South Carolina · Nonprofit
HIGHER QUEST FOUNDATION
HIGHER QUEST FOUNDATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $347,800 to it, the largest being HERMANNS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($347,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $300k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $348k
- Net assets
- $432k
What Higher Quest Foundation does
Mission
The primary mission of Higher Quest Foundation is to provided food and support to orphaned children in underveloped areas of the world. This objective is met by establishing self sufficient fish farms. The Higher Quest Foundation also provides aid to the medically and economically indigent.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.
Programs
Established fish farms in ghana, thailand, kenya, sudan and haiti. This fish farm will provide food and income to orphans and dependent mothers. Provide assistance to the economically and medically indigent in under developed regions.
Support for veterans groups, recognition of sacrifice made by wounded veterans.
$76,689 spentof which $76,689 as grants93% of program spendingAmerican heroes awards
$5,704 spentof which $5,704 as grants7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2021 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $82,393.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $134k to $432k (+223%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $15k.
From the IRS filings of HIGHER QUEST 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.
Where its funders are
HIGHER QUEST FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like HIGHER QUEST FOUNDATION
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
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HIGHER QUEST 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 HIGHER QUEST FOUNDATION?
- HIGHER QUEST FOUNDATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $347,800 to it, the largest being HERMANNS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($347,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HIGHER QUEST FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $347,800 in grants to HIGHER QUEST FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HIGHER QUEST FOUNDATION?
- HERMANNS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $347,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HIGHER QUEST 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), 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