How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in South Carolina?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in South Carolina, currently Darla Moore and Richard Rainwater Foundation, Central Electric Power Cooperative Inc, Greater Houston Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Carolina from out of state.

How much grant money goes to community development in South Carolina?

$169M reached 362 community development organizations in South Carolina, from 440 funders. 64% 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 · Community development

Who funds community development in South Carolina

Funders are thin on the ground: 362 community development organizations share only 440 funders between them.

$169M

granted

362

organizations

64%

from in-state

The short version

440 funders gave $169M to 362 community development organizations in South Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
64% of that came from funders also based in South Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in South Carolina is Darla Moore and Richard Rainwater Foundation, at $45M.
The community development organization drawing the most is Greater Lake City Alliance, at $55M.

Largest funders of community development in South Carolina

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

1Darla Moore and Richard Rainwater Foundation$45M 2Central Electric Power Cooperative Inc$25M 3Greater Houston Community Foundation$9M 4Spartanburg County Foundation$6M 5Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc$4M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 7The North Eastern Strategic Allianceinc$3M 8Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$3M 9Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Incorporated$3M 10United Way Association of South Carolina Inc$2M

Community development organizations in South Carolina that draw the most

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

352 other community development organizations$74M

Greater Lake City Alliance$55M

How to find community development funders in South Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in South Carolina
The funders giving the most to community development in South Carolina are Darla Moore and Richard Rainwater Foundation, Central Electric Power Cooperative Inc, Greater Houston Community Foundation. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development 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
36% of community development money in South Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in South Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in South Carolina, currently Darla Moore and Richard Rainwater Foundation, Central Electric Power Cooperative Inc, Greater Houston Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in South Carolina?: Darla Moore and Richard Rainwater Foundation gives the most to community development organizations in South Carolina, $45M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in South Carolina?: $169M reached 362 community development organizations in South Carolina, from 440 funders. 64% 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.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.