South Carolina · Nonprofit
THE COURAGE CENTER
THE COURAGE CENTER (South Carolina) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $207,555 to it, the largest being CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($134,876). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $208k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What The Courage Center does
Mission
To provide a safe, supportive, recovery-focused setting for individuals and families on their recovery journey.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Courage Center (tcc), provides a safe and supportive recovery focused setting for individuals and families on their journey in recovery from substance misuse and substance abuse disorders by holding recovery focused meetings and events across the midlands of south carolina. Tcc offers weekly mutual aid meetings, one on one recovery coaching, access to counselors, and harm reduction activities. Tcc served 1,686 participants in 2024, an 186% increase over 2023. Growth was seen across all demographics and locations.
$407,977 spentof which $25,311 as grants50% of program spendingTcc expanded to two new geographic locations by opening offices in both richland and orangeburg counties. In addition, tcc expanded referral partnerships in both of these counties by connecting to new referral partnerships such as criminal justice organizations, groups focused on serving the unhoused community, and local area hospitals. Through these efforts tcc connected with 381 participant[ants who were criminal justice involved. As part of the outreach to these communities tcc participated in 76 outreach events, 53 community table and presentation events, and 31 social events. Tcc also provided 6 certified peer support training events. In addition, tcc expanded its harm reduction efforts in these counties and distributed 1,685 boxes of naloxone, the life-saving opioid overdose reversal agent.
$235,473 spent29% of program spendingTcc began new partner relationships with local area hospitals to providw peer support for both the emergencey department and inpatient referrals. Tcc connected with 222 patients at lexington medical center and 186 patients at prisma health.
$177,560 spent22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $821,010.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $722k to $1.1M (+53%).
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.
96% of THE COURAGE CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
Randy Rush
Executive director
Board chair
Sandy Harrington
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $6k → $17k.
3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 THE COURAGE CENTER’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
THE COURAGE CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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 THE COURAGE CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 93% · 2019 66% · 2020 70% · 2021 89% · 2022 100% · 2023 67% — 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
11% of THE COURAGE CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 20% 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
70% of THE COURAGE CENTER'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 $62k that is directly attributable, 72% of it comes from funders outside South Carolina, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $145k 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
THE COURAGE CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding THE COURAGE CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $598k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$598k
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 THE COURAGE CENTER
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
48% 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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Mt Horeb United Methodist Church · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE COURAGE CENTER: 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 THE COURAGE CENTER?
- THE COURAGE CENTER (South Carolina) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $207,555 to it, the largest being CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($134,876). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE COURAGE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $207,555 in grants to THE COURAGE CENTER, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE COURAGE CENTER?
- CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $134,876 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE COURAGE CENTER 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 15 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