South Carolina · Nonprofit
WASSAMASAW TRIBE OF VARNERTOWN INDIANS
WASSAMASAW TRIBE OF VARNERTOWN INDIANS (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,591 to it, the largest being COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION ($75,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $541k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $106k
- Net assets
- $491k
What Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians does
Mission
Economic enhancement of vanertown community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cultural classes program - the cultural classes program provides free, public, hands-on educational classes focused on indigenous cultural traditions, including basket making, beadwork, dreamcatchers, pottery, gourd painting, regalia making, hand drum painting, traditional dance, and drumming. Classes are led by native culture bearers and are designed to preserve tribal knowledge, promote cultural understanding, and provide community access to indigenous arts and traditions.
$8,114 spent$5,239 earned by the program7% of program spendingCommunity farm & garden (food sovereignty program) - the community farm & garden program supports food sovereignty, nutrition access, and agricultural education through the operation of a tribally managed farm and garden. Activities include youth gardening, raised bed cultivation, seasonal planting, livestock care, and distribution of fresh produce to tribal members and community partners. The program emphasizes traditional ecological knowledge, intergenerational learning, and community engagement in local food systems.
$74,564 spent$5,239 earned by the program66% of program spendingAnnual powwow & native american education day - the annual powwow and native american education day are public cultural events that promote indigenous history, living traditions, and cultural exchange. Education day provides students and visitors with hands-on demonstrations, performances, and interpretive learning experiences, while the powwow features traditional dance competitions, drumming, cultural vendors, and demonstrations. These events serve as major cultural tourism and educational outreach activities for the tribe.
$13,884 spent$5,238 earned by the program12% of program spendingHome repair & housing support program - the home repair program provides assistance to tribal members through minor home repairs, accessibility improvements, and safety-related upgrades. The program aims to improve living conditions, support elders and vulnerable households, and strengthen housing stability within the tribal community. Services are provided based on need and available funding. Cultural center development & program expansion - the tribe engaged in planning and development activities related to the creation of a tribal cultural center, intended to serve as a permanent space for cultural classes, educational programming, community gatherings, food distribution, and youth engagement. Activities during the fiscal year included site preparation, infrastructure planning, partnership coordination, and grant- funded improvements to support future program delivery.
$15,628 spent$5,238 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $112,190.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $67k to $491k (+633%).
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: 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of WASSAMASAW TRIBE OF VARNERTOWN INDIANS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $82 → $35k.
3 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 WASSAMASAW TRIBE OF VARNERTOWN INDIANS’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
WASSAMASAW TRIBE OF VARNERTOWN INDIANS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% 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
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 WASSAMASAW TRIBE OF VARNERTOWN INDIANS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 71% — 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
100% of WASSAMASAW TRIBE OF VARNERTOWN INDIANS'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $106k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
WASSAMASAW TRIBE OF VARNERTOWN INDIANS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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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
50%
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 WASSAMASAW TRIBE OF VARNERTOWN INDIANS?
- WASSAMASAW TRIBE OF VARNERTOWN INDIANS (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,591 to it, the largest being COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION ($75,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WASSAMASAW TRIBE OF VARNERTOWN INDIANS have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $105,591 in grants to WASSAMASAW TRIBE OF VARNERTOWN INDIANS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WASSAMASAW TRIBE OF VARNERTOWN INDIANS?
- COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WASSAMASAW TRIBE OF VARNERTOWN INDIANS 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 2024–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing