Palmetto Promise Institute
Columbia, SC · EIN 26-3077338. Reported 62 grants totalling $937,926 to 62 organizations across tax years 2022-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Palmetto Promise Institute, the IRS classifies it under health care rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE E057) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 62 distinct organizations, with 19% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $9,000. Half of what it reported fell between $6,000 and $12,500; the smallest was $5,216 and the largest $182,011. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diocese of Charleston | Charleston, SC | $182,011 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Way Global | Greenville, SC | $74,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Westgate Christian School | Spartanburg, SC | $60,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maranatha Christian School | Florence, SC | $31,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bob Jones Academy | Greenville, SC | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Myrtle Beach | Myrtle Beach, SC | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Dillon, SC | $23,910 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| My Sc Education | Columbia, SC | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lol Steam School of the Arts | Hartsville, SC | $21,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Myrtle Beach Christian School | Longs, SC | $17,110 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Christian Hope Academy Inc | Gaston, SC | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northeast Enrichment Academy | Columbia, SC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shawn Ragin Dba Ragin Preparatory Christian Academy | Sumter, SC | $14,160 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wedgefield Baptist Church | Wedgefield, SC | $13,505 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Manning Educational Association | Manning, SC | $12,920 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Palm Community Church Inc | N Charleston, SC | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Calvary Christian School Myrt | Myrtle Beach, SC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Daniels Christian School in | Columbia, SC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lca Foundation | Ridgeland, SC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palmetto Christian Academy of Greenwood Inc | Abbeville, SC | $11,977 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Holly Hill Academy Inc | Holly Hill, SC | $11,775 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harvest Christian Academy | Cope, SC | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Newberry Academy | Newberry, SC | $11,047 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Learning | Columbia, SC | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Walterboro Christian Academy | Walterboro, SC | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sumter Christian School | Sumter, SC | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thomas Hart Academy | Hartsville, SC | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mullins Marion Christian Scho | Mullins, SC | $10,325 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Berea Junior Academy | Sumter, SC | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cambridge Academy | Greenwood, SC | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grace Baptist Church of West Columbia Sc | West Columbia, SC | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kingstree Christian Academy | Kingstree, SC | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Miracle Academy Nursery Center Inc | Russellville, SC | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Orangeburg Preparatory Schools Inc | Orangeburg, SC | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oakwood Christian School | Anderson, SC | $8,775 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Easley Christian School | Easley, SC | $8,025 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Valorous Church Inc | Little River, SC | $7,715 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Abundant Life Church of Greenville Sc Incorporated | Greenville, SC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| As-Sabeel Academy of Greenville | Greer, SC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Christian Academy | Myrtle Beach, SC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colleton Preparatory Academy Inc | Walterboro, SC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hampton Park Baptist Church Hampton Park Christian School | Greenville, SC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Riverpointe Christian Academy | N Charleston, SC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southside Christian School Upstate | Simpsonville, SC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Orangeburg Christian Academy Inc | Orangeburg, SC | $6,548 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maximum Elementary at Lifespring Church | Boiling Spgs, SC | $6,465 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| All Saints Episcopal Day School Inc | Florence, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Charis Language Immersion Academy | Greenville, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Complete Student | Port Royal, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eddlemon Adventist Christian Academy | Spartanburg, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Faith Christian School and Preschool | Summerville, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grace Community Academy of Columbia Inc | Columbia, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oconee Christian Academy | Seneca, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Richard Winn Academy | Winnsboro, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trinity Collegiate School | Darlington, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Westminster Catawba Christian School Inc | Rock Hill, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rose of Sharon Christian Academy | Cameron, SC | $5,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Temple Christian Academy | Darlington, SC | $5,604 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harmony School | Columbia, SC | $5,510 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emmanuel Baptist Church of Hartsville Inc | Hartsville, SC | $5,378 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Success Center | Goose Creek, SC | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cornerstone Christian School | Camden, SC | $5,216 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
0 of 62 (0%) received money in more than one year over the 2 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 35 of 62 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | $96,000 | $48,000 |
| 2024 | 60 | $841,926 | $9,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $9,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in South Carolina.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Palmetto Promise Institute's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 59 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 1 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 12676, Columbia, SC, 29211.
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