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Grant Funders in Charleston, SC

Bespoke Grants indexes 37 grant-making foundations headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina — together $436.3M in recent annual giving. Their giving most often supports higher education, health care, arts & culture and food & agriculture. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Charleston nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

37
Foundations in Charleston
$436.3M
Combined annual giving
37
Listed below
SC
State

Foundations headquartered in Charleston

Ranked by annual giving. Each links to a full profile — giving history, grant recipients, focus areas, and how to apply.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1The Blackbaud Giving Fund$266.4M2024
2Charleston Southern University$40.7M2024
3Medical University of South Carolina$31.4M2023
4Beemok Family Foundation$20.4M2024
5The Citadel Foundation$17.3M2024
6Goodcoin Foundation$8.6M2025
7Medical Society of South Carolina$6.7M2024
8Lowcountry Land Trust Inc$5.0M2025
9College of Charleston Foundation$4.9M2025
10Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing$4.1M2024
11International African American Museum$3.0M2018
12The Citadel Brigadier Foundation$2.6M2024
13Coydog Foundation$2.6M2024
14Joy Unspeakable Foundation$2.1M2024
15Post & Courier Foundation$1.9M2024
16Asia Wild$1.7M2023
17Bessent-freeman Family Foundation Inc$1.4M2024
18The Reams Foundation Inc$1.1M2024
19Porter-gaud Foundation$1.0M2024
20The Gaillard Performance Hall$1.0M2023
21Trident Technical College Foundation Inc$969K2025
22The Spaulding-paolozzi Foundation$965K2023
23The Ceres Foundation Inc$958K2024
24The Goodcoin Giving Fund$925K2024
25Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement$892K2024
26Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc$888K2023
27Catholic Charities of South Carolina$760K2023
28The Maria and Steven Mungo Foundation$759K2024
29Abvi Foundation$723K2025
30Next Child Fund Inc$698K2022
31Charleston Coalition for Kids$600K2023
32Charleston Jewish Federation Inc$576K2024
33Daniel Island Community Fund Inc$555K2024
34Greystar Giving Inc$527K2024
35Harry and Reba Huge Foundation$521K2020
36Alumni Association of the Medical$508K2022
37The Children's Research and Education$504K2024

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What Charleston funders support

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Charleston, SC address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Charleston nonprofits; the free funder match accounts for both.