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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-5623767

The Brotherton Foundation

A private foundation in Easley, SC. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 14 grants and $226,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $226,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $3,118,408

  • Tax year 2023

    $159,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,996,084

  • Tax year 2022

    $213,800

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $3,161,386

  • Tax year 2021

    $214,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,379,059

  • Tax year 2020

    $196,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,902,813

  • Tax year 2019

    $162,250

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,909,825

Grants paid in 2024

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Prisma Cancer Center-Dr Larry GluckGreenville, SC

    Operational Support

    $50,000
  2. Pickens County YMCAEasley, SC

    Operational Support

    $50,000
  3. FAVOR-Pickens CountyGreenville, SC

    Operational Support

    $37,500
  4. Niswonger FoundationGreeneville, TN

    Operational Support

    $20,000
  5. SC Ovarian Cancer FoundationGreenville, SC

    Operational Support

    $15,000
  6. Christ Church Episcopal SchoolGreenville, SC

    Operational Support

    $10,000
  7. Channel MissionsSunset, SC

    Operational Support

    $10,000
  8. United Way of Pickens CountyEasley, SC

    Operational Support

    $10,000
  9. The Chandler SchoolGreenville, SC

    Operational Support

    $10,000
  10. Pickens County Cancer FoundationGreenville, SC

    Operational Support

    $5,000
  11. Greene LEAFGreenville, TN

    Operational Support

    $5,000
  12. Metropolitan Arts CouncilGreenville, SC

    Operational Support

    $2,000
  13. Legacy AdvancementGreenville, SC

    Operational Support

    $1,000
  14. Wake Forest UniversityWinstonsalem, NC

    Operational Support

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education5 grants $42,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. South Carolina11 grants $200,500
  2. Tennessee2 grants $25,000
  3. North Carolina1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • David L BrothertonTrustee Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Carmen K BrothertonTrustee Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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