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South Carolina Native Plant Society

South Carolina Native Plant Society (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $304 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($304). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$213k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$304
Net assets
$589k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What South Carolina Native Plant Society does

Mission

The South Carolina Native Plant Society is a non-profit organization committed to the preservation and protection of native plant communities in South Carolina. We work to make this happen by providing programs and activities, including field trips, plant rescues, native plant sales, monthly educational lectures, and educational journals.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Invasive Species Eradication

    $63,205 spent
    76% of program spending
  2. Grand Strand Grant Program

    $7,968 spent
    10% of program spending
  3. Newsletters, Chapter Meetings & Other Educational Programs

    $6,220 spent
    7% of program spending
  4. Parks Mill Property Management

    $6,011 spent
    7% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $83,404.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($127k) Expenses 100 ($97k) Net assets 100 ($163k)2018 Revenue 79 ($101k) Expenses 70 ($68k) Net assets 120 ($196k)2019 Revenue 102 ($131k) Expenses 55 ($53k) Net assets 168 ($273k)2020 Revenue 100 ($128k) Expenses 72 ($70k) Net assets 173 ($282k)2021 Revenue 80 ($102k) Expenses 61 ($59k) Net assets 200 ($326k)2022 Revenue 91 ($116k) Expenses 58 ($56k) Net assets 237 ($385k)2023 Revenue 111 ($141k) Expenses 91 ($88k) Net assets 269 ($438k)2024 Revenue 125 ($159k) Expenses 67 ($65k) Net assets 327 ($532k)2025 Revenue 167 ($213k) Expenses 105 ($102k) Net assets 362 ($589k)
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Revenue (167)Expenses (105)Net assets (362)Peer revenue range

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 $439k to $534k (+21%).

$163k
$196k
$273k
$282k
$326k
$386k
$439k
$534k
$595k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

43% of South Carolina Native Plant Society’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$30k
’17
$33k
’18
$77k
’19
$58k
’20
$43k
’21
$60k
’22
$53k
’23
$94k
’24
$111k
’25
56
months of
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

Cynthia Gibson

Member Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20242025
Listed55
Joined·+0
No longer listed·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $27 → $70.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1

1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Native Plant Society’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.

Where its funders are

100% of South Carolina Native Plant Society's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $304 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

South Carolina Native Plant Society runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin52% · top quartile
Months of reserve55.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 18%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

SC

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Questions and answers

Who funds South Carolina Native Plant Society?
South Carolina Native Plant Society (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $304 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($304). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does South Carolina Native Plant Society have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $304 in grants to South Carolina Native Plant Society, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of South Carolina Native Plant Society?
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $304 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like South Carolina Native Plant Society 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 1 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