· Private foundation
Wilbur S Smith and Stephanie E Smith-Phillips Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SAINT JAMES SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON | $5,000 |
| MUSC FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| BRIDGE BETWEN ANIMAL RESCUE | $2,500 |
| PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF CHARLESTON | $1,500 |
| GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART | $1,500 |
| CHARLESTON DAY SCHOOL | $1,500 |
| ALMOST HOME FELINE REFUGE INC | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 95% of Wilbur S Smith and Stephanie E Smith-Phillips Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 72% of the giving stays in SC; by stated purpose, 5%.
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 +72% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SJSAINT JAMES SCHOOL8× · 2017–2024 · $84k · revenue +25%
- MUMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION6× · 2018–2023 · $56k · revenue +8%
- COCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION2× · 2022–2023 · $20k · revenue +104%
Funded once
- LULANDER UNIVIERSITY EQUESTRIAN CENTERone grant, 2017 · $15k
- TSTUBULAR SCLEROSIS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $5k
- TATHERAPEUTIC ADVENTURES INCone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +18%
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.
To educate Charleston area residents and visitors about the natural and cultural history of the South Carolina Lowcountry through collections, exhibitions, preservation, conservation, research and related programming.
Charleston Collegiate Schools mission is to inspire students to become passionate, lifelong learners by empowering them with knowledge, creativity, curiosity and confidence to mindfully embrace the opportunities of tomorrow.
The mission of the charleston school of law foundation inc is to encourage and assist the study, teaching, promoting and research of the rule of law in charleston, south carolina and all related subject areas as determined by the board of…
The schs mission is to expand, preserve, and make accessible our invaluable collection, and to encourage interest and pride in the rich history of our state.
To operate a private school for pre-kindergarten through grade 12 in Wilmington, NC
Chamber Music Charleston is dedicated to developing the audience for classical music through chamber music concerts and educational programs of the highest caliber.
The Museum is a non-profit organization whose mission is to spark imagination, stimulate curiosity and encourage problem solving through the power of play in families from all backgrounds with young children.
Enhancing the quality of life for all south carolinians, achieving global competiteveness and ultimately increasing prosperity for sc citizens.
Charleston Literary Festival, Inc. produces a curated, annual program of events with a distinctly international flavor in the historic setting of Charleston, South Carolina. It brings together world class authors and speakers on a variety…
Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.
TThe Charleston Horticultural Society equips garden enthusiasts and horticultural professionals across the South Carolina Lowcountry to cultivate community, resiliency, and beauty through gardening
Edventure inspires children, youth, and the adults who care about them to experience the joy of learning.
How this is measured
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 24 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 SAINT JAMES SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CAROLINA ART ASSOCIATION DBA GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds The Preservation Society of Charleston Inc ↗
- Who funds Charleston Library Society ↗
- Who funds South Carolina Aquarium ↗
- Who funds CHARLESTON DAY SCHOOLINC ↗
- Who funds THERAPEUTIC ADVENTURES INC ↗
- Who funds LOUIE'S KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds Bridge Between Animal Rescue ↗
- Who funds CHARLESTON AREA THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC ↗
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 · Richard and Susan Leadem Family · Guffey Family Foundation · The Ceres Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Wilbur S Smith and Stephanie E Smith-Phillips Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wilbur S Smith and Stephanie E Smith-Phillips Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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