LB Foundation

• Organisations must be recognised by the IRS as section 501(c)(3) public charities, and the foundation does not fund any that are not, so confirm your status before approaching it.
• Most of its support is directed to charitable causes in South Carolina, with a minority for medical, educational or charitable work in Vietnam that improves relations between the two; its stated themes are medical support, educational support and South Carolina–Vietnam relations.
• Half of its 50 grants to organisations were about $78,500 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $8,000 and $395,000, so a modest request near that size fits typical grants, although its largest grant was about $1,200,000.
• Repeat recipients took 97% of its grant dollars, so a new organisation should expect a competitive field and should build a relationship before submitting the foundation-approved grant application.
• The filing gives no deadlines and says the foundation accepts applications, so the main timing question is when your own project is ready.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Family Effect · Capital
  $1,216,8502025 tax year
• Soteria Community Development · Capital
  $752,0002025 tax year
• Mill Village Ministries · Capital
  $500,0002025 tax year
• Time Served · Program
  $250,0002025 tax year
• Soteria Community Development · Program
  $246,0002025 tax year
• Mill Village Ministries · Program
  $154,4452025 tax year
• Best Skills Academy · Program
  $150,0002025 tax year
• Poe Mill Achievement Center · Program
  $110,4502025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.