South Carolina · Nonprofit
Charleston School of Law
Charleston School of Law (South Carolina) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $259,913 to it, the largest being THE ADELE A & HAROLD J WESTBROOK FOUNDATION ($157,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $27M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $260k
- Net assets
- $27M
What Charleston School of Law does
Mission
The mission of the Charleston School of Law foundation inc is to encourage and assist the study, teaching, promoting and research of the rule of law in charleston, south carolina and all related subject areas as determined by the board of directors.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Effective December 1, 2024, the School became the sole member of the Charleston School of Law Holdings, LLC (the "LLC"). The School offers college graduates full and part-time courses of study leading to the Juris Doctor degree. The School was organized under the laws of the state of South Carolina on May 12, 2003, and became fully accredited in August 2011. To be eligible for a Juris Doctor degree, a student must have received course credit for a minimum of 90 credit hours or the equivalent, satisfactorily completed all required courses, attained a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00, satisfied the advanced legal writing requirement, satisfied the skills course requirement, satisfied the drafting course requirement, satisfied the legal skills course requirement, finished 30 hours of Pro Bono work under an organized Pro Bono program, fulfilled the American Bar Association ("ABA") residency requirement, and conducted himself or herself as a fit candidate for admission to the Bar. The School's curriculum is designed to provide students with a solid grounding in the law and to enable them to be effective legal professionals. The program of study reflects the demands of the profession for a meaningful educational experience that incorporates history, technology, ethics and professionalism, and evolving trends and future challenges. The educational curriculum is designed to qualify graduates for admission to the Bar as well as to prepare them to participate…
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Effective December 1, 2024, the School became the sole member of the Charleston School of Law Holdings, LLC (the "LLC"). The School offers college graduates full and part-time courses of study leading to the Juris Doctor degree. The School was organized under the laws of the state of South Carolina on May 12, 2003, and became fully accredited in August 2011. To be eligible for a Juris Doctor degree, a student must have received course credit for a minimum of 90 credit hours or the equivalent, satisfactorily completed all required courses, attained a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00, satisfied the advanced legal writing requirement, satisfied the skills course requirement, satisfied the drafting course requirement, satisfied the legal skills course requirement, finished 30 hours of Pro Bono work under an organized Pro Bono program, fulfilled the American Bar Association ("ABA") residency requirement, and conducted himself or herself as a fit candidate for admission to the Bar. The School's curriculum is designed to provide students with a solid grounding in the law and to enable them to be effective legal professionals. The program of study reflects the demands of…
$1,080,711 spentof which $5,300 as grants$1,562,056 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,080,711.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.3M to $41M (+3075%).
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.
93% of Charleston School of Law’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
J Edward Bell
Chairman (December)
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $14k → $126k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 School of Law’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 School of Law leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 63% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 85% — 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
Charleston School of Law draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k 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 School of Law holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,064 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding Charleston School of Law receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $566k on record.
- Department of Education$566k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Charleston School of Law
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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Charleston School of Law Holdings LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Charleston School of Law?
- Charleston School of Law (South Carolina) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $259,913 to it, the largest being THE ADELE A & HAROLD J WESTBROOK FOUNDATION ($157,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Charleston School of Law have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $259,913 in grants to Charleston School of Law, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Charleston School of Law?
- THE ADELE A & HAROLD J WESTBROOK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $157,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Charleston School of Law 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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