Funding search · EIN 576023535 · Greenville, SC
James F and Nelle E Burgess Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 40
- grants reported
- $5,161
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $80
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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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.
- First Baptist Church of Greenville3 grants · $1,375
- World Vision3 grants · $1,036
- United Ministries3 grants · $350
- Papa Tank Theater for Inclusion1 grant · $250
- Upstate Forever2 grants · $200
- Furman University1 grant · $200
- Meals On Wheels2 grants · $185
- Woodlands Foundation1 grant · $150
- Lake Conestee Nature Preserve1 grant · $150
- Conserving Carolina2 grants · $135
Giving over time
Grant history
All 40 reported grants, largest first.
- $700
First Baptist Church of Greenville · Greenville, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $425
First Baptist Church of Greenville · Greenville, SC · 2023
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $362
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2023
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $362
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $312
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2024
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $250
First Baptist Church of Greenville · Greenville, SC · 2024
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $250
Papa Tank Theater for Inclusion · Columbia, SC · 2024
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $200
Furman University · Greenville, SC · 2024
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $200
United Ministries · Greenville, SC · 2023
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $150
Woodlands Foundation · Greenville, SC · 2024
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $150
Lake Conestee Nature Preserve · Conestee, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $100
Upstate Forever · Greenville, SC · 2024
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $100
Upstate Fatherhood Center · Greenville, SC · 2023
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $100
Meals On Wheels · Greenville, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $100
Miracle Hill · Greenville, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $100
Triune Mercy Center · Greenville, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $100
United Ministries · Greenville, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $100
Upstate Forever · Greenville, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $85
Meals On Wheels · Anderson, SC · 2024
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $85
Conserving Carolina · Hendersonville, NC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $75
Sustaining Way · Greenville, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $50
Conserving Carolina · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $50
Cvsc · Columbia, SC · 2024
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $50
Greenville Free Medical Clinic · Greenville, SC · 2024
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $50
Natureland Trust · Greenville, SC · 2024
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $50
United Ministries · Greenville, SC · 2024
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $50
Momentum Bike Club · Greenville, SC · 2023
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $50
Free Medical Clinic · Greenville, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $50
Genesis Homes · Greenville, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $50
Girl Scouts of Sc · Greenville, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $50
Habitat for Humanity · Greenville, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $50
Home of Hope · Greenville, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $50
Save Our Saluda · Marietta, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $50
Sc Conservation Voters Ed Fund · Columbia, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $50
The Nature Conservancy of Sc · Greenville, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $45
Friends of Lake Keowee · Anderson, SC · 2024
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $35
Sc Native Plant Society · Chester, SC · 2023
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $25
Friends of Reedy River · Greenville, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $25
Sc Costal Conservation · Charleston, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
- $25
Sc Native Plant Society · Chester, SC · 2022
Organization's established charitable purpose.
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