South Carolina · Nonprofit
SOUTH CAROLINA BEACH ADVOCATES
SOUTH CAROLINA BEACH ADVOCATES (South Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,100 to it, the largest being THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($7,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
SOUTH CAROLINA BEACH ADVOCATES runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,156 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,156 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Joanna Foundationlocalportfolio match
- Palmettopride the Governor's Council on Beautification & Litterportfolio match
- Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation Incportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $150.
From the IRS filings of SOUTH CAROLINA BEACH ADVOCATES’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
SOUTH CAROLINA BEACH ADVOCATES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 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
SOUTH CAROLINA BEACH ADVOCATES 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. 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- The Joanna Foundationlocalportfolio matchSC · funds 133 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Palmettopride the Governor's Council on Beautification & Litterportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Medical Society of South CarolinalocalSC · funds 38 organizations near you
- Frances P Bunnelle Foundation Coastal Community Foundation of Scportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Georgetown Memorial Hospitalportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Heritage Classic Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Kw Beverage Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Torras Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Frugal Princess Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Prisma Healthportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Marine Industries Association of Palm Beach County Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like SOUTH CAROLINA BEACH ADVOCATES
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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.
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 SOUTH CAROLINA BEACH ADVOCATES: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTH CAROLINA BEACH ADVOCATES?
- SOUTH CAROLINA BEACH ADVOCATES (South Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,100 to it, the largest being THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($7,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH CAROLINA BEACH ADVOCATES have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $8,100 in grants to SOUTH CAROLINA BEACH ADVOCATES, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH CAROLINA BEACH ADVOCATES?
- THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH CAROLINA BEACH ADVOCATES 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 2funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing