South Carolina · Nonprofit
LOW COUNTRY INSTITUTE INC
LOW COUNTRY INSTITUTE INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,500 to it, the largest being The Meier and Linnartz Family Foundation ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $58k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $56k
- Net assets
- $0
What Low Country Institute Inc does
Mission
To preserve the natural habitat that exists in the geographical area, to educate others about the fragile nature of the area, and to reach out to those in the surrounding area about what they can do to create a healthy environment.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Conservation: managed approximately 200 acres of land for migratory songbirds classified as being a special concern by the us fish & wildlife service - practices have been effective in continuing these species.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $29k → $26k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 LOW COUNTRY INSTITUTE INC’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
LOW COUNTRY INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 76% — 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
LOW COUNTRY INSTITUTE INC draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like LOW COUNTRY INSTITUTE INC
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
100% 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
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Spring Island Trust · exempt
- Spring Island Trust Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LOW COUNTRY INSTITUTE INC: 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 LOW COUNTRY INSTITUTE INC?
- LOW COUNTRY INSTITUTE INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,500 to it, the largest being The Meier and Linnartz Family Foundation ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LOW COUNTRY INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $55,500 in grants to LOW COUNTRY INSTITUTE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LOW COUNTRY INSTITUTE INC?
- The Meier and Linnartz Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LOW COUNTRY INSTITUTE 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 6 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