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CAREFIRST CAROLINA FOUNDATION

CAREFIRST CAROLINA FOUNDATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,957,466 to it, the largest being CW AND DOROTHY G LOVE FOUNDATION ($1,400,229). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$563k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$2.0M
Net assets
$569k
7/10 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Carefirst Carolina Foundation does

Mission

The mission of carefirst carolina is to serve as a conduit of support and investment that enhances caresouth carolina's, a 501(c)3 organization employer, identification number 57-0664826) efforts to improve lives.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Direct financial support provided to caresouth carolina a 501(c)3 organization ein 57-0664826

    $110,810 spentof which $100,623 as grants
    23% of program spending
  2. Direct financial assistance provided so that individuals can obtain medical and dental services from caresouth carolina a 501(c)3 organization ein 57- 0664826

    $46,107 spentof which $46,107 as grants
    10% of program spending
  3. Payments made to pee dee regional transit authority to provide free bus transportation to economically disadvantaged individuals so that those individuals can have access to medical appointments, banking, and retail commerce.

    $321,843 spentof which $321,843 as grants
    67% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $478,760.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($187k) Expenses 100 ($165k) Net assets 100 ($168k)2018 Revenue 116 ($217k) Expenses 89 ($148k) Net assets 140 ($235k)2019 Revenue 101 ($189k) Expenses 105 ($173k) Net assets 151 ($253k)2020 Revenue 173 ($324k) Expenses 134 ($221k) Net assets 210 ($352k)2021 Revenue 267 ($499k) Expenses 295 ($487k) Net assets 230 ($385k)2022 Revenue 216 ($405k) Expenses 235 ($388k) Net assets 235 ($394k)2023 Revenue 192 ($360k) Expenses 215 ($356k) Net assets 233 ($391k)2024 Revenue 244 ($457k) Expenses 210 ($347k) Net assets 300 ($503k)2025 Revenue 301 ($563k) Expenses 298 ($491k) Net assets 340 ($569k)
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Revenue (301)Expenses (298)Net assets (340)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 2023 to 2024, from $391k to $503k (+29%).

$309k
$235k
$253k
$352k
$385k
$394k
$391k
$503k
$569k
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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.

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2018
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2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

93% of CAREFIRST CAROLINA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$22k
’17
$69k
’18
$16k
’19
$103k
’20
$12k
’21
$17k
’22
$4k
’23
$110k
’24
$72k
’25
9.5
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.

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Listed1110101010991010
Joined·+3+0+1+0+0+2+3+0
No longer listed·40101220
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $126k → $220k.

2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 CAREFIRST CAROLINA FOUNDATION’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

CAREFIRST CAROLINA FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

72%
largest funder
90%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 60% · 2019 100% · 2020 63% · 2021 66% · 2022 69% · 2023 91% — 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.

How long its funders stay

43% of CAREFIRST CAROLINA FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

84% of CAREFIRST CAROLINA FOUNDATION's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.

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

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South Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $166k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CAREFIRST CAROLINA FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin13% · above the median
Months of reserve9.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)15% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like CAREFIRST CAROLINA FOUNDATION

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

SC

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Caresouth Carolina Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds CAREFIRST CAROLINA FOUNDATION?
CAREFIRST CAROLINA FOUNDATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,957,466 to it, the largest being CW AND DOROTHY G LOVE FOUNDATION ($1,400,229). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CAREFIRST CAROLINA FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,957,466 in grants to CAREFIRST CAROLINA FOUNDATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CAREFIRST CAROLINA FOUNDATION?
CW AND DOROTHY G LOVE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,400,229 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CAREFIRST CAROLINA FOUNDATION 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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