South Carolina · Nonprofit
PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION
PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $455,729 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($402,275). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $99k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $456k
- Net assets
- $659k
What Palmetto Front Line Foundation does
Mission
Serve and help veterans and first responders heal from trauma and better their lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Palmetto Front Line Foundation provided financial assistance to help veterans with mortgage closing costs.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Palmetto Front Line Foundation gave a one time grant in fy 23-24 to assist hurricane helene recovery efforts.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Veterans outreach-serves veterans of all ages through nursing home visits, meal delivery services and variety of events to show veterans they are valued, loved and never forgotten.
$80,340 spentof which $5,866 as grants45% of program spendingNature therapy-provides outdoor recreation opportunities for veterans and their families to engage the healing power of the great outdoors.
$44,051 spentof which $3,066 as grants25% of program spendingNavigation services-through a strong network of partners, wls foundation helps by providing various services to meet the individual needs of the veteran (to include financial planning, legal services, and employment counseling).
$41,463 spent23% of program spendingHeros road home-helps veterans purchase a home by providing financial assistance with closing closts.
$11,105 spentof which $11,105 as grants6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $176,959.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $300k to $600k (+100%).
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.
32% of PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION’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. 1 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Sam Gaither
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $4k → $97k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% 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 PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION’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
PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% 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
93% 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 PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 54% · 2021 90% · 2022 94% · 2023 92% — 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
40% of PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
91% of PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION'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 $41k that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from funders outside South Carolina, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $414k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION's revenue fell 24% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,277 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION
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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
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 PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION: 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 PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION?
- PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $455,729 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($402,275). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $455,729 in grants to PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $402,275 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PALMETTO FRONT LINE FOUNDATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 9 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