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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 84-3411455

LB Foundation

A private foundation in Greenville, SC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 21 grants and $3.9 million 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
LB Foundation
Post Office Box 9179
Greenville, SC 29604
(864) 233-8449
Form and materials
All organizations requesting a grant must submit a foundation approved grant application.
Deadlines
Applications can be submitted at any time during the year.
Restrictions
The foundation will not make grants to any organizations that have not been determined/recognized as a section 501 (c)(3) public charity by the IRS. The foundation will concentrate the majority of its support to charitable causes and purposes in south carolina, but may also provide a minority of its support to benefit charitable, medical or educational organizations or projects in vietnam, especially those which improve relations between south carolina and vietnam.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $3,912,147

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $64,959,669

  • Tax year 2024

    $2,541,676

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $67,075,251

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,116,067

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $67,320,724

  • Tax year 2022

    $214,797

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $66,246,525

  • Tax year 2021

    $54,949

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,842,075

  • Tax year 2020

    $79,155

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,915,671

  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,000,012

Grants paid in 2025

21 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Family EffectGreenville, SC

    Capital

    $1,216,850
  2. Soteria Community DevelopmentGreenville, SC

    Capital

    $752,000
  3. Mill Village MinistriesGreenville, SC

    Capital

    $500,000
  4. Time ServedTaylors, SC

    Program

    $250,000
  5. Soteria Community DevelopmentGreenville, SC

    Program

    $246,000
  6. Mill Village MinistriesGreenville, SC

    Program

    $154,445
  7. Best Skills AcademyGreenville, SC

    Program

    $150,000
  8. Poe Mill Achievement CenterGreenville, SC

    Program

    $110,450
  9. Fostering Great IdeasGreenville, SC

    Program

    $100,000
  10. Bel-Aire Community PartnersGreenville, SC

    Capital

    $94,100
  11. Bel-Aire Community PartnersGreenville, SC

    Program

    $86,025
  12. Beauty MarksSpartanburg, SC

    Capital

    $47,443
  13. Safe Harbor IncGreenville, SC

    Capital

    $41,855
  14. College UnboundProvidence, RI

    Program

    $37,771
  15. Girlup GVLGreenville, SC

    Program

    $35,640
  16. Best Skills AcademyGreenville, SC

    Capital

    $22,780
  17. Augustine Literacy ProjectGreenville, SC

    Program

    $21,750
  18. Poe Mill Achievement CenterGreenville, SC

    Capital

    $21,033
  19. Womens Rights and EmplowermentColumbia, SC

    Program

    $15,000
  20. Spartanburg Soup KitchenSpartanburg, SC

    Capital

    $8,018
  21. Sunday Dinner with A TwistTaylors, SC

    Capital

    $987

Where the money goes

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

  1. Social science1 grant $1,216,85034% of the total
  2. Crime and legal aid2 grants $998,00028% of the total
  3. Human services4 grants $796,30022% of the total
  4. Education6 grants $484,38814% of the total
  5. Youth development2 grants $83,0832% of the total
  6. Food and agriculture1 grant $8,018<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. South Carolina20 grants $3,874,376
  2. Rhode Island1 grant $37,771

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Laura BellPRESIDENT Hours 40Pay $179,981
  • Beverly Nash HeidlbergVICE PRESIDE Hours 40Pay $69,981
  • Eric EnglebardtDIRECTOR Hours 3Pay $2,400

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