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← SOUTH CAROLINA BAR FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOUTH CAROLINA BAR FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,261,267
Total expenses
$4,356,724
Contributions and grants received
$7,418,880
Grants paid
$3,818,895
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$812,067
Other revenue
$30,320
Total assets, end of year
$34,087,132
Total liabilities, end of year
$252,654
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$33,834,478
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,152,542
Management and general expenses
$202,312
Fundraising expenses
$1,870
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,152,542

Program services were 95.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,418,880

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $770,052 · excluded $770,052

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $626,312 · other assets $32,804

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $617,101

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $9,211 · other assets $32,804

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $42,015 · related or exempt $42,015

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $73,304

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $72,980

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $324

  • 11a · Other revenue: GRANT REFUNDS

    total $29,996 · related or exempt $29,996

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $29,996

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,818,895 · program services $3,818,895

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $106,000 · program services $79,500 · management and general $26,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $68,648 · program services $51,486 · management and general $17,162

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $13,419 · program services $10,064 · management and general $3,355

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $39,508 · program services $29,631 · management and general $9,877

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,299 · program services $9,974 · management and general $3,325

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,250 · program services $7,687 · management and general $2,563

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $97,645 · management and general $97,645

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $16,130 · program services $12,097 · management and general $4,033

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $62,125 · program services $46,594 · management and general $15,531

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,186 · program services $3,889 · management and general $1,297

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $13,794 · program services $10,345 · management and general $3,449

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,169 · program services $1,627 · management and general $542

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,747 · program services $1,310 · management and general $437

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,973 · program services $3,730 · management and general $1,243

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,381 · program services $5,536 · management and general $1,845

  • 24a · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE AND LICENSE

    total $20,952 · program services $15,714 · management and general $5,238

  • 24b · Other expenses: STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

    total $17,504 · program services $13,128 · management and general $4,376

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHERS

    total $15,000 · program services $15,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $8,693 · program services $6,520 · management and general $2,173

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,406 · program services $9,815 · management and general $1,721 · fundraising $1,870

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $896,333 · end of year $1,860,973

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,262,397 · end of year $2,692,394

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $732,875 · end of year $707,621

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $25,964 · end of year $6,926

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $34,180

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $17,778

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $21,375 · end of year $16,402

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $23,681,199 · end of year $28,789,539

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $26,163 · end of year $13,277

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,974 · end of year $12,088

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $250,552 · end of year $240,566

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,705,827 · end of year $26,871,055

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,678,953 · end of year $6,963,423

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO FUND THE ADVANCEMENT OF JUSTICE BY IMPROVING CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES, LAW- RELATED EDUCATION, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, AND LEGAL SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND FORECLOSURE PREVENTION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FUND THE ADVANCEMENT OF JUSTICE BY IMPROVING CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES, LAW- RELATED EDUCATION, AND ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

  • GRANTS AND AWARDS FOR LAW-RELATED EDUCATION, CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO INDIGENTS, IMPROVEMENTS TO ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, AND LEGAL SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND FORECLOSURE PREVENTION.

    Expenses $4,152,542 · Grants $3,818,895

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas P Gressette Jr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Roxon

    PRESIDENT-EL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Margaret Bluestein

    SECRETARY-TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Deloache

    IMMED PAST P

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cherie Barton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Beasley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maryann Blake

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nashiba Boyd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Cox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doward Harvin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lakesha Jeffries

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lindsay A Joyner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • George Morrison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cynthia Spieth Morton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nekki Shutt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carmen Harper Thomas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Truc Tran

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Olivia Jones

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $108,333
    From this org
    $108,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513219349303206

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