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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-3050085

Companion Foundation

A private foundation in Charleston, SC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 18 grants and $136,725 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $136,725

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $9,811,650
  • Tax year 2024

    $151,652

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $20,912,432
  • Tax year 2023

    $5,175

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $22,001,616
  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $23,468,909
  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $23,966,546

Grants paid in 2025

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Charleston Leadership FoundationCharleston, SC

    Charleston prayer breakfast

    $26,500
  2. Leaders and Followers FoundationAnnapolis, MD

    Donation

    $12,000
  3. Fisher Deberry FoundationTulsa, OK

    Contribution

    $10,000
  4. Palmetto Promise InstituteColumbia, SC

    Families rescue fund

    $10,000
  5. St Judes Childrens Research HospitalMemphis, TN

    Donation

    $10,000
  6. Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY

    Donation

    $10,000
  7. Charleston Classical SchoolN Charleston, SC

    Contribution

    $10,000
  8. Life ResourcesMt Pleasant, SC

    Donation

    $10,000
  9. Steadfast Recovery MinistriesJohns Island, SC

    Donation

    $10,000
  10. Coastal Community FoundationN Charleston, SC

    Contribution

    $7,500
  11. NcanFort Mill, SC

    Contributions

    $5,000
  12. The Gamecock ClubColumbia, SC

    Contribution

    $5,000
  13. Lowcountry FcaGoose Creek, SC

    Donation

    $5,000
  14. Individual

    [individual] DONATIONS

    $2,700
  15. Individual

    Sponsorship

    $1,000
  16. The Healing Net FoundationNashville, TN

    Donation

    $1,000
  17. Pat Conroy CenterBeaufort, SC

    Bench at living tree location

    $750
  18. Kanpe HaitiGoose Creek, SC

    Donation

    $275

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Religion2 grants $38,50042% of the total
  2. Education3 grants $25,00027% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $17,50019% of the total
  4. Health2 grants $11,00012% of the total
  5. International aid1 grant $275<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. South Carolina12 grants $102,025
  2. Tennessee2 grants $11,000
  3. New York1 grant $10,000
  4. Oklahoma1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Roger JonesPRESIDENT Hours 3Pay $0
  • Allyson ThorntonPROGRAM DIRECTOR Hours 20Pay $55,536
  • Teresa JonesDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Erin Jones-SmithDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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