Open Foundations · South Carolina

Rebecca C Parsons Foundation

Pawleys Isl, South Carolina · EIN 570990214. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $384K across 34 grants in 2024, a median of $5K each.

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$384K
paid in 2024
34
grants paid
$5K
median grant
38%
to first-time recipients
$8.0M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
Martha Lynn Gaskins
Address
PO Box 1243, Pawleys Island, SC, 29585
Phone
8434816036
Form the request should take
Essay form; Applications available at Andrews High School and via Google Forms; for additional information, contact [email protected]
Submission deadline
April 1
Restrictions on awards
Applications restricted to local surrounding area.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202531479349101058. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

scholarship

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 34 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Ymca of Coastal CarolinaSC$60,000Charitable
2Little Smurfs IncSC$35,000Charitable
3Williamsburg Technical CollegeSC$29,250Charitable
4Ebenezer Missionary Baptist ChurchSC$25,000Charitable
5Helping Hands of GeorgetownSC$25,000Charitable
6Teach My PeopleSC$25,000Charitable
7Georgetown County School DistrictSC$15,000Charitable
8Open Space InstituteNY$15,000Charitable
9Amauri GibsonNC$10,000Scholarship
10Andrews Church of GodSC$10,000Charitable
11Kayla GaineySC$10,000Scholarship
12Laci MercerSC$10,000Scholarship
13Makeilla JonesSC$10,000Scholarship
14Trinity Global Methodist ChurchSC$10,000Charitable
15Andrews Community Development CorporationSC$7,500Charitable

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20209$128K
20217$115K
202218$480K
202338$843K
202434$384K

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
South Carolina85%
North Carolina9%
New York3%
Georgia3%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Martha Lynn Mercer GaskinsTRUSTEE · 2022
William GaskinsTRUSTEE · 2022

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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