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FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC

FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $668,067 to it, the largest being KERSHAWHEALTH ($375,775). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

$603k
Revenue FY2024
14
Funders on record
$668k
Grants received
$537k
Net assets
7/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 29%

Against its field

FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC is better cushioned than half of the 22,771 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−0% · below the median
Months of reserve7.1mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)14% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,771 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Three funders worth looking at

Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.

See all 12 prospects and why each one surfaced →
01The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($241k) Expenses 100 ($236k) Net assets 100 ($423k)2018 Revenue 92 ($221k) Expenses 100 ($236k) Net assets 97 ($408k)2019 Revenue 145 ($350k) Expenses 103 ($243k) Net assets 122 ($515k)2020 Revenue 180 ($434k) Expenses 134 ($317k) Net assets 149 ($632k)2021 Revenue 223 ($539k) Expenses 181 ($427k) Net assets 176 ($744k)2022 Revenue 243 ($587k) Expenses 303 ($716k) Net assets 145 ($615k)2023 Revenue 215 ($519k) Expenses 255 ($603k) Net assets 127 ($538k)2024 Revenue 250 ($603k) Expenses 255 ($603k) Net assets 127 ($537k)
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Revenue (250)Expenses (255)Net assets (127)Peer revenue range

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 5% · 2022 5% · 2023 8% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

97% of FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,851 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$5k
17
$14k
18
$107k
19
$116k
20
$112k
21
$129k
22
$84k
23
$705
24
7.1
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $5k → $148k.

7 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF)39% 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 FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC’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

FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

95% 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 FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC.

56%
largest funder
79%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 96% · 2020 62% · 2021 52% · 2022 70% · 2023 67%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 FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

92% of FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.

ME
IL
OH
VA
NC
SC

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

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South Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $258k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 statesis 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.

03Its place in the field

Funders to approach

Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 14 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.

From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.

Organizations like FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC

Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In South Carolina

Nationally

04Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 14%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
Conflict-of-interest policyWhistleblower policyDocument retentionBoard reviewed the 990Audited financials

Public support

82%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

SC

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC: 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 FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC?
FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $668,067 to it, the largest being KERSHAWHEALTH ($375,775). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $668,067 in grants to FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC?
KERSHAWHEALTH is the largest funder on record, with $375,775 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FOOD FOR THE SOUL-KERSHAW COUNTY INC 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 14funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing