How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in South Carolina?

Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in South Carolina, currently Legal Services Corporation, The South Carolina Bar Foundation, Children's Trust of South Carolina. Then look at who funds the crime and legal 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 crime and legal in South Carolina?

$57M reached 59 crime and legal organizations in South Carolina, from 211 funders. 25% 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 · Crime and legal

Who funds crime and legal in South Carolina

Most of it comes from outside South Carolina: only 25% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: South Carolina Legal Services alone draws 49% of every crime and legal grant dollar in South Carolina.

$57M

granted

organizations

25%

from in-state

The short version

211 funders gave $57M to 59 crime and legal organizations in South Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
25% of that came from funders also based in South Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of crime and legal in South Carolina is Legal Services Corporation, at $24M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is South Carolina Legal Services, at $28M.

Largest funders of crime and legal in South Carolina

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

1Legal Services Corporation$24M 2The South Carolina Bar Foundation$3M 3Children's Trust of South Carolina$3M 4World Wildlife Fund Inc$2M 5The Chicago Community Trust$2M 6South Carolina Christian Foundation$1M 7Coastal Community Foundation of South$1M 8Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1M 9Network for Good$819k 10The Duke Endowment$704k

Crime and legal organizations in South Carolina that draw the most

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

South Carolina Legal Services$28M

49 other crime and legal organizations$8M

Center for Heirs' Property Preservation$7M Turn90$4M Jumpstart South Carolina$2M Prevent Child Abuse Pickens County Inc$2M

How to find crime and legal funders in South Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in South Carolina
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in South Carolina are Legal Services Corporation, The South Carolina Bar Foundation, Children's Trust of South Carolina. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
75% of crime and legal money in South Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in South Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in South Carolina, currently Legal Services Corporation, The South Carolina Bar Foundation, Children's Trust of South Carolina. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest crime and legal funder in South Carolina?: Legal Services Corporation gives the most to crime and legal organizations in South Carolina, $24M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in South Carolina?: $57M reached 59 crime and legal organizations in South Carolina, from 211 funders. 25% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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.