South Carolina · Nonprofit
DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH
DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH (South Carolina) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,609 to it, the largest being SECOND CHANCE SHOP ($173,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $274k
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Dorchester County Community Outreach does
Mission
The dcco mission is to provide a safe environment, support services, and an avenue to independence for those in a housing crisis. We believe that all people deserve the basic necessities of life, and as part of the community we live in, we serve that purpose.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Anchor house (men's transitional housing program)anchor house is a 16-bed transitional housing program serving men experiencing homelessness in dorchester county. The program provides a structured, safe, and supportive environment where participants work toward stability and independence.expenses primarily support staff who deliver direct services, including daily check-ins, individualized goal planning, and regular one-on-one case management focused on employment, financial stability, and securing permanent housing. Staff also ensure a safe and well-maintained living environment for all residents, volunteers, and visitors.program outcomes focus on participants achieving stable employment, increasing savings, and transitioning to permanent housing.
$237,498 spent$766,190 earned by the program55% of program spendingLight house (women's transitional housing program)light house is an 8-bed transitional housing program serving women experiencing homelessness. The program provides a stable, structured environment designed to support participants as they work toward self-sufficiency and long-term housing stability.expenses are primarily related to staffing and program operations, including direct service delivery such as daily check-ins, individualized goal setting, and ongoing case management. Services are tailored to each participant's needs, with a focus on employment, financial independence, and housing placement.staff also maintain a safe and supportive residential environment that promotes accountability, dignity, and progress toward independence.
$107,954 spent$348,268 earned by the program25% of program spendingHousing stabilization & support servicesacross both facilities, keys to change provides individualized support services that help participants overcome barriers to stability. These services include employment navigation, assistance obtaining identification and essential documents, budgeting support, and referrals to community-based healthcare, mental health, and other supportive resources.expenses for this program include staff time dedicated to case management and coordination, as well as limited direct assistance and program-related costs.the goal of these services is to equip participants with the tools, resources, and support necessary to achieve and sustain long-term housing and financial stability.
$86,362 spent$278,614 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $431,814.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2023 to 2024, from $854k to $2.3M (+169%).
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: 2020 17% · 2021 0% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Ginny Vicini
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $10k → $62k.
5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH’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
DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 39% · 2022 83% · 2023 81% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
91% of DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH'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. $68k 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.
Against its field
DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH
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.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH: 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 DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH?
- DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH (South Carolina) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,609 to it, the largest being SECOND CHANCE SHOP ($173,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $273,609 in grants to DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH?
- SECOND CHANCE SHOP is the largest funder on record, with $173,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DORCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 10 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