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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 92-0326667

The Grove Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Charleston, SC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 18 grants and $27,557 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

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

    $27,557

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $373,029
  • Tax year 2024

    $17,468

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $343,954
  • Tax year 2023

    $19,006

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $296,822
  • Tax year 2022

    $10,060

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $291,595

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. Kids on PointCharleston, SC

    Contribution to general fund

    $13,886
  2. Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA

    Contribution to the General Fund.

    $5,000
  3. Charleston Library SocietyCharleston, SC

    Contribution to General Fund

    $1,016
  4. Individual

    Contribution to General Fund

    $1,000
  5. Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, AL

    Contribution to the General Fund.

    $1,000
  6. Individual

    Contribution to the General Fund.

    $1,000
  7. Individual

    Contribution to the General Fund.

    $538
  8. Individual

    Contribution to the General Fund.

    $520
  9. Individual

    Contribution to General Fund

    $516
  10. Lowcountry Food BankMyrtle Beach, SC

    Contribution to the General Fund.

    $515
  11. American Foundation Suicide PreventWest Columbia, SC

    Contribution to General Fund

    $500
  12. From the Heart ProductionsOxnard, CA

    Contribution to General Fund.

    $500
  13. Historic Charleston FoundationCharleston, SC

    Contribution to the General Fund.

    $478
  14. Gibbes Museum of ArtCharleston, SC

    Contribution to General Fund

    $257
  15. Individual

    Contribution to General Fund.

    $240
  16. Individual

    Contribution to General Fund.

    $228
  17. Texas Children's HospitalHouston, TX

    Contribution to General Fund.

    $200
  18. Individual

    [individual] to General Funds

    $163

Where the money goes

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

  1. Sports and recreation1 grant $13,88688% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $1,0006% of the total
  3. Arts and culture2 grants $7575% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $2001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. South Carolina6 grants $16,652
  2. Massachusetts1 grant $5,000
  3. Alabama1 grant $1,000
  4. California1 grant $500
  5. Texas1 grant $200

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Clifford WoodsPresident Hours 0Pay $0
  • Susan WoodsTreasurer Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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