South Carolina · Nonprofit
Greater Columbia Literacy Council
Greater Columbia Literacy Council (South Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,479 to it, the largest being CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($11,958). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $75k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $16k
- Net assets
- $14k
What Greater Columbia Literacy Council does
Mission
Literacy SC believes that anyone can move up and ahead through the power of reading. So we teach adults and families practical skills in reading writing and math to build confidence in everyday life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Private Reading Tutoring for Adults - we teach adults to read through personalized one on one tutoring that is free of cost. We served 40+ tutor-learner pairs each week across four counties in central South Carolina. This program trains tutors enrolled and tests learners supplies curriculum kits and supports active pairs on their reading journey.
$13,913 spent47% of program spendingYouth & Family Literacy - Operated two Reading Labs one at Richland Library another at Transitions Homeless Shelter twice weekly for 12 weeks in Fall 2025 monthly family literacy sessions and gave away 950 brand new books to families in Richland County serving a total of 1350 individuals.
$9,411 spent32% of program spendingCareer Readiness - open lab "Road to Work" program held twice weekly at Transitions Homeless Shelter in Columbia SC. Assisting adults with the literacy and soft skills necessary for workforce entry and advancement. Served 90 adults across 12 weeks in Fall 2025. Also provided various other trainings in career and workforce literacy to two dozen other participants.
$6,138 spent21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $29,462.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Lisa Cole
Chief Executive Officer
Board chair
Brittany Smith
Chair of the Board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $12k → $16.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 Greater Columbia Literacy Council’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
Greater Columbia Literacy Council leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
73% 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 Greater Columbia Literacy Council.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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
73% of Greater Columbia Literacy Council's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside South Carolina, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Greater Columbia Literacy Council runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
77%
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 Greater Columbia Literacy Council: 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 Greater Columbia Literacy Council?
- Greater Columbia Literacy Council (South Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,479 to it, the largest being CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($11,958). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Greater Columbia Literacy Council have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $16,479 in grants to Greater Columbia Literacy Council, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Greater Columbia Literacy Council?
- CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $11,958 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Greater Columbia Literacy Council 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 2025–2025), 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