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COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC

EIN 23-7390313 N CHARLESTON, SC

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Revenue 2024
$46,328,098
Expenses 2024
$40,582,009

Program services were 82.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T310
Classification
1000
Street
1691 TURNBULL AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

4 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FOUNDATION BUILDS THRIVING COMMUNITIES BY CONNECTING PEOPLE AND INVESTING RESOURCES, ACROSS THE NINE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SC BEAUFORT, BERKELEY, CHARLESTON, COLLETON, DORCHESTER, GEORGETOWN, HAMPTON, HORRY, AND JASPER. IT ALSO MANAGES OVER 800 INDIVIDUAL FUNDS, EACH GUIDED BY A DONOR'S INTENT TO SUPPORT SPECIFIC OR BROAD CHARITABLE GOALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

UNITE PEOPLE AND RESOURCES TO BUILD COMMUNITIES RICH IN OPPORTUNITY AND WELL-BEING.

  • PHILANTHROPY - AS SOUTH CAROLINA'S LARGEST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND A RECOGNIZED TRUSTED PHILANTHROPIC LEADER IN THE SOUTHEAST, COASTAL CMMUNITY FOUNDATION (CCF) DELIVERS DONOR-CENTERED GUIDANCE AND EXCEPTIONAL STEWARDSHIP TO INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS. WITH A PROVEN ABILITY TO TRANSFORM BOLD IDEAS INTO MEANINGFUL ACTION, WE HELP FUND PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS URGENT NEEDS AND SUSTAIN VITAL COMMUNITY INITIATIVES FOR GENERATIONS. CCF'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2024 CELEBRATED PROVIDING OVER $433M IN PHILANTHROPIC GRANTMAKING AND SCHOLARSHIP DISTRIBUTIONS SINCE INCEPTION.

    Expenses $33,289,237 · Grants $28,525,446 · Revenue $4,714,498

  • GRANTMAKING - WITH ROBUST EXPERTISE IN LONG-TERM CHARITABLE GIVING AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE, THE FOUNDATION DELIVERS VITAL OPERATIONAL AND CATALYTIC SUPPORT ACROSS OUR NINE-COUNTY SERVICE AREA. 2,369 GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS WERE DISBURSED DURING THE YEAR TOTALING $28.5M. THESE INVESTMENTS REFLECT OUR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES FUELING PROGRESS IN KEY AREAS: HUMAN NEEDS $7M; EDUCATION $9.9M; HEALTH INITIATIVES: $3M; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS: $1.6M; ARTS: $2.4M; FAITH-BASED PROGRAMS: $918K; NEIGHBORHOOD & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $2.7M; PHILANTHROPY: $624K; SOCIAL JUSTICE: $185K.

  • STRATEGIC INITIATIVES INCLUDE 1) THE FOUNDATION'S SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS AWARDED 192 SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALING $833K, EXPANDING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION ACROSS THE REGION; 2) THE CATALYST GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDED $2.4M IN FUNDING WITH A $4.3M FUTURE MULTI-YEAR COMMITMENT, TO NONPROFITS IN BEAUFORT, COLLETON, HAMPTON, AND JASPER COUNTIES TO ADVANCE COLLABORATION, BUILD STRATEGIC CAPACITY, AND DRIVE COMMUNITY INNOVATION. GRANTS SUPPORT INITIATIVES WITH MEASURABLE IMPACT THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, AND SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS LOCAL NEEDS FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS. SOME GRANTEES MAY ALSO RECEIVE EXPERT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE GRANT TERM TO ENHANCE EFFECTIVENESS AND SUSTAINABILITY; 3) THE PLACE-BASED IMPACT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE DEPLOYED NEARLY $1.4M INTO LIFTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SMALL BUSINESS LENDING, AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING.

  • COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP - CCF HAS LONG SERVED AS A TRUSTED CONVENER, UNITING RESIDENTS, BUSINESS LEADERS, NON-PROFIT PARTNERS, AND GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS PRESSING CHALLENGES FROM HOUSING AND EDUCATION DISPARITIES TO ECONOMIC MOBILITY, NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, AND DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY. THROUGH IMPACT INVESTING, ADVOCACY, AND EDUCATION, WE DRIVE SOLUTIONS THAT BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES. CCF WAS INTEGRAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND LONG-TERM PLANNING THAT IS ADDRESSING REGIONAL HOUSING AFFORDABILITY WITH TWO COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS AND EDUCATION SUPPORT FOR UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOLS.

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.

  • Vanessa Gongora

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacy Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mason Holland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christie Wootton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellis Regenbogen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Morgan Morton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerome Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Bundy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anita Zucker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wendy Zara

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamie Phillippe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Catherine C Lacour

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cokeitha Gaddist

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie H Walker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bernett W Mazyck

    DIRECTOR - THRU 1.3.25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tyeka Grant

    DIRECTOR - THRU 12.31.24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Mercado

    DIRECTOR - THRU 12.31.24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Herbert L Drayton III

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wiliam Dunn

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ronda K Dean

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Darrin Goss

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $400,983
    From this org
    $318,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,983
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $293,000
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $60,729
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,254
    Filer's total
    $400,983
  • Jane Litz

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $253,321
    From this org
    $221,952
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,369
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,802
    Bonus
    $16,150
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,270
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,099
    Filer's total
    $253,321
  • Melissa Levesque

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $220,157
    From this org
    $187,270
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,887
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,270
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,383
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,504
    Filer's total
    $220,157
  • Helen Wolfe

    SR DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT & STEWARDSHIP

    Total calculated
    $139,436
    From this org
    $123,564
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,872
    Hours/week
    50
  • Christopher Ballad

    SR DIRECTOR FINANCE & CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $158,847
    From this org
    $122,383
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,464
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,683
    Bonus
    $2,700
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,374
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,090
    Filer's total
    $158,847

The first 25 listed. 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $46,328,098
    Expenses
    $40,582,009
    Contributions
    $24,219,502
    Grants paid
    $28,525,446
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $58,989,034
    Expenses
    $32,648,144
    Contributions
    $48,111,845
    Grants paid
    $21,486,764
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $52,548,075
    Expenses
    $15,171,798
    Contributions
    $45,843,677
    Grants paid
    $9,636,071

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $80,143,972
    Expenses
    $26,627,755
    Assets (EOY)
    $293,333,431
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $34,024,717
    Expenses
    $21,855,799
    Assets (EOY)
    $284,832,331
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $49,232,303
    Expenses
    $29,789,373
    Assets (EOY)
    $216,168,861
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $43,233,940
    Expenses
    $27,485,967
    Assets (EOY)
    $203,913,645
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $36,112,763
    Expenses
    $21,477,360
    Assets (EOY)
    $188,029,269

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.