South Carolina · Nonprofit
WANDO HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER
WANDO HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,017 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($30,100). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $450k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $33k
- Net assets
- $-23045
What Wando High School Band Booster does
Mission
To support music education through the band program at wando high school by raising money and coordinating student, parent, and volunteer activities
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Marching band - we raise money to support music education in the marching band program at wando high school. We coordinate the efforts of parents and volunteers in these activities. Our largest expenses relate to the marching band competitions and associated travel.
$192,430 spent$243,113 earned by the program41% of program spendingConcert band - we raise money to support music education in the concert band program at wando high school. We coordinate the efforts of parents and volunteers in these activities. Our largest expenses relate to various regional and state competitions.
$28,326 spent$44,900 earned by the program6% of program spendingInstruments - we raise money to support music education in the concert band program at wando high school. We coordinate the efforts to keep the equipment and instruments in working condition. Our largest expenses relate to repairs and new equipment purchase.
$18,527 spent$9,250 earned by the program4% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$228,746 spent49% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $468,029.
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 2021 to 2022, from $131k to $55k (−58%).
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.
26% of WANDO HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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 held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500 → $382.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 WANDO HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER’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
WANDO HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 WANDO HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 94% · 2021 100% · 2022 94% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
97% of WANDO HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER'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 $876 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside South Carolina, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $32k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
WANDO HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER has grown faster than half of the 17,450 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WANDO HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER
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
96% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WANDO HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER: 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 WANDO HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER?
- WANDO HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,017 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($30,100). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WANDO HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $33,017 in grants to WANDO HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WANDO HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WANDO HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTER 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 3 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing