South Carolina · Nonprofit
CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD
CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD (South Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,000 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY ($70,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $366k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $75k
- Net assets
- $560k
What Charleston Artist Guild does
Mission
The Charleston Artist Guild is dedicated to serving the arts community of charleston providing education in all aspects of the art world: workshops for the practicing artist or photographer, lectures for the burgeoning collector, and community outreach to serve the needs of the greater society through art.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Art gallery: the guild sells member's works, displays fine art to the public and is a venue for art shows and meetings. It is open to the public for free and usually gets visits from about 3,000 visitors per year. The gallery promotes public awareness of the visual arts and encourages members and the public to increase participation in the creation and display of fine arts.
$277,971 spent$303,424 earned by the program84% of program spendingArt exhibitions: the guild arranges and manages art shows during the year. These exhibits are held to increase public awareness and to promote fine arts in the charleston area. In cooperation with the city of charleston, the exhibits are held in public spaces, such as the charleston county public library, to assist in educating the public about fine arts.
$40,846 spent$2,897 earned by the program12% of program spendingArt classes and workshops: the guild sponsored and managed art instruction classes and workshops for both members and the public. These workshops and classes are conducted by nationally known artists. These demonstrations increase the skills and competence of participating artists in many different styles of painting. Examples include outdoor plein air work, photography and portraiture using models.
$11,805 spent4% of program spendingCommunity projects: the guild reaches out to the community to help less fortunate and younger artists in the tri-county area. There are six on-going community projects: 1)the art of alzheimer's for elderly artists in nursing homes.2)art activities at pattison's academy for children with severe and profound disabilities.3)scholarship awards for graduating high school seniors.4)the extraordinary arts exibit for special education students.
$1,106 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $331,728.
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 2020 to 2021, from $350k to $498k (+42%).
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.
16% of CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $14k → $10k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD’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
CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 100% · 2019 91% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
93% of CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD'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 $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from South Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $70k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD is better cushioned than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD: 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 CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD?
- CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD (South Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,000 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY ($70,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $75,000 in grants to CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHARLESTON ARTIST GUILD 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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