South Carolina · Nonprofit
LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF
LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF (South Carolina) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,440,822 to it, the largest being THE J H WALKER LEGACY FOUNDATION ($155,000). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 70
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What Lowcountry Orphan Relief does
Mission
To provide basic necessities (such as clothing, school uniforms, shoes & socks, pajamas, coats, toiletries, and school supplies) to children who have been abused or neglected.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Care kit programthe care kit program is the cornerstone of Lowcountry Orphan Relief's mission. Each kit contains two weeks' worth of clothing, pajamas, underwear, socks, shoes, toiletry kits, backpacks with school supplies, books, and stuffed animals. These kits are provided at no cost to children who have been abused, abandoned, or neglected and are referred by social service agencies, schools, and other nonprofits. In 2025, more than 7,000 children across south carolina received care kits.
$294,427 spent$1,124,669 earned by the program71% of program spendingJust in case closet programthe just in case closet program provides on-site access to clothing and hygiene items directly within title 1 schools. These closets allow social workers, nurses, teachers, and counselors to respond immediately when a child's needs are identified. We have just in case closets in more than 100 schools in south carolina.
$109,728 spent$81,050 earned by the program26% of program spendingMake a child happy daymake a child happy day is a special event designed to bring joy and create positive memories for the children we serve. This annual celebration features games, activities, food, and music offering children a chance to simply be kids, surrounded by caring volunteers and peers.
$7,639 spent$6,615 earned by the program2% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$5,453 spent$5,025 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $417,247.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.9M to $3.4M (+18%).
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 3% · 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $59k → $212k.
14 of 70 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 70 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
LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
59% 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 LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 61% · 2019 29% · 2020 29% · 2021 25% · 2022 49% · 2023 15% — 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
28% of LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
53% of LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF'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. $599k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF
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
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF: 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 LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF?
- LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF (South Carolina) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,440,822 to it, the largest being THE J H WALKER LEGACY FOUNDATION ($155,000). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF have?
- IRS filings report 70 organizations giving $1,440,822 in grants to LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF, 40 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF?
- THE J H WALKER LEGACY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $155,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LOWCOUNTRY ORPHAN RELIEF 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 70 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