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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 57-6173490

Pope-Brown Foundation

A private foundation in Newberry, SC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $89,000 paid in grants.

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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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Thomas H Pope III
PO Box 190
Newberry, SC 29108
(803) 276-2532
Form and materials
No required form
Deadlines
No current deadlines. Periodic consideration of requests.
Restrictions
Contributions made to section 501(c)(3) organizations in south carolina or the southeastern united states.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $89,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,500,507

  • Tax year 2024

    $84,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,417,363

  • Tax year 2023

    $89,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,387,824

  • Tax year 2022

    $98,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,394,815

  • Tax year 2021

    $88,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,417,858

  • Tax year 2020

    $88,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,311,666

  • Tax year 2019

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,370,048

  • Tax year 2018

    $81,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,332,545

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Newberry Opera House FDNNewberry, SC

    Charitable

    $30,000
  2. USC Educational FDNColumbia, SC

    Charitable

    $19,000
  3. Etv Endowment of SC IncSpartanburg, SC

    Charitable

    $10,000
  4. The Belton Area Museum AssociBelton, SC

    Charitable

    $7,500
  5. SC Historical SocietyCharleston, SC

    Charitable

    $6,000
  6. Anderson Interfaith MinistriesAnderson, SC

    Charitable

    $5,500
  7. Peace Center FoundationGreenville, SC

    Charitable

    $5,000
  8. Belton Center for the ArtsBelton, SC

    Charitable

    $3,000
  9. Living Water FoundationProsperity, SC

    Charitable

    $2,000
  10. Wikimedia FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    Charitable

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $8,00048% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $5,50033% of the total
  3. Medical research1 grant $2,00012% of the total
  4. Education1 grant $1,0006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. South Carolina9 grants $88,000
  2. California1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Thomas H Pope IIITRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Gary T PopeTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Carroll B Hart JrTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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