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ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC

ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $190,000 to it, the largest being DUKE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($120,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$152k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$190k
Net assets
$916k
1/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 20%
01What it does

What Associated Industries of South Carolina Foundation Inc does

Mission

To support the trucking industry in south carolina by promoting workforce development, advance highway and occupational safety and safe commercial vehicle operations.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provided a workforce development program (be pro be proud sc) and mobile workshop designed to close the skills-gap in the south carolina trucking industry.

    $48,678 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Offered commercial drivers license program

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $48,678.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($250) Expenses 100 ($693) Net assets 100 ($10k)2019 Revenue 33300 ($83k) Expenses 2856 ($20k) Net assets 746 ($73k)2020 Revenue 491913 ($1.2M) Expenses 141006 ($977k) Net assets 3317 ($326k)2021 Revenue 160619 ($402k) Expenses 13965 ($97k) Net assets 6418 ($631k)2022 Revenue 88426 ($221k) Expenses 19825 ($137k) Net assets 7270 ($714k)2023 Revenue 90800 ($227k) Expenses 11348 ($79k) Net assets 8780 ($863k)2024 Revenue 60644 ($152k) Expenses 14231 ($99k) Net assets 9319 ($916k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (60644)Expenses (14231)Net assets (9319)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $326k to $631k (+94%).

$10k
$73k
$326k
$631k
$714k
$863k
$916k
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (75% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,485 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$443
’18
$63k
’19
$253k
’20
$305k
’21
$84k
’22
$148k
’23
$53k
’24
50
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Brian Lemon

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed101011138
Joined·+2+1+4+1
No longer listed·2026
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2021: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $85k → $80k.

From the IRS filings of ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

63%
largest funder
89%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 71% · 2021 75% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 4 states in all.

VA
AR
NC
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
South Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin35% · above the median
Months of reserve50.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)191% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

49% of spending goes to programs.

Program 49%Management 51%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

SC

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Questions and answers

Who funds ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC?
ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $190,000 to it, the largest being DUKE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($120,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $190,000 in grants to ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC?
DUKE ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $120,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing