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

Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in South Carolina, currently Medal of Honor Foundation Inc, National Medal of Honor Center For, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the public benefit 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 public benefit in South Carolina?

$14M reached 59 public benefit organizations in South Carolina, from 125 funders. 69% 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 · Public benefit

Who funds public benefit in South Carolina

Funding is concentrated: Congressional Medal of Honor alone draws 65% of every public benefit grant dollar in South Carolina. One funder dominates the giving, Medal of Honor Foundation Inc, at 37% of the total.

$14M

granted

organizations

69%

from in-state

The short version

125 funders gave $14M to 59 public benefit organizations in South Carolina across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
69% of that came from funders also based in South Carolina; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of public benefit in South Carolina is Medal of Honor Foundation Inc, at $5M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is Congressional Medal of Honor, at $9M.

Largest funders of public benefit in South Carolina

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

1Medal of Honor Foundation Inc$5M 2National Medal of Honor Center For$4M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$726k 4Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States$388k 5Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$345k 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$314k 7Impact Charitable$300k 8Waccamaw Community Foundation$270k 9Christian Community Foundation Inc$250k 10United Way of the Lowcountry$224k

Public benefit organizations in South Carolina that draw the most

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

Congressional Medal of Honor$9M

49 other public benefit organizations$1M

Warrior Surf Foundation$641k

How to find public benefit funders in South Carolina

1
Start with the funders already active in South Carolina
The funders giving the most to public benefit in South Carolina are Medal of Honor Foundation Inc, National Medal of Honor Center For, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing public benefit checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the public benefit 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
31% of public benefit money in South Carolina comes from funders elsewhere, so national public benefit funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Carolina.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in South Carolina?: Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in South Carolina, currently Medal of Honor Foundation Inc, National Medal of Honor Center For, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Carolina from out of state.
Who is the largest public benefit funder in South Carolina?: Medal of Honor Foundation Inc gives the most to public benefit organizations in South Carolina, $5M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in South Carolina?: $14M reached 59 public benefit organizations in South Carolina, from 125 funders. 69% 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

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.