South Carolina · Nonprofit
TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,921,639 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($308,100). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $23M
What Trident Technical College Foundation Inc does
Mission
Established in 1975, the trident technical college foundation exists to advocate and raise funds for the college to support the region's economy. The foundation operates independently of the college as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Student scholarships:the foundation made scholarship awards to 545 and 476 students, totaling $512,766 and $466,717 in the years ended june 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Scholarships help offset the cost of tuition, fees, books, childcare, and transportation for eligible students. The scholarship funds, supported by individuals, businesses, and other foundations, are competitive and based on criteria established by the donors and the foundation. As of june 30, 2025, the foundation administered a total of 153 scholarship funds, 47 of which are permanently restricted. As of june 30, 2024, the foundation administered a total of 152 scholarship funds, 46 of which are permanently restricted.
$512,766 spentof which $512,766 as grants44% of program spendingTuition assistance/credit course reimbursement programs:the foundation provides financial support, up to an annually budgeted amount, for full-time permanent employees of the college to take credit or continuing education courses at the college or other accredited institutions of higher education. All programs are based on the availability of funds. For the fiscal years ended june 30, 2025 and 2024, $20,751 and $14,487 were awarded as part of these professional development programs, respectively.
$20,751 spentof which $20,751 as grants2% of program spendingStudent urgent needs fund:the student urgent needs fund was created to assist students in good standing who experience an unforeseen financial emergency which would otherwise prevent them from continuing to attend the college. Students must meet all eligibility requirements and receive approval from the selection committee. For the fiscal years ended june 30, 2025 and 2024, $9,504 and $9,694 was awarded in student urgent needs funding assistance, respectively.
$9,504 spentof which $9,504 as grants1% of program spendingAwards and prizes:the foundation provides a variety of awards and prizes designed to celebrate outstanding achievements, innovation, and leadership among college students, faculty, and staff. For the fiscal years ended june 30, 2025 and 2024, $8,907 and $9,300 in awards and prizes were provided from the foundation, respectively.
$627,567 spentof which $503,445 as grants54% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,170,588.
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 $14M to $18M (+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.
78% of TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $46k → $303k.
9 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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: $401k from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 26 of 27 funders by total. 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
TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
61% 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 TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 33% · 2019 34% · 2020 31% · 2021 33% · 2022 24% · 2023 33% — 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
43% of TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $936k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
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 TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC?
- TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,921,639 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($308,100). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,921,639 in grants to TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC?
- TIDES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $308,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION 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.
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 27 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