South Carolina · Nonprofit
BOON PROJECT
BOON PROJECT (South Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,940 to it, the largest being SUNSTATE EQUIPMENT FOUNDATION ($8,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $111k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $241k
What Boon Project does
Mission
The Boon Project exists to combat the increased rates of isolation and depression in young adult cancer fighters and survivors, as well as to equip them with resources in their fight to help increase survival rates. The mission of the organization is to support young adult cancer fighters and their unique needs, through providing beneficial programs and creating a cooperative cancer fighting culture that works to heal the whole patient.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Courage Club: Courage Club is made up of persons who have faced a cancer diagnosis as a young adult (roughly 18-40 years of age). We have a private online group, but also plan free in-person events at least monthly as an opportunity for those we serve to connect and support one another. Courage Club has a subgroup for those battling stage 4 cancer, which we call our "Meta Meet Up" group which gathers at least quarterly. A few of our favorite events this year included cookie decorating class, pottery painting, pumpkin carving with goats, candle making class, axe throwing happy hour, and bowling- all at no cost to those we serve. We partnered with a sex therapist to offer a free virtual "sex after cancer" workshop and partnered with a psychologist to host a "Coffee for Caregivers" session. We hosted several large family events for our courage club members this year including a RiverDogs minor league baseball game and our Holiday Party which included bowling, laser tag, arcade games, and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus.
$13,803 spent37% of program spendingFitness Force: Fitness Force is designed to help cancer survivors achieve their wellness goals after a cancer diagnosis. Volunteers act as supporters to encourage and provide accountability to our survivors. Through a grant from The Cooper River Bridge Run Foundation and in cooperation with a certified running coach, we were able to create custom training plans for our survivors to prepare for a 10k race. We met weekly for check ins and every few weeks for group workouts leading up to the race. We also provided all survivor participants with custom fit running shoes for training and race day. Approximately 20 members of our Fitness Force crossed the finish line of the 2025 Cooper River Bridge Run 10K in April. Fitness initiatives continued after the race in April through wellness challenges, free Pilates class, and group accountability towards post-cancer goals. Fitness Force has served as a great way for new survivors to connect with our organization and other survivors.
$4,697 spentof which $268 as grants13% of program spendingPatient Support: Our patient support program provides financial, emotional, and mental health support for young adults fighting cancer. We offer financial assistance grants, access to free counseling services with a licensed therapist, support from a young adult cancer guide with a background in oncology nursing, as well as care packages called "Boon Bags" with cancer fighting resources. This year we've increased the presence of our Boon bags and resources to hospitals and patient care facilities by partnering with local providers, navigators, and social workers. We continue to focus on building relationships with people who serve our demographic. This year we were able to fulfill 100% of local eligible financial assistance grant requests. Our cancer guide has worked with patients to help them advocate for themselves and seek the best care plans for their situations. In a collaborative effort, our Executive Director attended the MUSC SCOR Survivor Symposium in Charleston in June as well as the Adolescent Young Adult Cancer Coalition Conference in Chapel Hill, NC in October. Both events allowed us to collaborate with others in the AYA community as well as to learn more about how we…
$18,466 spentof which $8,800 as grants50% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $36,966.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $95k to $169k (+78%).
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.
95% of BOON PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $286.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 BOON PROJECT’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
BOON PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 BOON PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
BOON PROJECT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
BOON PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BOON PROJECT
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.
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOON PROJECT?
- BOON PROJECT (South Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,940 to it, the largest being SUNSTATE EQUIPMENT FOUNDATION ($8,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOON PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $14,940 in grants to BOON PROJECT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOON PROJECT?
- SUNSTATE EQUIPMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOON PROJECT 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), 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