York Rite of South Carolina Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474837848
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Columbia, SC, USA
Phone
8039601788
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,260
Expenses
$11,652
Assets
$1,672
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Andrew Graham (President)
  • Glendra Smith-Watson (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • James A L Myers (Chairman of Board)
  • Andrew Graham (President)
  • Glendra Smith-Watson (Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To support and encourage education. The Foundation is organized exclusively for charitable, educational (scholarship and student aid) and benevolent purposes. The foundation work with, is supportive of and give full aid and support to the needy in communities in South Carolina at large; without regard to race, creed, religion or color, wherever found to be needy and wanting.

What it reported doing in 2025

Description: Charity Grantee's Name: Chi Eta Phi Sorority: Amount Given $600.00: James R. Clark Sickel Cell Foundation: Amount Given $1,000.00: Student Aid: Student Aid Grantee's Name: Saniyan Davis: Amount Given: $1,000.00: Student Aid: Student Aid Grantee's Name: Jordan Parham: Amount Given: $2,000.00: Student Aid: Student Aid Grantee's Name: Addison Pernell: Amount Given: $1,000.00: Student Aid: Student Aid Grantee's Name: Kori Rouse: Amount Given: $1,000.00: Student Aid: Student Aid Grantee's Name: Mattison Bowdre: Amount Given: $1,000.00: Student Aid: Student Aid Grantee's Name: Destiny Brown: Amount Given: $1,000.00: Student Aid: Student Aid Grantee's Name: E'Mya Nowlin: Amount Given: $1,000.00: Student Aid: Student Aid Grantee's Name: Megan Blair: Amount Given: $1,000.00: Student Aid: Student Aid Grantee's Name: Latae"Via Nickles: Amount Given: $1,000.00

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.6%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -41.1%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 100% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 41.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.