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Funders to approach for South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees

Columbia, South Carolina$66M revenue19 funders on file

Per South Carolina code section 59-152-30: "the goals for South Carolina first steps to school readiness are to: (1) provide parents with access to the support they might seek and want to strengthen their families and to promote the optimal development of their preschool children; (2) increase comprehensive services so children have reduced risk for major physical, developmental, and learning problems; (3) promote high-quality preschool programs that provide a healthy environment that will promote normal growth and development; (4) provide services so all children receive the protection, nutrition, and health care needed to thrive in the early years of life so they arrive at school ready to succeed; and (5) mobilize communities to focus efforts on providing enhanced services to support families and their young children so as to enable every child to reach school healthy and ready to…

Your prospects by chance and grant size

a funder to approacha funder you already have

Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$52k, your typical grantunder 1 in 1001 in 1001 in 401 in 20$10k$30k$100k$300k$1.0M$3.0MChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$29k–$320kover two years, from 1–3 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$430kfrom 3 new funders

Half the value is in your top 8 funders, of 136

$0$190k$370khalf from the top 8likely range1st10thAll 136
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  1. The Duke EndowmentAlready funds you$330k
  2. 1BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina FoundationGives in South Carolina (46 of 57)Similar grantees: Institute for Child Success Inc ($130k/yr), Reach Out and Read Inc ($68k/yr)1 in 28$190k
  3. 2The Leon Levine FoundationGives in North Carolina (258 of 371)Similar grantees: York County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership ($50k/yr), Generationed ($40k/yr)1 in 23$100k
  4. United Way of the MidlandsAlready funds you$35k
  5. Save the Children Federation IncAlready funds you$71k
  6. 3Central Carolina Community FoundationGives in South Carolina (515 of 821)Similar grantees: Richland County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership ($10k/yr), Calhoun County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership ($8k/yr), Lee County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership ($6k/yr)1 in 17$21k
  7. 4Dominion Energy Charitable FoundationSimilar grantees: Edgefield County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership ($3k/yr), Firstspark Inc ($3k/yr), Together SC ($20k/yr)1 in 14$14k
  8. 5Fact ForwardGives in South Carolina (34 of 61)Similar grantees: Darlington County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership ($71k/yr)1 in 23$36k
  9. 6American Heart Association IncSimilar grantees: Smart From the Start Inc ($120k/yr), Children First PA ($91k/yr)1 in 33$51k
  10. 7Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina IncGives in South Carolina (390 of 714)Similar grantees: Colleton County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership ($14k/yr), Dorchester County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership ($12k/yr), South Carolina Infant Mental Health Association ($8k/yr)1 in 22$20k
  11. 8Prisma HealthGives in South Carolina (120 of 156)Similar grantees: Institute for Child Success Inc ($25k/yr)1 in 27$28k
  12. 9South Carolina Childrens FundGives in South Carolina (6 of 10) · First year of givingNo similar grantees yet1 in 38$47k
  13. 10South Carolina Physicians Care Charity IncGives in South Carolina (30 of 38)No similar grantees yet1 in 35$38k
  14. 11Annie E Casey Foundation IncSimilar grantees: Institute for Child Success Inc ($130k/yr), Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance ($30k/yr), Children First PA ($100k/yr)1 in 31$11k
  15. 12Lipscomb Family FoundationGives in South Carolina (56 of 82)Similar grantees: SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities Foundation Inc ($13k/yr)1 in 36$11k
  16. 13Children's Trust of South CarolinaGives in South Carolina (51 of 68)Similar grantees: Dorchester County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership ($36k/yr), Darlington County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership ($42k/yr), Lee County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership ($500k/yr)1 in 42$200k
  17. 14Darnall W and Susan F Boyd Foundation IncGives in South Carolina (14 of 19)No similar grantees yet1 in 46$160k
  18. 15Cassels Family FoundationGives in South Carolina (9 of 13)No similar grantees yet1 in 55$140k
  19. 16America Achieves IncNo similar grantees yet1 in 91$290k
  20. United Way Association of South Carolina IncAlready funds you$120k
  21. 17Hollingsworth Funds IncGives in South Carolina (48 of 57)Similar grantees: Institute for Child Success Inc ($100k/yr)under 1 in 100$190k
  22. 18Ascendium Education Solutions IncNo similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$220k
  23. 19Michael J Mungo FoundationGives in South Carolina (38 of 48)No similar grantees yet1 in 66$52k
  24. 20The Toby Cassels FoundationGives in South Carolina (9 of 14)No similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$120k
  25. 21NEO Philanthropy Action Fund IncNo similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$100k
  26. 22South Carolina Student Loan CorpGives in South Carolina (23 of 24) · First year of givingSimilar grantees: The Original Six Foundation ($38k/yr)1 in 77$59k
  27. 23William Randolph Hearst FoundationSimilar grantees: Reach Out and Read Inc ($150k/yr)1 in 99$87k
  28. 24The Molina Healthcare Charitable FoundationSimilar grantees: Institute for Child Success Inc ($30k/yr), Child Care Action Council of Thurston County ($2k/yr), Reach Out and Read Inc ($5k/yr)1 in 43$16k
  29. 25AARP FoundationNo similar grantees yet1 in 97$78k