South Carolina Elks Charitable TR

Analysis

South Carolina Elks Charitable TR is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Lawn, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, South Carolina Elks Charitable TR reported income of $151k and spending of $84k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $208k to $151k (-27%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, South Carolina Elks Charitable TR sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gods Food Bank Inc ($151k), The Community Y Foundation ($151k) and Sunshine Community Foundation Inc ($150k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $77k, net assets of $1.7m.