SCELP, as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is primarily funded by generous contributions of individuals, private foundations and other grant-making organizations. Every December, we publish the full list of the year's donors in our Winter Newsletter, but over the last several years we have received "foundational" support from the following institutions:
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
The Coastal Community Foundation (CCF)
Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation
The Beaufort Fund of the CCF
The Johanna Foundation
Jolley Foundation
The Graham Foundation
Spaulding Paolozzi Foundation
South Carolina Bar Foundation
The Butler Conservation Fund
Protecting South Carolina's Natural Environment for Over 30 Years
This requires a lot of resources and our success would not have been possible without their partnership and support of many outstanding groups and individuals, including:
Robert and Jane Avinger Fund of the Foundation for the Carolinas
The Bakker Family Fund of the CCF
Frank & Ranlet Bell
The Henry M. Blackmer Foundation
The Bridging Peace Fund of the Tides Foundation
Frances Close/The Springs Close Foundation
Richard & Barbara Cross
John Mark & Robin Dean
Harry Dalton
Jon & Margaret Fabri
Paul & Carmela Haklisch
Richard & Jamie Harpootlian
Harriet & Herbert Keyserling Endowment of CCF
Robert L. Huffines, Jr. Foundation
Charles & Virginia Lane
Justin Lucey
Jerry & Tammy McGee
Dennis and Fran Nolan
Michael & Virginia Prevost
Robert Schofield, III
Fred Stanback Fund of the Foundation for the Carolinas
Greg & Laura VanDerwerker
Dean Moss & Wendy Zara
SCELP’s mission is funded by charitable contributions from individuals as well as private foundations, local businesses and other entities. Gifts and donations made up more than 90% of our revenue in2019 and 2020, and the balance is earned income from our legal work.
Personnel costs absorb between 70% and 75% of our annual budgets. In recent years, at least 70% of our expenses supported our programmatic work, even when we made significant investments in organizational growth.