Grants and funding in South Carolina
4,243 foundations reported granting into South Carolina on their most recent IRS filings: 16,312 itemized grants worth $1.2B between them. On top of that, 13 live grant programs and 26 contract opportunities are specific to South Carolina, alongside 3,344 nationwide programs also open here.
- foundations granting into the state
- 4,243
- of 129,981 grantmaking foundations on file
- in itemized grants into the state
- $1.2B
- across 16,312 grants on IRS filings
- live grants specific to South Carolina
- 13
- of 3,984 live grants tracked nationwide
- community lenders serving the state
- 44
- of 483 CDFIs on file
What a typical foundation grant runs here
The 4,243 foundations granting into South Carolina, grouped by the average size of their grants. The middle of this chart is where most applications belong: funders whose typical check is thousands, not millions.
Who gives the most into South Carolina
The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into South Carolina on their most recent filings. Size and openness are different things: the giants here are mostly endowments that choose their own recipients, which is why the list worth working from is the 4,243 above filtered to funders that accept applications.
Who the South Carolina-specific grants are for
Of the 13 live grant programs specific to South Carolina, here is who the announcements name. 9 more are open to any organization type and counted separately, never twice.
Wherever you sit, nonprofits, cities and towns, tribal organizations and every other reader get their own page saying what Quillify does and does not do for them.
The lenders almost nobody checks
44 community development lenders serve South Carolina: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Accion Opportunity Fund. Quillify tracks all 483 nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.
South Carolina foundation grants by focus
The foundations above, cut by what they fund and filtered to the ones that accept applications.
- Education grants in South Carolina (39 funders)
- Human Services grants in South Carolina (35 funders)
- Arts, Culture & Humanities grants in South Carolina (22 funders)
- Environment grants in South Carolina (13 funders)
Opportunity figures count live, unexpired programs as of September 1, 2026 and refresh twice monthly. Foundation figures come from IRS filings for tax year 2022 and move as new filings arrive. Segment counts are programs that explicitly name the segment; programs open to any organization type are reported separately, never double-counted.
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