Funding search · EIN 204753405 · Irmo, SC

Bignon Family Foundation

Name: Bignon Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

41
grants reported: $507,000
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education work south carolina families individuals university adoption

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Pawmetto Lifeline3 grants · $120,000
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation3 grants · $75,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes3 grants · $70,000
Samaritan'S Purse3 grants · $50,000
Garnet Trust Foundation2 grants · $40,000
Shriners Hospitals3 grants · $20,000
Alpha Tau Omega Foundation3 grants · $15,000
Rocky Bottom Retreat & Conference Center for the Blind2 grants · $15,000
Richland County Sheriffs Foundation1 grant · $10,000
Uso1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$148,500

2022

$168,500

2023

$190,000

2024

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$55,000
Pawmetto Lifeline · Columbia, SC · 2022
Pet rescue & adoption
$40,000
Pawmetto Lifeline · Columbia, SC · 2023
Pet rescue & adoption
$30,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable work
$25,000
Pawmetto Lifeline · Columbia, SC · 2024
Pet rescue & adoption
$25,000
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation · Columbia, SC · 2024
Support the mission of the university of south carolina
$25,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Charitable work
$25,000
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation · Columbia, SC · 2023
Support the mission of the university of south carolina
$25,000
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation · Columbia, SC · 2022
Support the mission of the university of south carolina
$20,000
Garnet Trust Foundation · Columbia, SC · 2024
To help promote, support, and advance charitable organizations and causes, educate the general public regarding these charitable organizations and causes, and to make positive impacts on communities
$20,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Christian humanitarian aid organization
$20,000
Garnet Trust Foundation · Columbia, SC · 2023
To help promote, support, and advance charitable organizations and causes, educate the general public regarding these charitable organizations and causes, and to make positive impacts on communities
$20,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2023
Christian humanitarian aid organization
$15,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Charitable work
$10,000
Richland County Sheriffs Foundation · Columbia, SC · 2024
Equip deputies with the tools necessary to perform their duties safely, and enable them to provide effective and efficient protection to Richland County citizens and visitors.
$10,000
Salvation Army · Columbia, SC · 2024
To deliver emergency food, clean water, and shelter to families in crisis
$10,000
Shriners Hospitals · Greenville, SC · 2024
Pediatric care, research, and medical education
$10,000
Uso · Washington, DC · 2024
Support military families
$10,000
Rocky Bottom Retreat & Conference Center for the Blind · Columbia, SC · 2023
To hold camps for individuals who are blind so they can relax and enjoy a mountain setting
$10,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
Christian humanitarian aid organization
$8,500
Welvista · Columbia, SC · 2022
Charitable work
$5,000
Alpha Tau Omega Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Education and leadership
$5,000
Palmetto Foundation for Prevention & Recovery · Chapin, SC · 2024
To help continue the work to combat substance use in and around the community
$5,000
Pawleys Island Community Church · Pawleys Island, SC · 2024
To provide funding for missions conducted by the church
$5,000
Rocky Bottom Retreat & Conference Center for the Blind · Columbia, SC · 2024
To hold camps for individuals who are blind so they can relax and enjoy a mountain setting
$5,000
Usc School of Music · Columbia, SC · 2024
Support the mission of the university of south carolina
$5,000
Welvista · Columbia, SC · 2024
Providing vital healthcare to low-income South Carolinians
$5,000
Alpha Tau Omega Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Education and leadership
$5,000
Sharing God'S Love · Irmo, SC · 2023
To help families in crisis
$5,000
Shriners Hospitals · Greenville, SC · 2023
Pediatric care, research, and medical education
$5,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023
To help provide mortgage free homes to gold star and fallen first responder families with young families and by building specially-adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans
$5,000
Alpha Tau Omega Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Education and leadership
$5,000
Living Water Foundation · Prosperity, SC · 2022
Encouraging all people to achieve a better quality of life
$5,000
Oliver Gospel · Columbia, SC · 2022
Providing meals, shelter, addiction recovery, case management, counseling, and career and life skills development to those in need
$5,000
Palmetto Foundation for Prevention and Recovery · Chapin, SC · 2022
Prevention and intervention of substance abuse and addiction
$5,000
Shriners Hospitals · Greenville, SC · 2022
Pediatric care, research, and medical education
$5,000
The Salvation Army · Columbia, SC · 2022
Chartiable work
$3,000
Calvary Baptist Church · Lansdale, PA · 2023
To provide funding for missions conducted by the church
$3,000
Sc Academy of Science · Columbia, SC · 2023
To promote the advancement and constructive use of science in sc
$2,500
Calhoun Traumatic Brain Injury · Columbia, SC · 2023
Grant funds to other non-profit organizations and/or needy individuals who have suffered traumatic brain injuries.
$2,500
Calhoun Traumatic Brain Injury · Columbia, SC · 2022
Grant funds to other non-profit organizations and/or needy individuals who have suffered traumatic brain injuries.
$2,500
National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2022
Creating opportunities for all blind people by breaking down barriers to independence and improving the public perception of blindness.

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.