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Grantmaking foundations in Columbia, SC

132 grantmaking foundations in Columbia, South Carolina, ranked by recent giving reported to the IRS (about $310M combined).

Top foundations by giving

  1. Greene Finney Cauley Llp
    Columbia, SC · Housing and Shelter
    $77M (2026)
  2. South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees
    Columbia, SC · Human Services
    $56M (2025)
  3. University of South Carolina Educational Foundation
    Columbia, SC · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $34M (2025)
  4. Central Carolina Community Foundation
    Columbia, SC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $26M (2025)
  5. Bluecross Blueshield of South Carolina Foundation
    Columbia, SC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $21M (2025)
  6. Columbia International University
    Columbia, SC · Environment
    $12M (2025)
  7. Childrens Trust Fund of South Carolina
    Columbia, SC · Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness and Relief
    $12M (2025)
  8. United Way of the Midlands
    Columbia, SC · Science and Technology
    $7.3M (2025)
  9. Darnall W Boyd Foundation Inc
    Columbia, SC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $6.8M (2024)
  10. Riverbanks Society
    Columbia, SC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $6.2M (2025)
  11. University of South Carolina Business Partnership Foundation
    Columbia, SC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $5.2M (2025)
  12. United Way Association of South Carolina Inc
    Columbia, SC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $4.2M (2024)
  13. South Carolina Bar Foundation Inc
    Columbia, SC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $3.8M (2025)
  14. South Carolina Research Authority
    Columbia, SC · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $3.6M (2023)
  15. Central Electric Power Cooperative Inc
    Columbia, SC · Environment
    $3.1M (2024)
  16. Columbia Museum of Art
    Columbia, SC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $2.7M (2025)
  17. Prisma Health Midlands Foundation
    Columbia, SC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $2.4M (2025)
  18. Carolinas Credit Union Foundation Inc
    Columbia, SC · Arts, Culture and Humanities
    $2.2M (2025)
  19. Sc Launch Inc
    Columbia, SC · Mental Health and Crisis Intervention
    $2M (2023)
  20. Able South Carolina
    Columbia, SC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $1.5M (2023)
  21. Fpcrc Inc
    Columbia, SC · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $1M (2026)
  22. Habitat for Humanity International Inc
    Columbia, SC · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $990K (2025)
  23. Palmetto Promise Institute
    Columbia, SC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $970K (2025)
  24. Columbia Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau
    Columbia, SC · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $960K (2025)
  25. South Carolina United Methodist Foundation
    Columbia, SC · Human Services
    $690K (2025)

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