South Carolina · Nonprofit
BETHLEHEM CENTER
BETHLEHEM CENTER (South Carolina) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,916,510 to it, the largest being Spartanburg County Foundation ($2,209,335). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Bethlehem Center does
Mission
The mission of the Bethlehem Center is to support, strengthen, and inspire individuals and families as well as to facilitate opportunities for personal and community advancement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Youth services - to provide youth with engagement opportunities to promote self-awareness, academic readiness, social and emotional health. We strive to provide involvement and exposure to cultural, civic and community resources. A) after school b) summer camp c) leadership d) mentoring e) virtual student support services
$805,129 spent100% of program spendingCommunity supportive services are designed to provide individuals and families with the support needed to thrive, obtain and maintain sustainable skills for overall wellness and economic mobility a) economic support - financial and food assistance - creating opportunities for stabilizing families. Opportunities for educational and skill development through a partnership with spartanburg county adult learning. Financial literacy and homebuyer education services are also available on site. B) wellness - creating opportunities for healthy community engagement in Bethlehem Center programs and activities c) outreach - creating opportunities for every generation to engage safely in the community.
Early care and education - the Bethlehem Center offers early care and education to children ages 6 weeks to 4 years old. The goal is to provide high quality education and care in collaboration with south carolina first steps. We work to ensure that all children start school ready to reach their highest potential with the support of their parents, caregivers and the community. A) creative curriculum as a learning model b) early head start c) 3k d) 4k
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $805,129.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.2M to $2.9M (+150%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 4% · 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of BETHLEHEM CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $13k → $521k.
3 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BETHLEHEM CENTER’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
BETHLEHEM CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BETHLEHEM CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 77% · 2019 55% · 2020 88% · 2021 48% · 2022 37% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
67% of BETHLEHEM CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
76% of BETHLEHEM CENTER's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $697k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from South Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
BETHLEHEM CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BETHLEHEM CENTER
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BETHLEHEM CENTER: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BETHLEHEM CENTER?
- BETHLEHEM CENTER (South Carolina) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,916,510 to it, the largest being Spartanburg County Foundation ($2,209,335). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BETHLEHEM CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $2,916,510 in grants to BETHLEHEM CENTER, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BETHLEHEM CENTER?
- Spartanburg County Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,209,335 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BETHLEHEM CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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