South Carolina · Nonprofit
JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH
JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH (South Carolina) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $696,006 to it, the largest being BISHOP GADSDEN EPISCOPAL RETIREMENT COMMUNITY ($175,100). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $696k
- Net assets
- $964k
What James Island Outreach does
Mission
James Island Outreach uplifts and unites our community by helping neighbors with basic and emergency services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
James Island Outreach absorbed a backpack buddies program from a local church and now has full responsibility for operating and supporting this program. Backpack buddies, which provides individually wrapped food items to james island school children who rely on school meals to have during the weekend. Nearly 200 bags per week are distributed to seven schools on james island.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Food assistance is provided through a client-choice pantry to promote produce and meats, bakery items and non-perishables based on household nutrition needs and preferences. Serving an average of 298 households per month, 337,821 pounds of food, valued at $584,430, was distributed to neighbors in need. Additionally, clients can realize an additional 42,966 pounds of food, valued at $74,331, was distributed to other non-profit organizations fighting hunger in the charleston community.
$711,895 spentof which $656,205 as grants$755,656 earned by the program65% of program spendingFinancial resources workshop. Launched in 2023, this program offers twice monthly workshops for clients and community members to learn about local resources available to help them increase income and decrease expenses. Led by volunteer facilitators, in 2025, 22 workshops were held with a total of 117 attendees. In the fall of 2025, the workshop was expanded to a two part series, adding a second workshop in which attendees receive one-on-one coaching to develop a household plan based on their expenses and income.
$3,573 spent0% of program spendingFinancial assistance and referrals are provided to help neighbors experiencing financial hardship, housing insecurity and other economic challenges. Emergency assistance with utility bills totaling $22,894 was provided to 122 households.
$60,633 spentof which $25,557 as grants6% of program spendingThe hart critical home repairs program helps clients with critical repairs such as leaking roofs, damaged floors, plumbing leaks and window replacements. Home repairs totaling $38,363 were accomplished in 2025 covering 7 separate projects. The backpack buddies program provides bags of individually wrapped food items every weekend during the school year to students who rely on the school meal programs during the week. All 7 james island schools are served, and the program is administered completely by volunteers. In 2025, nearly 200 students each school week benefitted from this program.
$315,185 spentof which $39,515 as grants$27,090 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,091,286.
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.
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 $410k to $864k (+111%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 1% · 2023 4% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Jeffrey Gordon
Executive director
Board chair
Al Simmons
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $600 → $87k.
7 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 24 funders by total. 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
JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 25% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
64% 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 JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 83% · 2020 18% · 2021 43% · 2022 51% · 2023 45% — 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 JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
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 JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $249k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH: 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 JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH?
- JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH (South Carolina) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $696,006 to it, the largest being BISHOP GADSDEN EPISCOPAL RETIREMENT COMMUNITY ($175,100). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $696,006 in grants to JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH?
- BISHOP GADSDEN EPISCOPAL RETIREMENT COMMUNITY is the largest funder on record, with $175,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JAMES ISLAND OUTREACH 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 24 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