South Carolina Bar Foundation
A standing endowment for justice, a quiet institution that turns the ordinary interest on lawyers' trust accounts into legal help for people who could not otherwise reach it.
Financial profile
South Carolina Bar Foundation · EIN 23-7181552 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $9,079,829 | $7,959,679 | $0 | $3,102,529 | $27,384,780 | Jun 2024 |
| FY2023 | $7,760,512 | $7,335,094 | $0 | $3,081,015 | $19,293,078 | Jun 2023 |
| FY2022 | $7,249,403 | $2,177,684 | $0 | $3,743,623 | $13,606,754 | Jun 2022 |
| FY2021 | $2,326,655 | $2,070,292 | $0 | $3,274,394 | $11,731,611 | Jun 2021 |
| FY2020 | $2,342,427 | $1,979,419 | $0 | $3,762,296 | $11,071,821 | Jun 2020 |
| FY2019 | $2,672,941 | $125,705 | $0 | $3,324,999 | $12,812,016 | Jun 2019 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies South Carolina Bar Foundation is read alongside.
TBF
Tennessee Bar Foundation
The philanthropic conscience of a state's legal profession, a body that honors its most distinguished…
OSBF
Ohio State Bar Foundation
The largest bar foundation in the country, a grantmaking and fellowship body advancing justice across Ohio by…
IBF
Indiana Bar Foundation
The legal community's philanthropic engine for two civic goods at once, teaching Hoosiers how their democracy…
6 companies named
MSBF
Michigan State Bar Foundation
The grantmaking foundation of Michigan's legal profession, channeling lawyer trust account interest into…
82 companies named
ABF
Arkansas Bar Foundation
A standing endowment of the state's lawyers, turning the profession's gifts into scholarships…
Who backs SCBF
Every company South Carolina Bar Foundation names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| Burr & Forman LLP | Foundation donor | ACB CMCC DVDB JC MC +3 |
| K&L Gates | Foundation donor | ACB AHLA AALS DBA GRCC +3 |
| Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP | Foundation donor | AFSA CMCC CBA GRCC HMCC +3 |
| Maynard Nexsen PC | Foundation donor | ACB GDCC GRCC MC NABL +1 |
| Butler Snow LLP | Foundation donor | ACB GMC MBASC NACC NABL |
| Nelson Mullins | Foundation donor | AAI CDBA DVDB WVCC |
| Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Law Firm | Foundation donor | OI |
| Abacus Planning Group | Foundation donor | Only South Carolina Bar Foundation, so far |
| Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC | Foundation donor | Only South Carolina Bar Foundation, so far |
| Driscoll Sheedy, P.A. | Foundation donor | Only South Carolina Bar Foundation, so far |
| Law Office of Kenneth Berger | Foundation donor | Only South Carolina Bar Foundation, so far |
| Ramsdale Law Firm, LLC | Foundation donor | Only South Carolina Bar Foundation, so far |
| Walker Gressette & Linton | Foundation donor | Only South Carolina Bar Foundation, so far |
| Yarborough Applegate LLC | Foundation donor | Only South Carolina Bar Foundation, so far |
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026
Thank You to Our Generous Donors (current as of 12/31/25). Read September 28, 2026. Donor recognition tiers; firms and companies only, individuals omitted. Likely cumulative giving.
Who backs South Carolina Bar Foundation's peers, but not South Carolina Bar Foundation
Companies named publicly by at least one of South Carolina Bar Foundation's five peer societies, and not found in South Carolina Bar Foundation's reviewed public records.
The outside view
A standing endowment for justice, a quiet institution that turns the ordinary interest on lawyers' trust accounts into legal help for people who could not otherwise reach it.
- Consensus
- Build
- Outward
- Operational
Their shape
The Legacy
Faithful to what was handed down.
The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.
Also reads toward The Movement and The Village.
Strengths
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