Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,087,776

Total expenses

$1,188,748

Contributions and grants received

$1,087,508

Grants paid

$80,567

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$268

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$380,464

Total liabilities, end of year

$71,305

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$309,159

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,095,202

Management and general expenses

$79,153

Fundraising expenses

$14,393

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,095,202

Program services were 92.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• WHOLESPIRE HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SC DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH (DPH) DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE MANAGEMENT SECTION TO WORK TO ADDRESS DIABETES DISPARITIES AMONG SELECTED PRIORITY POPULATIONS TO INCLUDE SERVING AS A RESOURCE TO ADDRESS SOCIAL NEEDS AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (SDOH). WHOLESPIRE ASSISTS THE SECTION WITH DATA COLLECTION EFFORTS TO INCLUDE IDENTIFYING AND INTERVIEWING PRIORITY POPULATIONS AND CONDUCTING FOCUS GROUPS. IN ADDITION, WHOLESPIRE, INC. WORKS WITH THE SECTION TO FIND AND CONTRACT WITH CONTENT EXPERTS TO CONDUCT LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENTS, RAISE AWARENESS AMONG PROVIDERS ABOUT THE VALUE OF INTEGRATING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHWS) INTO HEALTH CARE TEAMS TO REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES, AND FACILITATE FOCUS GROUPS. WHOLESPIRE IS A SUBRECIPIENT ADMINISTERING THE GRANT WITH DPH'S SECTION GOVERNING THE BUDGET.

  Expenses $56,134

• TEAMING UP FOR HEALTH OUTCOMES, A FOUR-YEAR COALITION INITIATIVE, WAS LAUNCHED IN 2021 WITH SUPPORT FROM THE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF SC FOUNDATION, AN INDEPENDENT LICENSEE OF THE BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION. THE INITIATIVE IS A JOINT EFFORT WITH THE SC OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH TO HELP URBAN AND RURAL COALITIONS IMPROVE POPULATION HEALTH BY PROVIDING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT FOCUS ON TRAINING, COACHING, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND HEALTHY EATING ACTIVE LIVING IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

  Expenses $418,407 · Grants $80,567

• WHOLESPIRE HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SC DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH (DPH) DIVISION OF NUTRITION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND OBESITY PREVENTION SUPPORTING THE EXPANSION OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT EFFORTS TO UNIFY AND MOBILIZE HEALTHY EATING AND ACTIVE LIVING EFFORTS THAT CREATE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL SOUTH CAROLINIANS TO ACHIEVE A HEALTHY WEIGHT. AS SUCH, WHOLESPIRE IS A CO-LEAD, WITH DHEC, FOR THE HEALTHY PALMETTO LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND ADMINISTERS FUNDING AGREEMENTS WITH AND PROVIDES OVERSIGHT TO STATE-LEVEL HEALTHY EATING, ACTIVE LIVING, OR HEALTHY WEIGHT INITIATIVES, IDENTIFIED BY THE HEALTHY PALMETTO LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.WHOLESPIRE PROVIDES TRAINING AND COMMUNICATION ON THE STATEWIDE OBESITY RECOMMENDATIONS, CURRENT PROGRESS, AND POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS. WHOLESPIRE ALSO ADMINISTERS THE HEALTHY YOUNG PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT (HYPE) PROJECT AND PROVIDES FUNDING, TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HYPE TEAMS IN EACH FO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SC OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH HEALTHY EATING, ACTIVE LIVING, AND HEALTHY WEIGHT EFFORTS.

  Expenses $424,025

• GROWING LOCAL SC, A USDA GRANT WHOLESPIRE MANAGES GROWING LOCAL SC WORKING CLOSELY WITH CONTRACTED PROJECT MANAGERS FOR THE THREE-YEAR GRANT. GROWING LOCAL SC IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA FOOD POLICY COUNCIL FOCUSED ON BUILDING A NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TO SUPPORT SOUTH CAROLINA IN GETTING FOOD FROM FARMS AND GARDENS TO THE TABLE. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO CREATE A CROSS-SECTOR LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM NETWORK ASPIRING TO CULTIVATE A THRIVING, EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE, RESILIENT, AND JUST FOOD ECONOMY PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD FOR ALL.

  Expenses $196,636

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

• LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 55

  $12,000

  HEALTHY EATING

• THE VILLAGE GROUP

  $6,000

  HEALTHY EATING

• PARTNERS FOR ACTIVE LIVING

  $6,000

  HEALTHY EATING

• PATHWAYS COMMUNITY CENTER INC

  $6,000

  HEALTHY EATING

• ASPIRE 2 INSPIRE INITIATIVE INC

  $6,000

  HEALTHY EATING

• BARNWELL COUNTY GOVERNMENT

  $6,000

  HEALTHY EATING

• BEREA MIDDLE SCHOOL

  $6,000

  HEALTHY EATING

• KNIGHTS HILL HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD INC

  $5,986

  PARK RENOVATION

• CAMPING MINISTRIES OF THE CAROLINAS

  $5,454

  HEALTHY EATING

• UPPER MIDLANDS RURAL HEALTH NETWORK

  $5,307

  HEALTHY EATING

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

12 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202513169349302286

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