Funding · South Carolina · Human services
Who funds human services in South Carolina
Human services funding in South Carolina is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Lutheran Homes of South Carolina Inc leads, and the money reaches 738 groups.
The short version
- 1,436 funders gave $399M to 738 human services 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 human services in South Carolina is South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families, at $26M.
- The human services organization drawing the most is Lutheran Homes of South Carolina Inc, at $14M.
Largest funders of human services in South Carolina
The funders giving the most to human services organizations in South Carolina, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Human services organizations in South Carolina that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find human services funders in South Carolina
- 1Start with the funders already active in South Carolina
The funders giving the most to human services in South Carolina are South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families, The Duke Endowment, Central Carolina Community Foundation. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
48% of human services money in South Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Carolina.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in South Carolina?
- Start with the funders already giving to human services in South Carolina, currently South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families, The Duke Endowment, Central Carolina Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Carolina from out of state.
- Who is the largest human services funder in South Carolina?
- South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families gives the most to human services organizations in South Carolina, $26M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to human services in South Carolina?
- $399M reached 738 human services organizations in South Carolina, from 1,436 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
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.