South Carolina · Nonprofit
CITY OF SUMTER HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
CITY OF SUMTER HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,325,000 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAMS BRICE EDWARDS CHARITABLE TRUST ($3,325,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $7.8M
What City of Sumter Housing and Economic Development Corporation does
Mission
To support / conduct activities that may provide housing, economic development, downtown revitalization, historic preservation and community development.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To combat community deterioration through residential and commercial development and revitalization, economic development and historic preservation.
$569,041 spentof which $537,345 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $569,041.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $1.1M to $2.7M (+146%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 77% · 2019 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of CITY OF SUMTER HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
April Woods
Chair person
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1.6M → $100k.
From the IRS filings of CITY OF SUMTER HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’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.
Where its funders are
100% of CITY OF SUMTER HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'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
CITY OF SUMTER HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CITY OF SUMTER HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 CITY OF SUMTER HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: 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 CITY OF SUMTER HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- CITY OF SUMTER HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,325,000 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAMS BRICE EDWARDS CHARITABLE TRUST ($3,325,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CITY OF SUMTER HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,325,000 in grants to CITY OF SUMTER HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CITY OF SUMTER HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- THE WILLIAMS BRICE EDWARDS CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $3,325,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CITY OF SUMTER HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 1 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