South Carolina · Nonprofit
South Carolina Universities Research & Education Foundation
South Carolina Universities Research & Education Foundation (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $35,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($35,000). 0 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
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $248k
What South Carolina Universities Research & Education Foundation does
Mission
The foundation is organized and operates as a support organization primarily to provide assistance to clemson university, university of south carolina, and university of south carolina aiken in their separate and joint efforts to provide research to various government agencies such as the department of energy, savannah river nuclear solutions, department of homeland security, etc. To this end, the foundation operates exclusively for the benefit of, or to carry out the purpose of, the member universities, including, but not limited to:(1) providing fiscal, custodial and accounting services in connection with university research, and generally assisting in the administration and coordination of educational activities and research performed by the member universities;(2) generally encouraging financial assistance and public support for university research and education;(3) interfacing with customer base on behalf of member universities to assist in acquiring funding for various research a
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Rickover fellowship program (nrlf) - the foundation entered into contract de-nr0000633 with the u.s. Department of energy naval reactors laboratory field office. These grant funds are to be used in the support of research and development, equipment upgrades, and student financial support. These funds may provide for: salaries, materials,supplies, equipment, travel, publication costs, supporting costs required for technical activities, market analyses, financing plans, and other activities necessary to achieve the program's objective.
$1,242,291 spent$123,612 earned by the program41% of program spendingU.s. Department of energy - nuclear energy advisory committee program ("doe/pmis") - the foundation entered into contract doe0638-1022-06 with the u.s. Department of energy-idaho. These grant funds are to be used in the support of design, development, planning, and executiion of various meetings for the doe/pmis. These funds may provide for: salaries, materials, supplies, travel, and other supporting costs as determined necessary by the program.
$950,596 spent$94,852 earned by the program31% of program spendingSavannah river nuclear solutions (boa139) - the foundation entered into a subcontract with savannah river nuclear solutions. The foundation provides research and development and training services to support the site's environmental restoration, waste management, technology transfer, economic development, education and training missions, and activities related to new missions at the site.
$858,614 spent$95,132 earned by the program28% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,051,501.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $912k to $557k (−39%).
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 45% · 2018 39% · 2019 34% · 2020 33% · 2021 37% · 2022 90% · 2023 89% · 2024 83% · 2025 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $592k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest South Carolina Universities Research & Education Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money South Carolina Universities Research & Education Foundation raised.
From the IRS filings of South Carolina Universities Research & Education Foundation’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 Universities Research & Education Foundation'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. $35k 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.
Government funding South Carolina Universities Research & Education Foundation receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $12.2M on record.
- Department of Energy$11.9M
- Department of Homeland Security$288k
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 Universities Research & Education Foundation
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
91% 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
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for South Carolina Universities Research & Education Foundation: 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. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds South Carolina Universities Research & Education Foundation?
- South Carolina Universities Research & Education Foundation (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $35,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($35,000). 0 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 Universities Research & Education Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $35,000 in grants to South Carolina Universities Research & Education Foundation.
- Who is the largest funder of South Carolina Universities Research & Education Foundation?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $35,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like South Carolina Universities Research & Education Foundation 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 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