South Carolina · Nonprofit
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,244,129 to it, the largest being JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA ($606,953). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Junior Achievement of Greater South Carolina Inc does
Mission
Junior achievement of greater south carolina (jagsc) is dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to thrive in a global economy. Through innovative learning experiences, ja focuses on three core areas: financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and workforce readiness. Jagsc learning experiences are designed to be hands-on and interactive, providing students with practical tools and real-world insights. From engaging simulations to classroom activities, jagsc helps students of all ages connect academic lessons to everyday life and future career opportunities. By collaborating with educators, business leaders, and volunteers, jagsc ensures that the learning experiences are relatable and impactful, helping students develop essential skills for financial independence, career success, and entrepreneurial thinking. With a focus on making education both enjoyable and relevant, jagsc strives to spark a passion for lifelong learning and equip students with the confidence and knowledge to pu
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ja finance park is an experiential learning simulation developed to educate and inspire financial independence and career exploration. This program gives middle and high school students the skills they need to succeed in the careers of tomorrow. Students gain an understanding of the relationship between financial decisions and the ability to sustain a desired lifestyle. After in-classroom instruction, students participate in a day long hands-on budgeting simulation. Jagsc served over 4,000 students with ja finance park.
$272,900 spent$195,555 earned by the program26% of program spendingSouth carolina business hall of fame (hof) is a student led program that recognizes the state's most respected leaders for their commitment to and investment in the community. The program takes place over a dinner where 10-12 students are selected to lead the evening's events. In addition to recognizing the honored awardees, the community is also educated about the experiential learning programs that junior achievment teaches throughout the state. The event brings together community and business leaders, parents, students and teachers. The hall of fame also lives in ja biztown mobile during the school year where over 5,000 students learn about the success of the men and women who are laureates in the south carolina business hall of fame. Jagsc served over 700 students with the south carolina business hall of fame kiosk.
$185,809 spent$223,710 earned by the program18% of program spendingTraditional classroom - economic education programs benefitting students in south carolina. These classroom based programs for kindergarten through 12th grade cover a range of topics related to the foundations of a local/global economy, financial literacy, personal responsibility as a community member, entrepreneurship, and overall career preparation/ readiness. These highly interactive programs are delivered by business volunteers who expose students to a "real world" perspective and serve as positive role models and mentors to students. Jagsc served over 40,000 students during the 2024-2025 school year.
$212,282 spent$4,925 earned by the program21% of program spendingJa inspire is a career development program for middle and high school students brought to life by south carolina employers. In 2025, the program featured a mega online career event filled with over 65 local business exhibits providing downloadable career information and exhibitor videoes. Available at no cost to educators in sc, ja inspire virtual is adaptable for in-class or remote learning and is available 24/7 for 6 months during the school year. Jagsc served over 12,000 students with ja inspire. Ja take stock in your future is a technology-based simulation of the stock market in which every 60 seconds represents a day of trading. Beginning with a hypothetical account balance of 1 million, teams rush to amass the highest net-worth portfolio by the end of 60 days (one hour in real-time). Student teams compete for an opportunity to represent south carolina in the national junior achievement stock market challenge. Jagsc served over 150 students with stock market challenge. Ja biztown mobile is a experiential learning simulation designed to equip elementary students with a better understanding of careers and work readiness skills, by allowing them to experience an innovative,…
$364,321 spent$97,680 earned by the program35% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,035,312.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $1.2M to $1.8M (+53%).
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: 2021 13% · 2022 11% · 2023 3% · 2024 5% · 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $57k → $703k.
13 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 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
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 58%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
86% 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 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 28% · 2019 41% · 2020 28% · 2021 18% · 2022 20% · 2023 72% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
50% of JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC'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 $1.1M that is directly attributable, 78% of it comes from funders outside South Carolina, across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 798 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 798 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC
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In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC?
- JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,244,129 to it, the largest being JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA ($606,953). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $2,244,129 in grants to JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA INC?
- JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA is the largest funder on record, with $606,953 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA 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.
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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 2021–2025), and the filings of 42 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing