1 | 4% |
| United Way of Kershaw County | $34,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Johns Island Farmers Market | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Travelers Rest Farmers Market | $23,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Health Care Partners of South Carolina Inc | $16,312 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 34 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prisma Health-Midlands | $34,624 | 2 | 0% |
| Hampton County Government | $34,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Upper Palmetto YMCA Inc | $34,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Family Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Laurens Inc | $34,500 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Anderson County | $34,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Barnwell County Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse | $34,500 | 1 | 4% |
| United Way of Kershaw County | $34,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Johns Island Farmers Market | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Travelers Rest Farmers Market | $23,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Health Care Partners of South Carolina Inc | $16,312 | 1 | n/a |
| Wellness Beyond Fifty LLC | $15,286 | 2 | n/a |
| Knights Hill Historic Preservation Board Inc | $11,986 | 2 | n/a |
| Georgetown Memorial Hospital | $11,234 | 1 | 0% |
| Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg and Calhoun Counties | $10,604 | 1 | n/a |
| Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services Inc | $8,130 | 1 | 0% |
| Ehrhardt Pharmacy | $8,104 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Samaritan Clinic | $7,130 | 1 | 3% |
| The Charles Lea Center Inc | $6,104 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspire 2 Inspire Initiative | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Partners for Active Living | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St James Health and Wellness Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Chesterfield County Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Truth Ministries | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Village Group | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pathways Community Center Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scsdb Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fairfield County | $5,894 | 1 | n/a |
| Cherokee County School District | $5,885 | 1 | n/a |
| Marantha Farms and Wellness | $5,844 | 1 | n/a |
| Greenwood County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership | $5,824 | 1 | 2% |
| Jbc Cares | $5,575 | 1 | n/a |
| Camping Ministries of the Carolinas | $5,454 | 1 | 1% |
| Upper Midlands Rural Health Network | $5,307 | 1 | 13% |
| Greenville Free Medical Clinic Inc | $5,104 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($67k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Wholespire Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Central Carolina Community Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Children's Trust of South Carolina · Foundation for the Carolinas · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · The Duke Endowment · Spartanburg County Foundation · Direct Relief · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Wholespire Inc
- How much does Wholespire Inc give?
- Wholespire Inc reported 10 itemized grants totaling $64,747, out of $80,567 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Wholespire Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (38%), Food & Nutrition (19%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are Wholespire Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Prisma Health-Midlands ($35k), Hampton County Government ($35k), Upper Palmetto YMCA Inc ($35k).
- Does Wholespire Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wholespire Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Carolina Community Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation, Children's Trust of South Carolina.
- Where is Wholespire Inc based?
- Wholespire Inc is based in SC.
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