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COLUMBIA UNITED FC DBA SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED FC

COLUMBIA UNITED FC DBA SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED FC (South Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,741 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$4.0M
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$48k
Net assets
$3.4M
1/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Columbia United Fc Dba South Carolina United Fc does

Mission

We will provide a positive environment for the continuing development of players who demonstrate talent, commitment, good sportsmanship, and the desire to excel in the sport of soccer. Through professionalism in leadership and quality coaching, south carolina united fc will field teams that compete at all levels of soccer.we will teach a high level of soccer skill and tactics. We will foster a club atmosphere in which the good of the whole is valued as well as the needs of the individual. We will offer the opportunity for all to experience the sense of pride and accomplishment that comes from dedication and teamwork. We will nurture the interests and build the knowledge base of soccer for both players and spectators. We will organize and train youth travel teams who seek the highest level of team competition and achievement at the local, state, regional, and national levels.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The organization provides quality youth soccer programs for participants at the recreational and select soccer levels. Coordinates leagues, camps & tournaments for participants.

    $3,476,373 spent$3,682,613 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,476,373.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.9M) Expenses 100 ($2.8M) Net assets 100 ($1.7M)2018 Revenue 101 ($2.9M) Expenses 93 ($2.6M) Net assets 121 ($2.1M)2019 Revenue 103 ($3.0M) Expenses 112 ($3.1M) Net assets 105 ($1.8M)2020 Revenue 85 ($2.5M) Expenses 84 ($2.3M) Net assets 114 ($2.0M)2021 Revenue 99 ($2.9M) Expenses 85 ($2.3M) Net assets 144 ($2.5M)2022 Revenue 101 ($2.9M) Expenses 90 ($2.5M) Net assets 170 ($2.9M)2023 Revenue 112 ($3.2M) Expenses 107 ($3.0M) Net assets 186 ($3.2M)2024 Revenue 117 ($3.4M) Expenses 114 ($3.1M) Net assets 200 ($3.4M)2025 Revenue 140 ($4.0M) Expenses 147 ($4.0M) Net assets 200 ($3.4M)
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Revenue (140)Expenses (147)Net assets (200)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $5.2M to $6.4M (+25%).

$2.6M
$3.9M
$3.9M
$4.0M
$5.2M
$6.4M
$7.0M
$7.0M
$7.2M
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 3% · 2022 7% · 2023 4% · 2024 5% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$132k
’17
$370k
’18
−$108k
’19
$150k
’20
$523k
’21
$446k
’22
$271k
’23
$240k
’24
−$2k
’25
4.3
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

Rob Strickland

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed669888888
Joined·+0+4+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·01100000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $1k → $544.

4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 COLUMBIA UNITED FC DBA SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED FC’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

COLUMBIA UNITED FC DBA SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED FC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

97% 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 COLUMBIA UNITED FC DBA SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED FC.

52%
largest funder
96%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 92% — 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

97% of COLUMBIA UNITED FC DBA SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED FC'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 $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside South Carolina, across 2 states.

PA
NC

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

’19
’23
South Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $46k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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

Organizations like COLUMBIA UNITED FC DBA SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED FC

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In South Carolina

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 14%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

90%

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 COLUMBIA UNITED FC DBA SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED FC?
COLUMBIA UNITED FC DBA SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED FC (South Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,741 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does COLUMBIA UNITED FC DBA SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED FC have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $47,741 in grants to COLUMBIA UNITED FC DBA SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED FC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COLUMBIA UNITED FC DBA SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED FC?
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COLUMBIA UNITED FC DBA SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED FC 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing