PALMETTO PROJECT INC

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

6296 RIVERS AVE STE 100

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Mission and programs · 2024

• HEALTH FOR OVER 20 YEARS, THE PALMETTO PROJECT HAS BEEN A LEADING ADVOCATE FOR A MORE EFFECTIVE SYSTEM OF HEALTHCARE FOR SOUTH CAROLINIANS REGARDLESS OF THEIR FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, RACE, OR RESIDENCY. PROGRAMS INCLUDE: INSURE SC, CHILDREN'S HEALTH SC, HEART & SOUL, THE CAROLINA HEARING AID BANK, AND MYVAX SC. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS IS AVAILABLE ON SCHEDULE O AND ON OUR WEBSITE AT PALMETTOPROJECT.ORG/HEALTH/.

  Expenses $1,059,606 · Revenue $731,276

• FAMILIES, YOUTH, & SCHOOLS PALMETTO PROJECT SEES HEALTHY FAMILIES, ENGAGED YOUNG PEOPLE, AND VIBRANT SCHOOLS AS THE CORNERSTONE OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNITIES. OUR INITIATIVES PROVIDE THOUSANDS OF VULNERABLE FAMILIES WITH CONNECTIONS TO SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, SUPPORT SERVICES, FOOD AND EVEN CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. CURRENT PROGRAMS INCLUDE: MY FIRST BOOKS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEGIN WITH BOOKS, FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES, AND CHALLENGE DAY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS IS AVAILABLE ON SCHEDULE O AND ON OUR WEBSITE AT PALMETTOPROJECT.ORG/FAMILY-YOUTH-SCHOOLS/.

  Expenses $1,245,716 · Grants $612,016

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & CIVIC PARTICIPATION PALMETTO PROJECT HAS BECOME A LEADER IN EQUIPPING COMMUNITIES WITH NEW TOOLS TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATIONS, CREATE TRUST, AND SOLVE PROBLEMS. IT ALSO ENCOURAGES CIVIC PARTICIPATION THROUGH THE PALMETTO VOTER PROJECT. SINCE THE PROGRAM STARTED IN 1994, SOUTH CAROLINA VOTERS HAVE SET RECORDS FOR TURNOUT IN EVERY ELECTION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THESE PROGRAMS IS AVAILABLE IN SCHEDULE O AND ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE AT PALMETTOPROJECT.ORG/COMMUNITY-ENGAGEMENT/.

  Expenses $26,753 · Grants $19,900

• INSURE SC: PALMETTO PROJECT CONTINUED ITS ENROLLMENT ASSISTER WORK THROUGHOUT 2024 AS LICENSED INSURANCE AGENTS WHO PROVIDED ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE FOR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AND MEDIGAP/MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT PLANS, MARKETPLACE PLANS, AND SC HEALTHY CONNECTIONS MEDICAID. ALL LICENSED AGENTS ARE SALARIED, WITH COMMISSION REVENUE DIRECTED TO PALMETTO PROJECT, SO THEIR FOCUS IS ON FINDING THE BEST HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR THE CONSUMER. THIS ALSO INCLUDED REFERRALS TO PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS, FREE CLINICS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES. AGENTS PROVIDED DIRECT ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE TO 3,132 MEDICARE AND MARKETPLACE CONSUMERS. 250 VERY LOW INCOME MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS WERE ASSISTED WITH APPLICATIONS FOR MEDICARE SAVINGS PROGRAMS. CHILDREN'S HEALTH SC: PALMETTO PROJECT CONTINUED WORKING WITH LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME FAMILIES IN SC TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND APPLICATION ASSISTANCE FOR SC HEALTHY CONNECTIONS MEDICAID TO IDENTIFY UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED CHILDREN. OUR TEAM OF LICENSED INSURANCE AGENTS AND OUR AMERICORPS MEMBER WORKS WITH FAMILIES TO COMPLETE THE SC HEALTHY CONNECTIONS MEDICAID INITIAL AND RENEWAL APPLICATIONS, SUBMIT IT, AND FOLLOW IT THROUGH TO ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION. APPLICATION ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION ABOUT DENTAL AND VISION BENEFITS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEKING PREVENTIVE CARE WAS DELIVERED TO 451 FAMILIES. MY VAX SC: PALMETTO PROJECT HAS CONTINUED ITS PREVIOUS WORK OF PROVIDING VACCINATION RESOURCES TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THE MY VAX SC PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO PROMOTE VACCINE LITERACY IN RURAL AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES OF BERKELEY, DORCHESTER, AND COLLETON COUNTIES, WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF VACCINATIONS IN THESE COMMUNITIES BY REDUCING VACCINE HESITANCY. THIS EFFORT SUPPORTS FLU, COVID, AND VACCINES FOR OLDER ADULTS SUCH AS SHINGLES AND PNEUMONIA. PALMETTO PROJECT HAS PARTNERED WITH 12 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE VACCINE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES. 20 COMMUNITY EVENTS HAVE BEEN TABLED BY PALMETTO PROJECT STAFF, IN ADDITION TO 3 LARGE SCALE EVENTS: BLACK EXPO, TASTE OF BLACK CHARLESTON, AND CHARLESTON PRIDE. 2500 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN REACHED DIRECTLY FROM IN PERSON EVENTS PALMETTO PROJECT HAS ATTENDED, 10,000+ INDIRECTLY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, RADIO ADS, TV ADS, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, TOOLKIT DISTRIBUTIONS, AND THE FLAGSHIP WEBSITE WWW.MYVAXSC.ORG. DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY SC (DPIL-SC)/BEGIN WITH BOOKS: DPIL-SC IMPROVES EARLY LITERACY BY ENABLING YOUNG CHILDREN TO BUILD A HOME LIBRARY AND INCREASE THEIR SCHOOL READINESS. THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY, PALMETTO PROJECT IS WORKING TO PROVIDE EACH SOUTH CAROLINA CHILD UNDER AGE FIVE A FREE, DEVELOPMENTALLY-APPROPRIATE BOOK EACH MONTH. BEGIN WITH BOOKS, OUR PROGRAM IN CHARLESTON COUNTY, IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS PROGRAM CAN CHANGE CHILDREN'S LIVES. STATEWIDE, WE ARE SERVING MORE THAN 27,000 CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE. FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES: FOR MORE THAN 33 YEARS, THE PALMETTO PROJECT HAS PROVIDED A LIFELINE TO FAMILIES IN CRISIS THROUGH ITS NETWORK OF SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE MIDLANDS REGION. MANY SOUTH CAROLINIANS KNOW FHF BECAUSE OF ITS CHRISTMAS PROGRAMMING THAT PROVIDES FOOD, CLOTHING, AND CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR 4,026 FAMILIES (11,147 INDIVIDUALS) WITH URGENT AND EMERGENCY NEEDS. HOMELESS TO HOPE FUND: FOUNDED IN FEBRUARY 2016, THE HOMELESS TO HOPE FUND IS THE NONPROFIT ARM OF A LARGER PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN CHARLESTON, BERKELEY, AND DORCHESTER COUNTIES. TAXDEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS ARE USED TO ASSIST APPROVED LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS IN PROVIDING TEMPORARY SHELTER AND SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS COMMITTED TO TRANSITIONING TO PERMANENT HOUSING AND INDEPENDENT LIVING. THIS INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REGIONAL CENTER FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO LOCAL SERVICES AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. LOWCOUNTRY MINISTRIES FUND: THIS FUND WAS ESTABLISHED IN COORDINATION WITH AND AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE VICTIMS OF THE JUNE 2015 TRAGEDY AT EMANUEL AME CHURCH BY FURTHERING COMMUNITY CONCERNS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO THEM, ESPECIALLY IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN BEAUFORT, HAMPTON, ALLENDALE, COLLETON, JASPER, AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES. IN ITS SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING, EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED FUNDING OF JUST OVER 199,000.

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,280,098

  Expenses

  $2,603,841

  Contributions

  $1,548,461

  Grants paid

  $631,916

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,948,321

  Expenses

  $2,523,615

  Contributions

  $2,182,654

  Grants paid

  $687,748

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,265,031

  Expenses

  $2,073,996

  Contributions

  $1,386,410

  Grants paid

  $703,196

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,583,346

  Expenses

  $1,357,060

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,116,056

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,259,986

  Expenses

  $1,484,545

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,085,627

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,102,740

  Expenses

  $1,264,803

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,050,758

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,245,423

  Expenses

  $1,535,470

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,248,471

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,850,050

  Expenses

  $2,489,066

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,331,989

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,396,892

  Expenses

  $2,296,480

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,963,608

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,027,254

  Expenses

  $2,278,741

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,947,900

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,316,499

  Expenses

  $1,521,577

  Assets (EOY)

  $173,502

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,176,643

  Expenses

  $1,091,248

  Assets (EOY)

  $347,651

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $695,117

  Assets (EOY)

  $255,245

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• ANTIOCH EDUCATIONAL CENTER

  $67,500

  2022 · BUILDING EXPANSION

• TIME SERVED

  $55,722

  2024 · LEGAL ASSISTANCE

• BLUFFTON SELF HELP

  $50,000

  2023 · BASIC NECESSITIES

• HOPEFUL HORIZONS

  $45,000

  2023 · SUPPORTIVE SERVICES

• LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK

  $45,000

  2022 · FRESH PRODUCE

• OUR LADY OF MERCY

  $45,000

  2022 · RELIEF ASSISTANCE

• BLUFFTON SELF HELP

  $45,000

  2022 · BASIC NECESSITIES

• LOWCOUNTRY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

  $45,000

  2022 · HOUSING ASSISTANCE

• HELP OF BEAUFORT

  $27,000

  2023 · SUPPORTIVE SERVICES

• BEAUFORT COUNTY FIRST STEPS

  $22,500

  2023 · EARLY CHILDHOOD SVCS

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION

  $255,000

  2023 · General Support

• COMMUNITY CATALYST INC

  $163,000

  2022 · SUPPORT HEALTH ISSUES

• SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION

  $161,942

  2025 · General Support

• FRANCES P BUNNELLE FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2022 · HEALTH

• COMMUNITY CATALYST INC

  $97,000

  2023 · SUPPORT HEALTH ISSUES

• JEWISH ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA

  $80,000

  2023 · HUMAN NEEDS

• SOUTH CAROLINA BAR FOUNDATION INC

  $78,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• SOUTH CAROLINA BAR FOUNDATION INC

  $65,030

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• SOUTH CAROLINA BAR FOUNDATION INC

  $65,029

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• JEWISH ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA

  $58,500

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

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