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South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development
South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development (South Carolina) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,923,755 to it, the largest being MARY REYNOLDS BABCOCK FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ($1,185,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $4.9M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development does
Mission
Through our network of members and partner organizations, SCACED strives to improve the quality of life for low-wealth families and communities by advancing community economic development and public policy in South Carolina.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Developing Organizations: We build the capacity of nonprofits, local branches of government, and other organizations through technical assistance, training, access to capital, and relationship connections. Programs: Community Development Institute (350 attended 11 trainings), more than 300 attended Opportunity SC 2025: A 30th Anniversary Celebration in Charleston, SC. Community Development InstituteThe Community Development Institute (CDI) offers professional organizations and their staff an opportunity to build skills, learn from peers, and connect to existing state, regional and national resources. (Continued on Schedule O)Structured training sessions are offered throughout the year and cover a broad range of topics pertaining to Community Economic Development and Nonprofit Management.2025 Trainings Included:Strategic Homeownership InitiativesLeveraging the Local Accommodation Tax for Affordable HousingElevating Our Voice: Nonprofit Voter Engagement Training & Mini-GrantNonprofit Management 101 Workshop SeriesThe Northside Initiative: Where Transformation BeginsBuilding a Local Home Repair Program2025 Community Impact Fund (CIF) Grant Overview WorkshopCommunity Gathering &…
$998,739 spentof which $251,583 as grants$713,735 earned by the program52% of program spendingGrowing Networks and Elevating Innovation: We bring people together to build power and share information and resources. Programs: The Business Success Center held 12 Lunch and Learns training more than 225 business owners and 3 Business Resource Mixers attracting more than 250 people. Landowner Resource workshops (3 trainings held resulting in 10 environmental quality incentives program (EQIP) applications, 50 farmers and landowners attended, and 10 farmers obtain a farm tract number) and SC Electric Cooperative Empowerment Program (4 trainings were held and 129 electric cooperative members attended trainings and 1 member successfully ran for an electric cooperative board).(Continued on Schedule O)Landowner Resources WorkshopThe Landowner Workshop Program focuses on providing critical support for historically underserved producers to increase local market opportunities and long-term capacity. Program participants learned different uses and value of their land, how to increase profitability, and conservation planning.Impact: 3 Workshops Hosted50 Farmers and Landowners attended the Workshops10 Farmers obtained a Farm and Tract number required to access USDA financial resources10…
$605,739 spent31% of program spendingAttracting and Deploying Resources: We bring new and additional resources, often financial, to the state and to the community economic development field. Programs: $60,000 in community impact fund grants were deployed, $160,000 in community garden and hoop house grants were funded along with $30,000 in mini-grants to support voter registration efforts.Community Impact Fund Grant ProgramThe Community Impact Fund (CIF) is made possible by generous funding from the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. (Continued on Schedule O)Its purpose is to make grants available to SCACED member organizations for capacity building initiatives, development of affordable housing and/or other economic development projects.Impact:$60,000 in grants awarded to 8 SCACED Members Voter Engagement Mini-Grant ProgramIn a democratic society, every vote counts, and election years brings higher visibility to issues and opportunities for policy change. Nonprofits play a crucial role in ensuring that all voices in the community are heard and represented. South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development (SCACED) will be announcing its' voter engagement mini grants process to support nonprofits voter…
$323,377 spent17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,927,855.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.5M to $2.7M (+80%).
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 10% · 2018 6% · 2019 10% · 2020 17% · 2021 21% · 2023 46% · 2024 37% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Bernett Mazyck
President & CEO
Board chair
Ginny Stroud
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $325k → $993k.
9 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 23 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
South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
64% 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 South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 86% · 2019 43% · 2020 64% · 2021 41% · 2022 79% · 2023 47% — 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
50% of South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% 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
South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development draws 69% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M 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.
Against its field
South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,299 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,299 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.9M on record.
- Small Business Administration$2.5M
- Department of Agriculture$1.7M
- Department of Commerce$711k
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 South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development: 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 South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development?
- South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development (South Carolina) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,923,755 to it, the largest being MARY REYNOLDS BABCOCK FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ($1,185,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $4,923,755 in grants to South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development?
- MARY REYNOLDS BABCOCK FOUNDATION INCORPORATED is the largest funder on record, with $1,185,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 23 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