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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,890,379 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($439,300). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $172M
What University of South Carolina Business Partnership Foundation does
Mission
To build an endowment fund and supervise its creative management. To assist in determining appropriate projects and to be financed with funds raised. To encourage and assist in supporting research in business and economic problems. To assist in conducting conferences for education and development of management personnel worldwide.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Continuing education: continuing education and educational programs activities seek to provide world-class business education tailored to the needs of our customers, build closer relationships with key corporate supporters of the darla moore school of business, and to recruit and retain top faculty by providing professional development opportunities. The educational programs equip business professionals with knowledge and skills to better perform their jobs and develop managers to lead more effectively.
$4,597,806 spent$4,702,973 earned by the program32% of program spendingAcademic support: the foundation provides departments with the resources needed to engage in business research, recruit and retain faculty, host visiting professors, fund distinguished chairs, and engage in other initiatives designed to enhance the education and activities of the students as well as the reputation of the darla moore school of business.
$2,902,201 spentof which $1,239,942 as grants20% of program spendingScholarships and student assistance: the foundation utilizes endowments and other funds to provide scholarships and fellowships to students of the darla moore school of business in order to award high achieving scholars and attract them to the school, assist first generation students and students with financial need in accessing an education at the darla moore school of business, provide study abroad opportunities, and otherwise support students by enriching their college education and making it more affordable.
$3,801,708 spentof which $3,602,696 as grants26% of program spendingExternal relations: the foundation supports the darla moore school of business in conducting conferences, seminars, and management programs to further the education, development and effectiveness of business professionals and scholars worldwide. Engages alumni of the darla moore school of business through events, leadership recognition awards, and through the creation of a board of advisors to the foundation. External relations programs also focus on outreach to the business community to strengthen and expand partnerships for the benefit of the darla moore school of business through the board of trustees and board of advisors.
$3,059,627 spentof which $328,723 as grants21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,361,342.
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 2020 to 2021, from $113M to $150M (+33%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
D Roger Nanney
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $146k → $327k.
13 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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: $72k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Greenwood County Community Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION’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
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
88% 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 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 40% · 2019 28% · 2020 63% · 2021 41% · 2022 35% · 2023 28% — 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
14% of UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
86% of UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION'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 $265k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside South Carolina, across 13 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.
Government funding UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $65k on record.
- Department of Defense$65k
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 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Corporate Solutions LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION?
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,890,379 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($439,300). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $1,890,379 in grants to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $439,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION 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 30 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