Funding search · EIN 570843135 · Spartanburg, SC
Mary Black 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.
- 225
- grants reported
- $10.8M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $21,950
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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Top recipients
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- City of Spartanburg7 grants · $804,500
- Spartanburg County First Steps6 grants · $570,312
- Partners for Active Living3 grants · $531,166
- Partners for Active Living Dba Play Advocate Live Well5 grants · $508,500
- Spartanburg Academic Movement3 grants · $481,938
- Hope Center for Children6 grants · $480,000
- United Way of the Piedmont6 grants · $434,968
- Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation2 grants · $423,700
- Upstate Family Resource Center7 grants · $414,838
- Ruth'S Gleanings4 grants · $375,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 225 grants.
- $411,000
Spartanburg Academic Movement · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Hello family; panel on unaccompanied minors; bridging paths to resilience conference
- $366,666
Partners for Active Living · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Urban trails system
- $281,475
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Leadership award; srhs nurse family partnership; to improve behavior and mental health outcomes
- $269,500
Partners for Active Living Dba Play Advocate Live Well · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Heal transition funding; endowment campaign; spartanburg healthy schools initiative
- $201,750
City of Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Hello family fund; juneteenth essay scholarship; mlk unity week scholarship
- $200,000
City of Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Hello family fund
- $200,000
City of Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Hello family fund
- $200,000
City of Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Hello family fund
- $162,000
Spartanburg Area Mental Health · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Hub city hopes
- $155,250
Upstate Family Resource Center · Boiling Springs, SC · 2023
Helping families thrive
- $151,086
Birthmatters · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
2021 ecd general operating support
- $150,000
Hope Center for Children · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Hcfc operating support
- $150,000
Northside Development Group · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
The franklin school
- $150,000
Pal · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
General operating support
- $145,000
Spartanburg County First Steps · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Ecd general operating
- $142,225
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Srhs nurse family partnership
- $142,000
Hope Center for Children · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Ecd general operating support
- $130,000
Spartanburg County First Steps · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Quality counts
- $126,500
Institute for Child Success · Greenville, SC · 2024
Housing innovation - children's edition; spartanburg early childhood systems change initiative
- $126,000
Homes of Hope · Greenville, SC · 2022
Affordable rental housing in the southside
- $125,529
United Way of the Piedmont · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Community health and resource coordinators
- $125,000
Partners for Active Living · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
General operating support
- $116,667
Pal · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Urban trails system
- $114,029
United Way of the Piedmont · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Community health and resource coordinators; united for all fund
- $110,500
Spartanburg County School District Three · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Pacolet 3k class
- $107,625
Spartanburg County School District Three · Glendale, SC · 2022
Pacolet 3k class
- $106,250
Institute for Child Success · Greenville, SC · 2022
Spartanburg early childhood systems change initiative
- $105,750
Upstate Family Resource Center · Boiling Springs, SC · 2022
Helping families thrive
- $105,000
Hub City Roots · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Hub city roots heal intiatives
- $105,000
Hub City Farmers' Market · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
General operating support
- $102,000
Hope Center for Children · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Healthy families initiative convener
- $101,000
Emerge Family Therapy Center & Teaching Clinic · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
General operational support
- $100,000
Children'S Advocacy Center of Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
General operating support
- $100,000
Emerge Family Therapy Center & Teaching Clinic · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
General operating support
- $100,000
Harry Dallara Memorial Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Duncan park youth baseball field renovation to promote diversity in sports
- $100,000
Jumpstart South Carolina · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
General operating support
- $100,000
Partners for Active Living Dba Play Advocate Live Well · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
General operating support
- $100,000
Ruth'S Gleanings · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Fresh food for all
- $100,000
Northside Development Group · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
The franklin school
- $100,000
Ruth'S Gleanings · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Fresh food for all
- $100,000
Ruth'S Gleanings · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Increasing nutrition in spartanburg
- $100,000
Spartanburg County First Steps · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
2021 ecd general operating
- $99,125
United Way of the Piedmont · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Community health and resource coordinators
- $97,830
Pal · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Spartanburg healthy schools initiative phase 2
- $95,000
Spartanburg County School District Three · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Pacolet 3k class
- $95,000
Hub City Roots (Formerly Hub City Farmer'S Market) · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
General operating support
- $92,648
Birthmatters · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Ecd general operating support
- $85,000
Regenesis Organization Community Health Center · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Psychiatric nurse practitioner for crisis program
- $80,500
Upstate Family Resource Center · Boiling Springs, SC · 2024
Sustain support groups and other mental health services for high-needs populations
- $80,000
Institute for Child Success · Greenville, SC · 2021
General operating support
- $79,500
Spartanburg County First Steps · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Hello family
- $79,000
Partners for Active Living Dba Play Advocate Live Well · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Spartanburg healthy schools initiative, phase 2
- $75,000
Hub City Roots · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Heal transition funding
- $75,000
Ruth'S Gleanings · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Heal transition funding
- $75,000
Spartanburg Area Mental Health Center · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Mental health services for black, indigenous and people of color: outreach & communication
- $71,000
Hope Center for Children · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
2021 ecd general operating support
- $68,792
Birthmatters · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
2021 ecd general operating support
- $68,562
Spartanburg County First Steps · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Hello family; quality counts movement
- $65,000
The Children'S Museum of the Upstate · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Tcmu-spartanburg mobile museum
- $62,000
Spartanburg Regional Foundation · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Srhs nurse family partnership
- $60,000
Emerge Family Therapy Center & Teaching Clinic · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Mental health services for black, indigenous, and people of color: service pipeline development
- $56,785
United Way of the Piedmont · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Community health and resource coordinators
- $55,000
Spartanburg Academic Movement · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Early development instrument continuation project
- $52,500
Angels Charge Ministry · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
General operating support
- $50,000
South Carolina Infant Young Child Mental Health Association · Charleston, SC · 2024
Spartanburg's safe babies court
- $50,000
Bloom Upstate · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
General operating support
- $50,000
Faces and Voices of Recovery Greenville · Greenville, SC · 2023
General operating support
- $50,000
Goforth Recovery · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
General operating support
- $50,000
Partners for Active Living Dba Play Advocate Live Well · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Urban trails system
- $50,000
Uplift and Outreach Center · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
General operating support
- $50,000
Middle Tyger Community Center · Lyman, SC · 2022
Middle tyger community center - "this is my child" childcare program
- $50,000
Healthy Smiles of Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Healthy smiles of spartanburg pediatric dental program
- $50,000
Regenesis Organization Community Health Center · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Crisis intervention coordinator
- $50,000
Safe Homes - Rape Crisis Coalition · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Underserved communities therapist
- $49,500
Upstate Family Resource Center · Boiling Springs, SC · 2021
General operating support
- $47,250
Spartanburg County First Steps · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Hello family
- $46,980
Children'S Advocacy Center of Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Eliminating problematic sexual behaviors in school-aged children
- $45,000
Spartanburg County School District Three · Glendale, SC · 2021
Systemic & environmental change factors for early childhood families affected by covid-19
- $43,650
Spartanburg Area Mental Health Center · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Bipoc and latinx outreach program
- $42,500
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation · Portland, OR · 2021
Social-emotional health extender for spartanburg 6
- $41,325
Children'S Trust Fund of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2021
Hfi training and implementation support
- $40,500
Spartanburg Area Mental Health · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Hub city hopes
- $40,000
Jumpstart Sc · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
General operational support to continue building second chances
- $40,000
Communityworks · Greenville, SC · 2021
Spartanburg affordable housing
- $40,000
Emerge Family Therapy Center & Teaching Clinic · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Mental health response to covid 19 pandemic
- $40,000
St Luke'S Free Medical Clinic · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Working for health equity through access to quality healthcare
- $39,500
Partners for Active Living · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Spartanburg healthy schools initiative, phase 2
- $39,000
Spartanburg Regional Foundation · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Spartanburg regional forensic nurse examiners
- $38,750
Institute for Child Success · Greenville, SC · 2023
Spartanburg early childhood systems change initiative
- $38,645
Children'S Museum of the Upstate · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Expansion of early childhood programming for all of spartanburg county
- $37,000
United Way of the Piedmont · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Thriving families
- $36,450
Children'S Advocacy Center of Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Eliminating problematic sexual behaviors in school-aged children
- $33,280
Bloom Upstate · Spartanburg, SC · 2021
Part time case manager and family therapist
- $33,000
Converse University · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Enhancing conditions for care in the converse wellness center
- $33,000
Spartanburg Community College Foundation · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Behavioral healthcare at spartanburg community college
- $33,000
Spartanburg Methodist College · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Smc behavioral case management
- $33,000
University of South Carolina Upstate - Division of Student Affairs · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Healthyu campaign - connectedness and relationships
- $32,000
Benjamin E Mays Family Resource Center · Pacolet, SC · 2024
Grand opening; counseling services for children and families
- $31,000
Regenesis Health Care · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Regenesis health care 2024 events; bridging the gap between access to care & education
- $30,000
Angels Charge Ministry · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Beyond recidivism: expanding reentry services & focusing on the whole health of female inmates
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- Darla Moore and Richard Rainwater149 grants · $127.4M
- South Carolina First Steps To190 grants · $192.2M
- Prisma Health236 grants · $103.2M
Similar purposes
- Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System114 grants · $6.6M
Similar grant size
- The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
- Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B
- Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B
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