Funding search · EIN 562206524 · Spartanburg, SC

Balmer Foundation

Name: Balmer Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

42
grants reported: $12.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Top recipients

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

The Tyger River Foundation3 grants · $9.8M
The Tyger River Foundation1 grant · $625,000
Spartanburg County Foundation1 grant · $256,000
A Spot of Pride Beautification Fund1 grant · $250,000
Walnut Grove Plantation Fund1 grant · $250,000
The Anderson Mill Historical Fund1 grant · $250,000
Upstate Forever2 grants · $200,000
Spartanburg Area Conservancy1 grant · $150,000
A Spot of Pride Beautification Fund1 grant · $150,000
Spartanburg Community College Foundation1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.2M

2022

$5.4M

2023

$3.7M

2024

$2.2M

2025

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$5.2M
The Tyger River Foundation · Roebuck, SC · 2023
General Support
$3.0M
The Tyger River Foundation · Roebuck, SC · 2024
General Support
$1.6M
The Tyger River Foundation · Spartanburg, SC · 2025
General Support
$625,000
The Tyger River Foundation · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
General support
$256,000
Spartanburg County Foundation · Spartanburg, SC · 2025
General Support
$250,000
The Anderson Mill Historical Fund · Moore, SC · 2024
General Support
$250,000
Walnut Grove Plantation Fund · Roebuck, SC · 2024
General Support
$250,000
A Spot of Pride Beautification Fund · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
General support
$150,000
A Spot of Pride Beautification Fund · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
General Support
$150,000
Spartanburg Area Conservancy · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
General support
$100,000
Spartanburg Community College Foundation · Spartanburg, SC · 2025
General Support
$100,000
Upstate Forever · Greenville, SC · 2025
General Support
$100,000
Upstate Forever · Greenville, SC · 2024
General Support
$100,000
Spartanburg Community College Foundation · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
General support
$30,000
Partners for Active Living Dba Pal Play Advocate Live Well · Spartanburg, SC · 2025
General Support
$25,000
Spartanburg Philharmonic · Spartanburg, SC · 2025
General Support
$25,000
Partners for Active Living General Fund · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
General Support
$25,000
Spartanburg Philharmonic · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
General Support
$25,000
Spartanburg Philharmonic · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
General Support
$25,000
Spartanburg Philharmonic · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
General support
$20,000
Northside Development Group · Spartanburg, SC · 2025
General Support
$20,000
Service Dogs for Veterans · Greenville, SC · 2025
General Support
$20,000
Northside Development Group · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
General Support
$20,000
Service Dogs for Veterans · Greenville, SC · 2024
General Support
$20,000
Northside Development Group · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
General Support
$20,000
Animal Allies · Washington, SC · 2022
General support
$20,000
Northside Development Group · Hodges, SC · 2022
General support
$15,000
Spartanburg Art Museum · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
General Support
$10,000
University of South Carolina Upstate Foundation · Spartanburg, SC · 2025
General Support
$6,000
Hub City Animal Project (Hcap) Fund · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
General Support
$5,000
Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
General Support
$5,000
Hub City Writers Project · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
General Support
$5,000
Treesupstate · Greenville, SC · 2024
General Support
$5,000
Usc Upstate Foundation · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
General Support
$5,000
Anne Irwin Memorial Fund · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
General Support
$5,000
Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
General Support
$5,000
Hub City Animal Project (Hcap) Fund · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
General Support
$5,000
Service Dogs for Veterans · Greenville, SC · 2023
General Support
$5,000
Usc Upstate Foundation · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
General Support
$5,000
Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Hub City Writers Project Fund · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Usc Upstate Foundation · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.