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

Start with the funders already giving to education in South Carolina, currently South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees, Limestone Charter Association, The Duke Endowment. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Carolina from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in South Carolina?

South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees gives the most to education organizations in South Carolina, $157M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in South Carolina?

$1.4B reached 1,064 education organizations in South Carolina, from 2,190 funders. 52% 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 · Education

Who funds education in South Carolina

$1.4B reached 1,064 education organizations in South Carolina, from 2,190 funders, with no single one dominating.

$1.4B

granted

1,064

organizations

52%

from in-state

The short version

2,190 funders gave $1.4B to 1,064 education organizations in South Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
52% of that came from funders also based in South Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in South Carolina is South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees, at $157M.
The education organization drawing the most is Furman University, at $176M.

Largest funders of education in South Carolina

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

1South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees$157M 2Limestone Charter Association$133M 3The Duke Endowment$104M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$52M 5United Negro College Fund Inc$43M 6Central Carolina Community Foundation$38M 7Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$37M 8Beemok Family Foundation$36M 9National Philanthropic Trust$34M 10Spartanburg County Foundation$31M

Education organizations in South Carolina that draw the most

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

1,054 other education organizations$818M

Furman University$176M Meeting Street Schools$40M Columbia International University$38M

How to find education funders in South Carolina

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Start with the funders already active in South Carolina
The funders giving the most to education in South Carolina are South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees, Limestone Charter Association, The Duke Endowment. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
48% of education money in South Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in South Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to education in South Carolina, currently South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees, Limestone Charter Association, The Duke Endowment. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in South Carolina?: South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees gives the most to education organizations in South Carolina, $157M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in South Carolina?: $1.4B reached 1,064 education organizations in South Carolina, from 2,190 funders. 52% 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.