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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 81-0893697

Kuznik Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Charleston, SC. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 52 grants and $1 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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
All Grants to Submitted to
Post Office Box 13136
Charleston, SC 29422
(843) 324-8749
see website for grant information
Form and materials
Application information located at www.kuznikcharitable foundation.org
Deadlines
March 31st
Restrictions
We provide grants to nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations that work to reduce food insecurity, provide health care services to under served communities and enhance educational progress within the primary, secondary and trade schools. Grant funds are available to organizations serving the Charleston, Dorchester, and Berkeley counties of South Carolina. Funds may be provided to support operating budgets, including specific projects, and the expansion of services related to food insecurity, health care services or educational progress. What we fund.501(c)3 nonprofit organizations that are addressing hunger, health, homelessness and poverty in the counties of Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester, South CarolinaGeneral operating expensesProgram-specific expensesCapacity-building costsWhat we don't fund.Organizations that do not address povertyPrograms outside the counties of Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester, South CarolinaOrganizations that have been operating for less than one yearCapital cam

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,002,500

    Grants listed
    52
    Assets, end of year
    $57,092,694

  • Tax year 2023

    $250,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $53,234,445

  • Tax year 2022

    $205,000

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $5,108,418

  • Tax year 2021

    $190,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $3,704,500

  • Tax year 2020

    $157,500

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $3,273,241

  • Tax year 2019

    $131,180

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $3,009,344

  • Tax year 2018

    $88,280

    Grants listed
    72
    Assets, end of year
    $3,020,020

  • Tax year 2017

    $66,200

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $1,264,833

Grants paid in 2024

52 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Support

    $25,000
  2. Lowcountry Food BankCharleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  3. Individual

    Support

    $25,000
  4. Individual

    Support

    $25,000
  5. James Island OutreachCharleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  6. Windwood Family ServicesAwendaw, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  7. Dee Norton Childrens CenterCharleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  8. American College of Building ArtsCharleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  9. Individual

    Support

    $25,000
  10. Social Emotional learing AllianceCharleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  11. Camp Happy DaysCharleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  12. The Green Heart ProjectCharleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  13. Charleston Hope LodgeCharleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  14. East Cooper Community OutreachMt Pleasant, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  15. Individual

    Support

    $25,000
  16. Medical University of SCCharleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  17. East Cooper Habitat for HumanityCharleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  18. Dorchester Habitat for HumanitySummerville, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  19. Star Gospel MissionCharleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  20. One Eighty PlaceCharleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  21. MetanoiaN Charleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  22. Edisto Island Community ClinicEdisto Island, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  23. Charleston Habitat for HumanityCharleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  24. AMOR Healing Kitchen IncCharleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  25. Roper St Francis FoundationLadson, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  26. Lets WalkCharleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  27. Charleston Development AcademyCharleston, SC

    Support

    $25,000
  28. Individual

    Support

    $24,000
  29. Communities in SchoolsNorth Charleston, SC

    Support

    $20,000
  30. Individual

    Support

    $20,000
  31. Neighbors Together IncN Charleston, SC

    Support

    $20,000
  32. Meals On Wheels of SummervilleSummerville, SC

    Support

    $20,000
  33. Citadel FoundationCharleston, SC

    Support

    $20,000
  34. Harvest Free Medical ClinicNorth Charleston, SC

    Support

    $17,500
  35. American Cancer SocietyCharlotte, NC

    Support

    $17,000
  36. Warrior WOD FoundationJohns Island, SC

    Support

    $16,000
  37. Operation HomeNorth Charleston, SC

    Support

    $15,000
  38. Coastal District St Vincent DepaulDaniel Island, SC

    Support

    $15,000
  39. Charleston Promise NeighborhoodCharleston, SC

    Support

    $15,000
  40. Individual

    Support

    $10,000
  41. Partners for a Better CommunityN Charleston, SC

    Support

    $10,000
  42. Charleston HopeCharleston, SC

    Support

    $10,000
  43. Individual

    Support

    $10,000
  44. Individual

    Support

    $10,000
  45. Every 1 Voice Matters IncLadson, SC

    Support

    $10,000
  46. Heart Math Tutoring IncCharlotte, NC

    Support

    $10,000
  47. Changed Lives MinistryMoncks Corner, SC

    Support

    $7,500
  48. Individual

    Support

    $7,500
  49. A Steady Hand FoundationSummerville, SC

    Support

    $6,500
  50. Beyond Our Walls IncN Charleston, SC

    Support

    $6,500
  51. Mad USA IncCharleston, SC

    Support

    $5,000
  52. Remnant House Outreach Ministry IncGoose Creek, SC

    Support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education8 grants $121,50025% of the total
  2. Health6 grants $109,00022% of the total
  3. Human services4 grants $67,50014% of the total
  4. Housing and shelter2 grants $50,00010% of the total
  5. Food and agriculture2 grants $45,0009% of the total
  6. Mental health2 grants $41,0008% of the total
  7. 3 other causes3 grants $55,00011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. South Carolina39 grants $769,000
  2. North Carolina2 grants $27,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Robert ParksVice President Hours 10Pay $30,000
  • Linda C JantzenChairman Hours 40Pay $75,000
  • John HylandTreasurer Hours 15Pay $30,000
  • Keith StansellVice President Hours 10Pay $30,000
  • Lisa Wolff HerbertSecretary Hours 10Pay $30,000
  • Markus KastenholzVice President Hours 10Pay $30,000

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