South Carolina · Nonprofit
CONGAREE VISTA GUILD
CONGAREE VISTA GUILD (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,600 to it, the largest being PRISMA HEALTH ($32,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $581k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $51k
- Net assets
- $48k
What Congaree Vista Guild does
Mission
The organization's mission is to promote, develop and preserve the unique characteristics that make the historic congaree vista neighborhood columbia's premier arts & entertainment district. The congaree vista is an official south carolina cultural district, a state designation given in 2015.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Hospitality tax funded marketing/oper - the funds are used for marketing purposes, including print, radio and magazine advertising throughout south carolina. These funds also purchase public relations, media relations, the printing and distribution of brochures/maps/guides, flyers and posters, website maintenance, and an administrator (executive director) for the purpose of promoting the vista as a desirable tourist destination. The hospitality tax funds also support two signature events: vista lights, a holiday street festival and artista vista, an art gallery crawl and celebration of the arts, as well as other smaller events throughout the district like third thursday and concerts.
$163,687 spent30% of program spendingClean and safe - the vista guild clean and safe team includes a full-time operations manager and two part time hospitality ambassadors/cleaning crew members. They are used as a compliment to city services including the columbia police department and public works. The downtown safety guides consist of golf cart and foot patrols during the day and into the evening hours. The guides are charged with giving public assistance and directions as well as showing a highly visible presence in our congaree vista district. The vista clean and safe team removes debris and graffiti from sidewalks and alleyways, and solves other maintenance issues including landscaping, plantings and reporting of code and other violations or problems to the proper city of columbia departments.
$20,903 spent4% of program spendingVista lights - the vista guild organized and promoted vista lights, an annual event which takes place the thursday before thanksgiving and kicks off the holiday shopping season in the congaree vista district. Billboard, radio, print and online advertising drew patrons to the district where they enjoyed kids activities, live music, dance performances, a special vista tree lighting and a festive atmosphere. Nearly all vista merchants participated in this event and a crowd of over 9,000 attended.
$202,426 spent37% of program spendingArtista vista - the Congaree Vista Guild advertised and promoted an annual spring event called artista vista that focused on the galleries and artists located in the vista. The 2025 artista vista continued the new tradition of being a weekend-long event. The event gave patrons from around the area as well as columbia residents a way to celebrate the arts. About 4,000 people enjoyed arista vista over the 3-day weekend.
$158,651 spent29% of program spendingSupport of members - membership dues and congaree vista guide ads were used to subsidize membership-specific discounted advertising opportunities, to introduce members and their business to organizations throughout the city and to provide for office operations.
Beautification - the vista guild continues to beautify and upkeep the congaree vista district.
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $545,667.
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 2022 to 2023, from $77k to $242k (+215%).
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: 2017 87% · 2018 85% · 2019 87% · 2020 82% · 2021 88% · 2022 82% · 2023 87% · 2024 83% · 2025 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of CONGAREE VISTA GUILD’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Abby Anderson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $11k.
From the IRS filings of CONGAREE VISTA GUILD’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
CONGAREE VISTA GUILD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
63% 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 CONGAREE VISTA GUILD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 76% — 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
100% of CONGAREE VISTA GUILD'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
CONGAREE VISTA GUILD's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CONGAREE VISTA GUILD
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In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CONGAREE VISTA GUILD: 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 CONGAREE VISTA GUILD?
- CONGAREE VISTA GUILD (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,600 to it, the largest being PRISMA HEALTH ($32,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONGAREE VISTA GUILD have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $50,600 in grants to CONGAREE VISTA GUILD, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONGAREE VISTA GUILD?
- PRISMA HEALTH is the largest funder on record, with $32,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONGAREE VISTA GUILD 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 3 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