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Fairfield County School District Education Foundation

Fairfield County School District Education Foundation (South Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $835,780 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS ($550,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$917k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$836k
Net assets
$3.9M
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Fairfield County School District Education Foundation does

Mission

The Fairfield County School District Education Foundation exists for the purpose of increasing opportunities for students in Fairfield County by supporting educators and providing scholarships to area students.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The Foundation built and maintains a Teacher Village; an initiative to provide affordable housing to teacher and school district employees in an effort to recruit and retain staff.

    $142,270 spent$79,390 earned by the program
    92% of program spending
  2. The Foundation provided funding for the student media department at Fairfield Central High School.

    $5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants
    3% of program spending
  3. The foundation awarded 10 scholarships of various amounts to graduating seniors from Fairfield Central High School for the purpose of assisting them in their pursuit of a college degree.

    $4,750 spentof which $4,750 as grants
    3% of program spending
  4. In recognition of the graduating class of 2024, the Foundation has given each graduate a commemorative t-shirt and purchased outdoor advertising to increase public awareness of their accomplishments.

    $2,248 spent
    1% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $154,268.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($240k) Expenses 100 ($26k) Net assets 100 ($236k)2022 Revenue 971 ($2.3M) Expenses 110 ($29k) Net assets 1077 ($2.5M)2023 Revenue 262 ($629k) Expenses 188 ($49k) Net assets 1322 ($3.1M)2024 Revenue 382 ($917k) Expenses 650 ($169k) Net assets 1639 ($3.9M)
2021202220232024
Revenue (382)Expenses (650)Net assets (1639)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 2021 to 2022, from $236k to $2.5M (+977%).

$236k
$2.5M
$3.1M
$5.3M
2021202220232024
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 92% · 2022 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

88% of Fairfield County School District Education Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (37% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,334 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$214k
’21
$2.3M
’22
$580k
’23
$748k
’24
12
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.

Board chair

Sue Rex

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2021202220232024
Listed12445
Joined·+2+0+1
No longer listed·1000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $10k.

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 Fairfield County School District Education Foundation’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

Fairfield County School District Education Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% 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

96% 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 Fairfield County School District Education Foundation.

66%
largest funder
96%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.

“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

95% of Fairfield County School District Education Foundation's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.

VA
SC

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

’20
’21
’22
South Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $101k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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

Against its field

Fairfield County School District Education Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.

Operating margin82% · top quartile
Months of reserve12.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)56% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 8%Fundraising 1%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Fairfield County School District Education Foundation: 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 Fairfield County School District Education Foundation?
Fairfield County School District Education Foundation (South Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $835,780 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS ($550,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Fairfield County School District Education Foundation have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $835,780 in grants to Fairfield County School District Education Foundation, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Fairfield County School District Education Foundation?
UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS is the largest funder on record, with $550,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Fairfield County School District Education Foundation 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 4 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