South Carolina · Nonprofit
CHARLESTON MEN'S CHORUS INC
CHARLESTON MEN'S CHORUS INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,500 to it, the largest being Gary W Dietrich Family Foundation ($18,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $78k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $61k
- Net assets
- $180k
What Charleston Men's Chorus Inc does
Mission
To inform, instruct, entertain, and enrich the public through the performances presented/sponsored by the org.; and to provide performances for the benefit of other community non-profit groups and organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The organization promotes choral music awareness in the lowcountry both for amateurs and those preparing for a musical profession. Concert events are held to promote the organization's mission and to educate and enrich the public. Proceeds from events fund grants and operations.
$63,077 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $63,077.
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 $124k to $180k (+46%).
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.
70% of CHARLESTON MEN'S CHORUS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $4k → $12k.
From the IRS filings of CHARLESTON MEN'S CHORUS INC’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 MEN'S CHORUS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 50% · 2019 29% · 2020 44% · 2021 38% · 2022 40% · 2023 26% — 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.
Where its funders are
63% of CHARLESTON MEN'S CHORUS INC's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 MEN'S CHORUS INC has grown faster than half of the 10,305 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,305 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like CHARLESTON MEN'S CHORUS INC
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
89%
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 MEN'S CHORUS INC: 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 MEN'S CHORUS INC?
- CHARLESTON MEN'S CHORUS INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,500 to it, the largest being Gary W Dietrich Family Foundation ($18,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHARLESTON MEN'S CHORUS INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $60,500 in grants to CHARLESTON MEN'S CHORUS INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHARLESTON MEN'S CHORUS INC?
- Gary W Dietrich Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $18,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHARLESTON MEN'S CHORUS INC 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 6 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