Local Boys Do Good

Public charity · Grantmaker Greenville, SC EIN: 20-5093812

The mission of the organization is to: highlight the culinary and music arts community of upstate South Carolina; raise money to give back to the community; and create a destination event for food, wine, and music lovers accross the country.

Local Boys Do Good at a glance

In short: Local Boys Do Good gave $140K across 7 grants in 2025 (avg $20K), mostly in South Carolina. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$140,000
+4.6% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
7
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$20,000
+4.6% vs 2024
Median grant
$20,000
Total assets
$1,219,667
-0.3% vs 2024
Primary geography
South Carolina (86% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

How to apply to Local Boys Do Good

Next open deadline
January 31, 2027 (euphoria Grant Program)

Who Local Boys Do Good funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 7 recipients in 2025

Meyer Center for Special Children: $20KMeyer Center for SpecialChildren$20KFeed & Seed CO: $20KFeed & Seed CO$20KMill Village Farms Ministries: $20KMill Village Farms Ministries$20KThe Family Effect: $20KThe Family Effect$20KWalt's Waltz: $20KWalt's Waltz$20KSouthern Smoke Foundation: $20KSouthern Smoke Foundation$20KA La Heart: $20KA La Heart$20K

The largest 2025 recipient was Meyer Center for Special Children ($20K). Together the top 7 received $140K.

Grant Size Distribution

27 grants across all recorded years

27<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 27 grants of 27 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

3states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 7 itemized grants.

Cities

GreenvilleAtlantaHoustonColumbiaSpartanburg

How Local Boys Do Good gives

  • Giving grew 195% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K2 grants2019 2 grants2020 2 grants2021 4 grants2022 7 grants2023 7 grants2024 7 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $13K (2019) to $140K (2025). In 2025 it made 7 grants totaling $140K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Meyer Center for Special Children Greenville, SC—$20,000
Feed & Seed CO Greenville, SC—$20,000
Mill Village Farms Ministries Greenville, SC—$20,000
The Family Effect Greenville, SC—$20,000
Walt's Waltz Greenville, SC—$20,000
Southern Smoke Foundation Houston, TX—$20,000
A La Heart Columbia, SC—$20,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$1,219,667$732,509$740,820$140,0007$34,289
2024$1,222,725$791,857$671,798$133,8917$40,050
2023$1,089,022$597,161$522,178$78,1707$29,048
2022$1,018,248$500,724$335,475$47,5004$2,029
2021$843,996$781,663$287,745$28,9002$97
2020$356,776$1,275,912$1,117,729$14,3002$287
2019$194,824$368,457$254,949$13,0002$54

About Local Boys Do Good

Based on IRS filings

Local Boys Do Good is a public charity, based in Greenville, SC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 7 grants totaling $140K. Net investment income was $34K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Local Boys Do Good is led by Sangeeta Hardy, Board Chair since 2025 (on filings since 2022); none of the 26 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Sangeeta Hardy

    Board Chair

    Secretary → Vice Chair, 2024

    Vice Chair → Board Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Vanderwerff

    Board Member

    Chairman → Board Member, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carl Sobocinski

    Emeritus

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gina Boulware

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kurt Rozelsky

    Board Member

    Board Member → Secretary, 2020

    Secretary → Board Member, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Azim Surka

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Beard

    Board Member

    Vice Chair → Board Chair, 2024

    Board Chair → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rebecca Feldman

    Board Member

    Treasurer → Secretary, 2024

    Secretary → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Ko

    Vice Treasurer

    Board Member → Vice Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Taylor Lucas

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tom Darby

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Angela Limbaugh

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Lazarus

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Heather Meadors Whitley

    Vice Chair

    Board Member → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jon Hausman

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kamber Parker Bowden

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karee White

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Krista McFarland

    Secretary

    Board Member → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sara Carlton

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tom Hardaway

    Treasurer

    Vice Treasurer → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bharat Ganesan

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Torris

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elizabeth Daly

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sarah Lynne Howie

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scottie Hughes

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tao Brody

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (47)
  • Former: Kim Eades (2020–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Katie Thompson (2021–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Allison Rogers (2022–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Holly May (2022–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Robert Furman (2022–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Hilary Hoke-Bellus (2023–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Kate Townsend (2023–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Mareena Smith (2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Brandon Henson (2020–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: John Deck (2020–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Tim Nowacki (2020–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Jenna Bates (2021–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Mareena Register (2022–2023) — Vice Treasurer
  • Former: Todd Hardaway (2022–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Eric Sweigart (2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Hayley Thrift (2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Nicole Camacho (2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Paul Sparks (2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Sara Boukhari (2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Laurie A. Jax (2019–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Matt Cotner (2019–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Hayley Bledsoe (2020–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Holly Harraway (2021–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Megan Early Soppa (2021–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Suzanne Foodie (2021–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Hilary Hoke (2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Olivia Le Meur (2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Caroline Inman (2019–2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Dave Merline (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Jennifer Snow (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Susan Schwarzkopf (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Michael Thacker (2020–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Tom Jupena (2020–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Julio Hernandez (2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Beth Rusch (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Heather Barker (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Heather Meadors (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Kelly Byers (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Kelly Nun (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Megan Early-Soppa (2019–2020) — Vice Chairman
  • Former: Tammy Johnson Boyanoski (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Tim Grant (2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Jami Emory (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Jessica Fisher (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Neetu Patel (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Seph Wunder (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Valerie Pascoe (2019) — Vice Chairman

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Local Boys Do Good

How much does Local Boys Do Good give each year?

Local Boys Do Good gave $140K across 7 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $134K across 7 grants.

What is Local Boys Do Good's typical grant size?

Local Boys Do Good's median grant in 2025 was $20,000, and its average grant was $20,000, across 7 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Local Boys Do Good give grants?

Local Boys Do Good gives mostly in South Carolina: 86% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was Texas (14%). The most frequent recipient cities were Greenville, SC (5 grants).

Who are Local Boys Do Good's largest grantees?

Local Boys Do Good's largest 2025 grantees include Meyer Center for Special Children ($20,000), Feed & Seed CO ($20,000) and Mill Village Farms Ministries ($20,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 43% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Local Boys Do Good?

Local Boys Do Good reported $1.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $733K.

What is Local Boys Do Good's EIN?

Local Boys Do Good's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-5093812. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 3, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 14, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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