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Catholic Charities of South Carolina

Catholic Charities of South Carolina (South Carolina) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,921,702 to it, the largest being POST AND COURIER FOUNDATION ($710,492). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.4M
Funders on record
39
Grants received
$2.9M
Net assets
$4.2M
25/39 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Catholic Charities of South Carolina does

Mission

Informed and inspired through the mission of the church, Catholic Charities of South Carolina promotes dignity, ministers to the spiritual and physical needs of those under our care, and acts to break the cycle of poverty in the palmetto state. In god, all things are possible.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Catholic charities provides direct services through various programs. Our wellness pantries strive to provide healthy foods along with behavioral economics education to help make a systematic change in the lives of our clients in snap benefits. The save a smile program provides access to our health solutions that include the ability to carry out the basic physical and social oral functions that we normally take for granted. The clean of heart program provides laundry, shower and at-home atmosphere to the homeless. The restorative justice program works to restore faith for those who are penitent as they seek a fresh start with a greater sense of self awareness and self-efficacy.

    $1,847,756 spentof which $311,206 as grants$523,425 earned by the program
    66% of program spending
  2. Catholic charities immigration services provides legal services to low-income immigrants in south carolina. Specifically, we assist immigrants in filing the appropriate forms and gathering necessary supporting documents in order to file for immigration relief. We provide assistance in the following cases: adjustment of status, consular processing, naturalization, u and t visas, vawa cases, temporary protected status, daca, sij,and renewal of permanent residency and work permits. We also provide community education of relevant immigration law topics.

    $825,262 spentof which $114,124 as grants
    29% of program spending
  3. Catholic charities' disaster services team ensures clients return to safe, sanitary and secure living conditions after the ramifications of a natural disaster. Through contractor and community partnerships, we assist clients in their journey to return to safe, sanitary and secure living conditions. Many have adjusted their life for at least a year before contacting us, living in moldy or unsafe conditions. Repairs include roofing, siding, interior work such as drywall, flooring, kitchens, bathrooms, doors & windows.

    $129,817 spentof which $122,355 as grants
    5% of program spending
  4. The carter may home is an assisted living facility that provides housing and services for elderly adults. A variety of services and activities are offered to provide residents with the care they need while also encouraging them to pursue an active lifestyle. These services and activities include medication management, restaurants style dining, housekeeping and laundry services, healthcare coordination, transportation to medical appointments, crafts, outings, exercise, religious activities, gardening and more.

    $10,815 spent$35 earned by the program
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,813,650.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.4M) Expenses 100 ($3.0M) Net assets 100 ($3.0M)2019 Revenue 135 ($4.6M) Expenses 138 ($4.1M) Net assets 100 ($3.0M)2020 Revenue 105 ($3.5M) Expenses 120 ($3.6M) Net assets 95 ($2.9M)2021 Revenue 120 ($4.0M) Expenses 116 ($3.5M) Net assets 123 ($3.7M)2022 Revenue 117 ($3.9M) Expenses 132 ($4.0M) Net assets 107 ($3.2M)2023 Revenue 112 ($3.8M) Expenses 123 ($3.7M) Net assets 116 ($3.5M)2024 Revenue 135 ($4.5M) Expenses 132 ($4.0M) Net assets 137 ($4.2M)2025 Revenue 101 ($3.4M) Expenses 114 ($3.4M) Net assets 139 ($4.2M)
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Revenue (101)Expenses (114)Net assets (139)

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 $4.6M to $5.9M (+29%).

$3.2M
$3.7M
$3.7M
$4.5M
$4.1M
$4.6M
$5.9M
$5.5M
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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.

2017
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$351k
’17
$411k
’19
−$80k
’20
$541k
’21
−$31k
’22
$62k
’23
$576k
’24
−$25k
’25
9.8
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

Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune

Bishop of Charleston, Chair of the Board

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2017201920202021202220242025
Listed415987911
Joined··+2+2+2·+3
No longer listed··833·1
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 17 funders, grant income fell $416k → $203k.

16 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 Catholic Charities of South Carolina’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. 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

Catholic Charities of South Carolina has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

69% 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 Catholic Charities of South Carolina.

24%
largest funder
59%
top three
~8
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 24% · 2019 50% · 2020 41% · 2021 61% · 2022 28% · 2023 25% — 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

35% of Catholic Charities of South Carolina's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

79% of Catholic Charities of South Carolina's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.

IL
IN
OH
CT
MO
VA
DE
NC
SC
DC
LA
GA

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
South Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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

Organizations like Catholic Charities of South Carolina

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

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 18%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
56%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Diocese of Charleston · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds Catholic Charities of South Carolina?
Catholic Charities of South Carolina (South Carolina) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,921,702 to it, the largest being POST AND COURIER FOUNDATION ($710,492). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Catholic Charities of South Carolina have?
IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $2,921,702 in grants to Catholic Charities of South Carolina, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Catholic Charities of South Carolina?
POST AND COURIER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $710,492 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Catholic Charities of South Carolina 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 39 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing