How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in South Carolina?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in South Carolina, currently Prisma Health, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, Darla Moore and Richard Rainwater. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Carolina from out of state.

Who is the largest arts and culture funder in South Carolina?

Prisma Health gives the most to arts and culture organizations in South Carolina, $25M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in South Carolina?

$90M reached 304 arts and culture organizations in South Carolina, from 511 funders. 62% came from funders also based in South Carolina.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · South Carolina · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in South Carolina

$90M reached 304 arts and culture organizations in South Carolina, from 511 funders, with no single one dominating.

$90M

granted

304

organizations

62%

from in-state

The short version

511 funders gave $90M to 304 arts and culture organizations in South Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
62% of that came from funders also based in South Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in South Carolina is Prisma Health, at $25M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Upcountry History Museum, at $24M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in South Carolina

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in South Carolina, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Prisma Health$25M 2The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$6M 3Darla Moore and Richard Rainwater$4M 4Coastal Community Foundation of South$4M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 6ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc$2M 7Foundation for the Carolinas$2M 8Central Carolina Community$2M 9Heritage Classic Foundation$2M 10Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation$1M

Arts and culture organizations in South Carolina that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

294 other arts and culture organizations$39M

Upcountry History Museum$24M International African American Museum$7M Spoleto Festival USA Inc$4M

How to find arts and culture funders in South Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in South Carolina
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in South Carolina are Prisma Health, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, Darla Moore and Richard Rainwater. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
38% of arts and culture money in South Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in South Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in South Carolina, currently Prisma Health, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, Darla Moore and Richard Rainwater. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in South Carolina?: Prisma Health gives the most to arts and culture organizations in South Carolina, $25M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in South Carolina?: $90M reached 304 arts and culture organizations in South Carolina, from 511 funders. 62% came from funders also based in South Carolina.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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The regranting layer

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The DAF merry-go-round

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Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.