South Carolina · Nonprofit
OPTIMISM PREVENTIVE SERVICES INC
OPTIMISM PREVENTIVE SERVICES INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,676 to it, the largest being FRANCES P BUNNELLE FOUNDATION COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SC ($44,439). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $60k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $87k
- Net assets
- $81k
What Optimism Preventive Services Inc does
Mission
Mentoring children and enrichment
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Mentoring children and field trips including after school and summer enrichment
$15,700 spentof which $16,258 as grants61% of program spendingPrevention services
$10,002 spentof which $16,258 as grants39% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $25,702.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Denise Chatman
Executive director
Board chair
Jerica Knox
Board chairman
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $8k → $29k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 OPTIMISM PREVENTIVE SERVICES 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
OPTIMISM PREVENTIVE SERVICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 OPTIMISM PREVENTIVE SERVICES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 88% · 2021 82% · 2022 65% · 2023 38% — 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.
Where its funders are
51% of OPTIMISM PREVENTIVE SERVICES 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 $42k that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from funders outside South Carolina, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
OPTIMISM PREVENTIVE SERVICES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,635 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,635 crime & legal nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like OPTIMISM PREVENTIVE SERVICES 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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OPTIMISM PREVENTIVE SERVICES INC?
- OPTIMISM PREVENTIVE SERVICES INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,676 to it, the largest being FRANCES P BUNNELLE FOUNDATION COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SC ($44,439). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does OPTIMISM PREVENTIVE SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $86,676 in grants to OPTIMISM PREVENTIVE SERVICES INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPTIMISM PREVENTIVE SERVICES INC?
- FRANCES P BUNNELLE FOUNDATION COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SC is the largest funder on record, with $44,439 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPTIMISM PREVENTIVE SERVICES 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 FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), 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