South Carolina · Nonprofit
PALMETTO PROJECT INC
PALMETTO PROJECT INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,450,379 to it, the largest being THE SOUTH CAROLINA BAR FOUNDATION INC ($618,903). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 62
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Palmetto Project Inc does
Mission
To seek creative ideas for solving problems faced by the citizens of sc. Key areas of focus include: accessible healthcare; community relations and development; youth, families and schools; and civic participation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Health for over 20 years, the palmetto project has been a leading advocate for a more effective system of healthcare for south carolinians regardless of their financial circumstances, race, or residency. Programs include: insure sc, children's health sc, heart & soul, the carolina hearing aid bank, and myvax sc. Additional information about these programs is available on schedule o and on our website at palmettoproject.org/health/.
$1,188,690 spentof which $631 as grants$765,024 earned by the program52% of program spendingFamilies, youth, & schools palmetto project sees healthy families, engaged young people, and vibrant schools as the cornerstone of effective communities. Our initiatives provide thousands of vulnerable families with connections to social service agencies, support services, food and even christmas presents. Current programs include: my first books of south carolina, begin with books, families helping families, and challenge day. Additional information about these programs is available on schedule o and on our website at palmettoproject.org/family-youth-schools/.
$734,071 spentof which $443,948 as grants32% of program spendingCommunity engagement & civic participation palmetto project has become a leader in equipping communities with new tools to enhance communications, create trust, and solve problems. It also encourages civic participation through the palmetto voter project. Since the program started in 1994, south carolina voters have set records for turnout in every election. Additional information on these programs is available in schedule o and on the organization's website at palmettoproject.org/community-engagement/.
$348,075 spentof which $216,648 as grants15% of program spendingInsure sc: palmetto project continued its enrollment assister work throughout 2023 as licensed insurance agents who provided enrollment assistance for medicare advantage and medigap/medicare supplement plans, marketplace plans, and sc healthy connections medicaid. All licensed agents are salaried, with commission revenue directed to palmetto project, so their focus is on finding the best health care coverage for the consumer. This also included referrals to prescription assistance programs, federally qualified health centers, free clinics, and other community-based services. Agents provided direct enrollment assistance to 2081 medicare and marketplace consumers. 213 very low income medicare-eligible individuals were assisted with applications for medicare savings programs. Children's health sc: palmetto project continued working with low- and moderate-income families in sc to provide education, outreach, and application assistance for sc healthy connections medicaid to identify uninsured and underinsured children. Our team of licensed insurance agents and our americorps member works with families to complete the sc healthy connections medicaid initial and renewal applications,…
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,270,836.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.1M to $1.5M (+38%).
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: 2017 54% · 2018 25% · 2019 12% · 2020 9% · 2021 20% · 2022 20% · 2023 13% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $266k → $722k.
13 of 62 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 PROJECT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 62 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
PALMETTO PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
76% 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 PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 33% · 2019 33% · 2020 30% · 2021 26% · 2022 26% · 2023 35% — 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
41% of PALMETTO PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
63% of PALMETTO PROJECT INC'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. $1.5M 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.
Government funding PALMETTO PROJECT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $501k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$501k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like PALMETTO PROJECT 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
90% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PALMETTO PROJECT 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 PALMETTO PROJECT INC?
- PALMETTO PROJECT INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,450,379 to it, the largest being THE SOUTH CAROLINA BAR FOUNDATION INC ($618,903). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PALMETTO PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 62 organizations giving $3,450,379 in grants to PALMETTO PROJECT INC, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PALMETTO PROJECT INC?
- THE SOUTH CAROLINA BAR FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $618,903 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PALMETTO PROJECT 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 62 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