South Carolina · Nonprofit
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG SC INC
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG SC INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $474,438 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($143,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $327k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $474k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Unitarian Universalist Church of Spartanburg Sc Inc does
Mission
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Spartanburg is a welcoming congregation transforming lives and our world by developing strong hearts and minds challenging injustice promoting sustainability and celebrating diversity.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
WORSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP: Regularly scheduled services as well as numerous additional services on holidays and special occasions with informative and inspirational programs in keeping with the Unitarian Universalist seven principles incorporating participation from congregants in planning and implementing these programs.
$131,345 spent73% of program spendingRELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH: Sunday morning classes for K-12 centered around the UU seven principles and approved UU curriculum coordinated by the Religious Education director and implemented with the help of parents and other interested adults from the congregation. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR ADULTS: Smaller discussion groups of 8-12 persons for in-depth discussion of coordinated topics.
$33,563 spent19% of program spendingCOMMUNITY OUTREACH: programs to support the community such as providing school supplies and monetary support for local schools providing LGBTQ theology programs supporting PRIDE festival helping citizens register to vote and send out postcards reminding voters to vote during elections.
$13,861 spent8% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $178,769.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $1.5M to $1.6M (+3%).
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.
99% of UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG SC INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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 4 funders, grant income rose $15k → $36k.
6 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG SC 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
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG SC INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG SC INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 75% · 2021 45% · 2022 46% · 2023 55% — 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.
Where its funders are
89% of UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG SC INC'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 $50k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside South Carolina, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $424k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG SC INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 12,278 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,278 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG SC INC
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In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG SC INC?
- UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG SC INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $474,438 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($143,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG SC INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $474,438 in grants to UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG SC INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG SC INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $143,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG SC 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 FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), and the filings of 7 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