South Carolina · Nonprofit
SC FUTURE MAKERS FKA SOUTH CAROLINA MANUF EDUCATION FOUND
SC FUTURE MAKERS FKA SOUTH CAROLINA MANUF EDUCATION FOUND (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,000 to it, the largest being DOMINION ENERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $105k
- Net assets
- $508k
What Sc Future Makers Fka South Carolina Manuf Education Found does
Mission
To expose and connect the next generation in the state of south carolina to all of the opportunities it has to offer, close the stem skills gap, and ultimately retain talent for future economic development and regional prosperity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Implemented statewide activities for participating south carolina schools. Increase the number of employer outreach activities by utilizing connect campaigns to promote internships, apprenticeships, and employment opportunities within south carolina.
$691,047 spent$475,000 earned by the program49% of program spendingActively engage and increase the number of businesses that have a tallo profile and are actively posting opportunities within the platform.
$284,839 spent$475,000 earned by the program20% of program spendingThe south carolina manufacturing leadership program provides high-potential employees in the manufacturing industry with a highly immersive, cohort-based educational experience. The scmlp includes a distinctive curriculum that enhances the essential skills leaders need to maintain and grow our state's robust manufacturing industry.
$410,644 spent29% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$13,955 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,400,485.
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 $754k to $953k (+26%).
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.
33% of SC FUTURE MAKERS FKA SOUTH CAROLINA MANUF EDUCATION FOUND’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% 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
Sidney Locke
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $15k → $25k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 SC FUTURE MAKERS FKA SOUTH CAROLINA MANUF EDUCATION FOUND’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
SC FUTURE MAKERS FKA SOUTH CAROLINA MANUF EDUCATION FOUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
38% 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 SC FUTURE MAKERS FKA SOUTH CAROLINA MANUF EDUCATION FOUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
SC FUTURE MAKERS FKA SOUTH CAROLINA MANUF EDUCATION FOUND draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SC FUTURE MAKERS FKA SOUTH CAROLINA MANUF EDUCATION FOUND has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SC FUTURE MAKERS FKA SOUTH CAROLINA MANUF EDUCATION FOUND
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
98% 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
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance · exempt
- South Carolina Manufacturers Institute · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SC FUTURE MAKERS FKA SOUTH CAROLINA MANUF EDUCATION FOUND?
- SC FUTURE MAKERS FKA SOUTH CAROLINA MANUF EDUCATION FOUND (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,000 to it, the largest being DOMINION ENERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SC FUTURE MAKERS FKA SOUTH CAROLINA MANUF EDUCATION FOUND have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $105,000 in grants to SC FUTURE MAKERS FKA SOUTH CAROLINA MANUF EDUCATION FOUND, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SC FUTURE MAKERS FKA SOUTH CAROLINA MANUF EDUCATION FOUND?
- DOMINION ENERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SC FUTURE MAKERS FKA SOUTH CAROLINA MANUF EDUCATION FOUND 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 3 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