South Carolina · Nonprofit
DAUFUSKIE ISLAND LOWCOUNTRY MUSEUM
DAUFUSKIE ISLAND LOWCOUNTRY MUSEUM (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $128,359 to it, the largest being JULIA PORTER SCURRY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($128,359). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $128k
- Net assets
- $39k
What Daufuskie Island Lowcountry Museum does
Mission
To collect, preserve, and maintain accurate information concerning history of the southeastern coastal united states in general, and more particularly the lowcountry of south carolina, especially the coastal islands and primarily daufuskie island and its surrounding waters.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
To collect and preserve daufuskie island artifacts
$16,955 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $16,955.
The organization over time
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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 $34k to $6k (−82%).
How it's funded, over time
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98% of DAUFUSKIE ISLAND LOWCOUNTRY MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $13k → $14k.
From the IRS filings of DAUFUSKIE ISLAND LOWCOUNTRY MUSEUM’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 DAUFUSKIE ISLAND LOWCOUNTRY MUSEUM'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
DAUFUSKIE ISLAND LOWCOUNTRY MUSEUM runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like DAUFUSKIE ISLAND LOWCOUNTRY MUSEUM
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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DAUFUSKIE ISLAND LOWCOUNTRY MUSEUM: 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 DAUFUSKIE ISLAND LOWCOUNTRY MUSEUM?
- DAUFUSKIE ISLAND LOWCOUNTRY MUSEUM (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $128,359 to it, the largest being JULIA PORTER SCURRY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($128,359). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DAUFUSKIE ISLAND LOWCOUNTRY MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $128,359 in grants to DAUFUSKIE ISLAND LOWCOUNTRY MUSEUM, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DAUFUSKIE ISLAND LOWCOUNTRY MUSEUM?
- JULIA PORTER SCURRY FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $128,359 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DAUFUSKIE ISLAND LOWCOUNTRY MUSEUM 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 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