South Carolina · Nonprofit
SPARTANBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOC
SPARTANBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOC (South Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $951,544 to it, the largest being Spartanburg County Foundation ($641,769). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $647k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $952k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Spartanburg County Historical Assoc does
Mission
The mission of the Spartanburg County Historical Association is to explore and preserve our regions history by collecting and sharing the stories and artifacts of the people who shaped that history.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Historical sites: the associations goal of engaging visitiors in unique living history programs in the city and county of spartanburg, by inspiring learners of all ages to investigate the history that begins in their own backyard, is achieved in part through three historic sites - walnut grove plantation, price house, and seay house. All three of these locations, which are supported an drun by the association, host numerous community events and educational programs for the local population. Walnut grove plantation tells the stories of the free and enslaved people who settled the south carolina backcountry, fought for independence, and built a new nation.
$374,679 spent$61,371 earned by the program91% of program spendingRegional history museum: the spartanburg regional history museum has permanent exhibits that offer a walk through time from the early days of spanish explorers like juan pardo to the late 20th century. Other permanent exhibits focus on the broad military history of spartanburg county from the fight for american independence to the training camps located here during world wars I & ii. The decorative arts gallery showcases the museums outstanding collection of spartanburg and piedmont area furniture as well as locally made pottery, hand crafted quilts and samplers, and other artwork. Finally, the rotating exhibit space changes every two to thress months, so there is always something new to see when you visit the history museum.
$35,085 spent$11,000 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $409,764.
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 2022 to 2023, from $927k to $1.3M (+40%).
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 19% · 2018 25% · 2019 18% · 2020 18% · 2021 56% · 2022 23% · 2023 19% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $81k → $83k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 SPARTANBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOC’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
SPARTANBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 SPARTANBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 98% · 2019 100% · 2020 50% · 2021 45% · 2022 66% · 2023 59% — 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
40% of SPARTANBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 22% 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
71% of SPARTANBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOC'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. Of the $275k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from South Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $677k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SPARTANBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOC?
- SPARTANBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOC (South Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $951,544 to it, the largest being Spartanburg County Foundation ($641,769). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SPARTANBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $951,544 in grants to SPARTANBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPARTANBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOC?
- Spartanburg County Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $641,769 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPARTANBURG COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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