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CLOSING THE GAP IN HEALTH CARE INC

CLOSING THE GAP IN HEALTH CARE INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $276,564 to it, the largest being COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC ($120,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$195k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$277k
Net assets
$60k
4/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 52%
01What it does

What Closing the Gap in Health Care Inc does

Mission

To decrease health disparities and increase health literacy among underserved african american communities in south carolina

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Radio health tips were broadcast on several radio stations across South Carolina per day, reaching approximately 475,000 listeners. These health tips focus on COVID-19.

    $56,652 spentof which $56,652 as grants
    29% of program spending
  2. CGIHC used funds to support the outreach and community health literacy education in underserved communities. expenses included television commercials, televised health literacy campaigns, and radio commercials aimed at health education. A $100,000 grant was reccived for this program in late 2023, and the funds were used in 2024.

    $126,186 spent
    64% of program spending
  3. Inceased health literacy in the underserved population

    $15,439 spentof which $7,500 as grants
    8% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $198,277.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($151k) Expenses 100 ($99k) Net assets 100 ($148k)2018 Revenue 102 ($154k) Expenses 170 ($168k) Net assets 90 ($134k)2019 Revenue 168 ($253k) Expenses 256 ($253k) Net assets 90 ($133k)2020 Revenue 34 ($51k) Expenses 169 ($167k) Net assets 11 ($17k)2021 Revenue 241 ($362k) Expenses 330 ($327k) Net assets 35 ($52k)2022 Revenue 315 ($474k) Expenses 476 ($472k) Net assets 36 ($54k)2023 Revenue 381 ($574k) Expenses 482 ($477k) Net assets 102 ($151k)2024 Revenue 130 ($195k) Expenses 288 ($285k) Net assets 41 ($60k)
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Revenue (130)Expenses (288)Net assets (41)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $134k to $32k (−76%).

$151k
$136k
$134k
$32k
$71k
$58k
$151k
$61k
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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
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 11% · 2018 85% · 2019 104% · 2020 127% · 2021 69% · 2022 107% · 2023 96% · 2024 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

123% of CLOSING THE GAP IN HEALTH CARE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$52k
’17
−$14k
’18
−$707
’19
−$116k
’20
$35k
’21
$2k
’22
$97k
’23
−$90k
’24
2.4
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.

Chief executive

Thaddeus J Bell

President & CEO

Board chair

Willi Glee

Chairman of the board

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed77988101010
Joined·+4+3+1+0+2+0+0
No longer listed·4120000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $32k → $18k.

2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 CLOSING THE GAP IN HEALTH CARE 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

CLOSING THE GAP IN HEALTH CARE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

100% 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 CLOSING THE GAP IN HEALTH CARE INC.

43%
largest funder
93%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 74% · 2021 94% · 2022 100% · 2023 51% — 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

88% of CLOSING THE GAP IN HEALTH CARE INC's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.

CA
SC
DC

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

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South Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $120k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

Against its field

CLOSING THE GAP IN HEALTH CARE INC's revenue grew 30% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−46% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like CLOSING THE GAP IN HEALTH CARE INC

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In South Carolina

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 12%Fundraising 5%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

97%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds CLOSING THE GAP IN HEALTH CARE INC?
CLOSING THE GAP IN HEALTH CARE INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $276,564 to it, the largest being COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC ($120,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CLOSING THE GAP IN HEALTH CARE INC have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $276,564 in grants to CLOSING THE GAP IN HEALTH CARE INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CLOSING THE GAP IN HEALTH CARE INC?
COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC is the largest funder on record, with $120,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CLOSING THE GAP IN HEALTH CARE 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.

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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing