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SOUTH CAROLINIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY
SOUTH CAROLINIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY (South Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $135,250 to it, the largest being Fund for Nonviolence ($65,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $176k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $135k
- Net assets
- $188k
What South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty does
Mission
The mission of South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty SCADP is to abolish the death penalty and catalyze criminal justice reform through public advocacy grassroots organizing and community education
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Palmetto Journey of Hope - During our 2025 events SCADP reached 888 people We had 34 total events speaking events rallies vigils press conferences etc from mid-September to mid-November These took place in 13 different locations Clinton 1 Greenville 6 Rock Hill 2 Columbia 12 Greenwood 1 Aiken 2 Pendleton 1 Florence 1 Spartanburg 1 North Charleston 1 Clemson 4 Conway 1 and Charleston 1 We had 11 speakers on our tour 2 victim family members 1 death row family membervictim family member 4 death row survivors 1 author 1 judge We also utilized 2 Board members Brian and Christina and 1 staff member Hillary
$34,427 spentof which $20,323 as grants29% of program spendingInternship Program - We conducted a 10 week internship program for 2 paid college interns educating them about the death penalty and involving them in our advocacy work We also took them on a pilgrimage to sites important in the death penalty story in SC GA and AL Site visits included Mother Emmanuel AME in Charleston SC and the Equal Justice Institute Museums in Montgomery AL
$25,904 spentof which $1,000 as grants22% of program spendingAdvocacy and Clemency campaigns - We advocated for clemency held vigils during executions and supported death row family members through the 5 executions held in South Carolina in 2025 We worked with and through the Western North Carolina Capital Habeas Unit and Justice 360 who serve as our partnering legal organizations
$40,572 spent35% of program spendingEducation and Virtual Book Club - We continue to speak and educate about the impacts of the death penalty on all citizens - the accused death row family members victims employees of the criminal justice system and everyone else This year we held 5 virtual book club events in conjunction with the SC Christian Action Council and one movie event The books were Seventy Times Seven by Alex Mar Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Arbitrary Death by Rick Unklesbay and Frankie San A Burning and Shining Light for Christ by SK Wilkinson the movie was There Will Be No Stay
$16,145 spent14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $117,048.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $139k to $175k (+26%).
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.
100% of SOUTH CAROLINIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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.
Board chair
Christina Isenhower
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $75k → $17k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 CAROLINIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY’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 CAROLINIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
48% 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 CAROLINIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 87% · 2023 90% — growing more concentrated.
“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 CAROLINIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY draws 83% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 CAROLINIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 904 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SOUTH CAROLINIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY
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.
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTH CAROLINIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY?
- SOUTH CAROLINIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY (South Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $135,250 to it, the largest being Fund for Nonviolence ($65,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH CAROLINIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $135,250 in grants to SOUTH CAROLINIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH CAROLINIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY?
- Fund for Nonviolence is the largest funder on record, with $65,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH CAROLINIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 6 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