South Carolina · Nonprofit
THE PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER INC
THE PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $479,574 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($105,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $304k
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $480k
- Net assets
- $936k
What The Pat Conroy Literary Center Inc does
Mission
To provide a learning center devoted to the readers, teachers and writers who love the written word and who want to enhance existing skills or share those skills with others.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization operated its downtown beaufort, sc, center to share educational exhibitions from pat conroy's inspirational writing life with visitors.
$231,807 spent73% of program spendingThe organization conducted a multi-day literary festival in beaufort which attracted readers, writers, students and teachers.
$26,434 spent8% of program spendingCommemorating the anniversary of pat conroys death, march forth is a day- long embrace of nature, education, and fellowship among writers and readers
$17,038 spent5% of program spendingThe organization also hosts many literary events throughout the year such as lectures from visiting writers, book clubs, and events for children.
$43,077 spent14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $318,356.
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.
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 $561k to $1.1M (+103%).
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 3% · 2018 22% · 2019 12% · 2020 11% · 2021 29% · 2022 19% · 2023 30% · 2024 30% · 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of THE PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $36k → $50k.
6 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER INC’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 PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
39% 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 PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 47% · 2019 45% · 2020 31% · 2021 25% · 2022 16% · 2023 30% — 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
50% of THE PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
THE PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER INC draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $159k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER INC is better cushioned than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER INC
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In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 THE PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER INC?
- THE PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $479,574 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($105,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $479,574 in grants to THE PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER INC?
- AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $105,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER INC 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 24 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