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DEPARTMENT OF SC VFW OF UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF SC VFW OF UNITED STATES (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $810,276 to it, the largest being Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States ($810,276). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$404k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$810k
Net assets
$699k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 27%
01What it does

What Department of Sc VFW of United States does

Mission

The mission of the sc veterans of foreign wars of the united states is to assist worthy comrades, to perpetuate the memory of the dead and to assist their widows and orphans, to maintain true allegiance to the government of the untied states.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Provided various services to meet the program objectives set forth in the mission statement outlined in item 1 above. The programs include memorials for members of armed forces and related activities that perpetuate the memory of the dead and enhance allegiance to the government of the untied states of america.

    $175,474 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $175,474.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($388k) Expenses 100 ($462k) Net assets 100 ($670k)2023 Revenue 87 ($340k) Expenses 87 ($401k) Net assets 93 ($624k)2024 Revenue 103 ($401k) Expenses 78 ($361k) Net assets 99 ($664k)2025 Revenue 104 ($404k) Expenses 80 ($369k) Net assets 104 ($699k)
2022202320242025
Revenue (104)Expenses (80)Net assets (104)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 2024 to 2025, from $692k to $753k (+9%).

$717k
$699k
$692k
$753k
2022202320242025
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.

2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

59% of DEPARTMENT OF SC VFW OF UNITED STATES’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,561 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

−$73k
’22
−$61k
’23
$40k
’24
$35k
’25
16
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.

2022202320242025
Listed55422
Joined·+0+3+18
No longer listed·040
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $86k → $91k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of DEPARTMENT OF SC VFW OF UNITED STATES’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

DEPARTMENT OF SC VFW OF UNITED STATES draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 1 state in all.

MO

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
South Carolina out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DEPARTMENT OF SC VFW OF UNITED STATES holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,934 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin9% · above the median
Months of reserve16.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,934 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like DEPARTMENT OF SC VFW OF UNITED STATES

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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

48% of spending goes to programs.

Program 48%Management 52%Fundraising 0%

Governance

22
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

SC

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Questions and answers

Who funds DEPARTMENT OF SC VFW OF UNITED STATES?
DEPARTMENT OF SC VFW OF UNITED STATES (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $810,276 to it, the largest being Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States ($810,276). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DEPARTMENT OF SC VFW OF UNITED STATES have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $810,276 in grants to DEPARTMENT OF SC VFW OF UNITED STATES, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DEPARTMENT OF SC VFW OF UNITED STATES?
Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States is the largest funder on record, with $810,276 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DEPARTMENT OF SC VFW OF UNITED STATES 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 2022–2025), 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