South Carolina · Nonprofit
PENDLETON HISTORIC FOUNDATION
PENDLETON HISTORIC FOUNDATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $56,537 to it, the largest being SCSYMMES FOUNDATION ($25,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $316k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $57k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Pendleton Historic Foundation does
Mission
Preservation and restoration of historic properties in pendleton, sc and the interpretation of the diverse history and cultural heritage of the area. Focus on educational programs for students and visitors of all ages and assistance to the community
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation has restored and preserved 3 of the largest upcounty sc early 19th century plantation houses and outbuildings and surrounding acreage. These properties are operated as historic house museums interpreted and exhibited as they were in the early 19th century primarily for the education and enjoyment of all ages.
$65,462 spent$41,367 earned by the program63% of program spendingOrganization is restoring an additional historic building
$29,668 spent$78,286 earned by the program29% of program spendingEducational programs specifically designed for 3rd through 8th grade school students that meet the school curricula for sc history that is taught in these grades. There were also educational programs for high school students.
$8,015 spent$13,652 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $103,145.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.3M to $1.5M (+20%).
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 6% · 2018 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 6% · 2021 41% · 2022 7% · 2023 57% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
John Perkins
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $1k → $35k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 PENDLETON HISTORIC 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
PENDLETON HISTORIC FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
27% 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 PENDLETON HISTORIC FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 67% · 2021 67% · 2022 57% · 2023 72% — 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
PENDLETON HISTORIC FOUNDATION draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k 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.
Organizations like PENDLETON HISTORIC 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
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
47%
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 PENDLETON HISTORIC 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 PENDLETON HISTORIC FOUNDATION?
- PENDLETON HISTORIC FOUNDATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $56,537 to it, the largest being SCSYMMES FOUNDATION ($25,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PENDLETON HISTORIC FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $56,537 in grants to PENDLETON HISTORIC FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PENDLETON HISTORIC FOUNDATION?
- SCSYMMES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PENDLETON HISTORIC 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.
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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 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