South Carolina · Nonprofit
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc (South Carolina) receives grants from 93 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,892,787 to it, the largest being COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC ($1,729,201). 58 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.6M
- Funders on record
- 93
- Grants received
- $9.9M
- Net assets
- $21M
What South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc does
Mission
We advocates to protect the natural environment of South Carolinas coast for the benefit of all. We envision a South Carolina coast where wildlife thrives, air and water are clean, and natural
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The following are the League's Conservation Programs: Communities, Transportation, Land UseThe objective of this program is to advocate for land conservation and quality of life in South Carolina coastal communities by advocating for sustainable urban growth patterns, efficient and clean transportation systems, and permanent land protection where appropriate. The Conservation League provides technical and professional assistance to local residents to help preserve their land and communities, advocates for good land use policies, and provides community organizing expertise.(Continued on Schedule O)Examples of priority projects include:Advocating for public transportation and mobility solutions like the Lowcountry Rapid Transit project;Advocating against highways, such as 1-526, I-73, and Highway 22 Extension, that contribute to suburban sprawl and disproportionately impact low-wealth communities;Advancing local and state resilience policies that minimize development in low-lying areas and prioritize the use of natural green infrastructure for coastal protection;Advancing conservation funding in counties and at the state level;Ensuring that wetland fill is avoided, and when…
$2,155,395 spentof which $1,692 as grants$46,766 earned by the program57% of program spendingFood and AgricultureRural lands are being converted to urban uses every day. Farmland has been hit hardest by this change, which represents an ecological, economic, cultural and public health crisis for South Carolinians. This challenge was the impetus for the creation of Grow Food Carolina in 2011.GrowFood Carolina supports small and mid-sized South Carolina farmers by marketing, promoting, and selling their produce across the coast, but primarily to restaurants in the Charleston area. (Continued on Schedule O)Since opening in 2011, GrowFood has sold over $11 million of local products, facilitating more than $9 million of revenue back to South Carolina's small and mid-sized farmers over the last 14 years. Today, GrowFood Carolina works with more than 120 growers producing on more than 6,000 acres throughout South Carolina. GrowFood Carolina markets more than 400 items including fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, dairy, honey, eggs and salt to major retail chains, more than 400 restaurants, and a growing number of institutions and corporate campuses.In March 2020, when the pandemic hit South Carolina, restaurant sales plummeted to nearly zero. That meant that local farmers…
$1,636,714 spent$397,393 earned by the program43% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,792,109.
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 $21M to $26M (+24%).
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 3% · 2018 5% · 2020 2% · 2021 9% · 2022 1% · 2023 3% · 2024 10% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
39% of South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Faith Rivers James
Executive Director
Board chair
Kent Griffin
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 22 funders to 43 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $1.5M.
29 of 93 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 Coastal Conservation League Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 93 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 Coastal Conservation League Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
67% 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 Coastal Conservation League Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 21% · 2019 20% · 2020 19% · 2021 14% · 2022 22% · 2023 16% — 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
44% of South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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 Coastal Conservation League Inc draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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 Coastal Conservation League Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $78k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$78k
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 Coastal Conservation League 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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- CCL Farm Conservation Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for South Carolina Coastal Conservation League 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 South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc?
- South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc (South Carolina) receives grants from 93 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,892,787 to it, the largest being COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC ($1,729,201). 58 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc have?
- IRS filings report 93 organizations giving $9,892,787 in grants to South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc, 58 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc?
- COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,729,201 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like South Carolina Coastal Conservation League 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 93 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