South Carolina · Nonprofit
HISTORIC MOTHER EMANUEL AMEC FOUNDATION
HISTORIC MOTHER EMANUEL AMEC FOUNDATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $157,375 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $48k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $157k
- Net assets
- $256k
What Historic Mother Emanuel Amec Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the organization shall be to provide leadership, identify funding sources, and assist in the restoration, preservation and maintenance of the historical sanctuary of the emanuel african methodist episcopal church built in 1891 at 110 calhoun street, charleston, south carolina and purchase real estate to benefit the organization.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Religious ministry and missions: the historic mother emanuel ame church foundation strives to build relationships, leverage resources, and empower individuals to transform the communities of the charleston area and provide to other communities who have suffered from traumatic incidences.
$171,529 spentof which $137,343 as grants100% of program spendingChildren and youth services: the historic mother emanuel ame church foundation provides character and leadership activities for all children and youth to build meaningful relationships with others, develop positive self-images and good character and demonstrate respect for all cultural identities. Engagement in the children and youth service of the foundation provides our children and youth the opportunity to organize projects to invest and participate in their various communities. By being a part of these children and youth services of the historic mother emanuel ame church foundation, they learn what it means to be part of the community and that they can, at any age, make a difference of positive change.
Education (religious & k-12):the primary objective of religious education of the historic emanuel ame church foundation is to explore what people believe and what difference this makes to how they live so that they can gain the awareness, understanding, and skills needed to handle questions raised by religion and belief, reflecting on their ideas and ways of living. Understanding that there is a gap in education within the community that mother emanuel serves the historic foundation must engage in the education process.
Economic empowerment & entrepreneurship:an essential element of the historic mother emanuel ame church foundation is to help address the needs of communities in and surrounding charleston area without regard to race, color, creed, or national origin. One of the ways we do this is by presentinginformation designed to help families achieve their economic and financial aspirations.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $171,529.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2022 to 2023, from $438k to $278k (−36%).
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.
98% of HISTORIC MOTHER EMANUEL AMEC FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Rev Eric S C Manning
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $4k → $3k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 HISTORIC MOTHER EMANUEL AMEC 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
HISTORIC MOTHER EMANUEL AMEC FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 HISTORIC MOTHER EMANUEL AMEC FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 71% · 2022 71% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
94% of HISTORIC MOTHER EMANUEL AMEC FOUNDATION'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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside South Carolina, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $148k 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
HISTORIC MOTHER EMANUEL AMEC FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like HISTORIC MOTHER EMANUEL AMEC 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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 HISTORIC MOTHER EMANUEL AMEC 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 HISTORIC MOTHER EMANUEL AMEC FOUNDATION?
- HISTORIC MOTHER EMANUEL AMEC FOUNDATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $157,375 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HISTORIC MOTHER EMANUEL AMEC FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $157,375 in grants to HISTORIC MOTHER EMANUEL AMEC FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HISTORIC MOTHER EMANUEL AMEC FOUNDATION?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HISTORIC MOTHER EMANUEL AMEC 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 7 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