Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation is a public charity based in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Established in 1991, it supports Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System and projects and programs that promote community health and wellness.
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation at a glance
In short: Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation gave $788K across 28 grants in 2025 (avg $28K), mostly in South Carolina. 47% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $787,785
- +18.8% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 28
- +75.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $28,135
- -32.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $67,379,862
- +8.1% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 47% first-time grantees (7 of 15, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- South Carolina (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation
- Invitation Only
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Hospital applicants should use the grant request form on the Foundation’s internal employee intranet. Community applicants who are ready to partner with a hospital division and whose project fits the Foundation’s priorities should use the Foundation’s contact form to begin the conversation. The 2023 guidelines required a letter of intent before an invitation to submit a full proposal; that guideline’s grant year ran from July 3, 2023, to June 28, 2024, and is a past cycle. Those guidelines limited community requests to $20,000, required projects to be completed within a 12-month grant period, and generally excluded endowments, annual operating support, grants to individuals, loans, multi-year requests, and fundraising events.
- Contact
Mailing address: 1692 Skylyn Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29307
Phone: (864) 560-6727
Website: https://regionalfoundation.com
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
2 open opportunities from Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation
Spartanburg Regional Foundation General Grants Program
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation
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Deadline
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Spartanburg Regional Foundation Grant
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Who Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was SRHS ($443K across 14 grants). Together the top 10 received $757K.
Grant Size Distribution
141 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 119 grants of 141 (84%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The Foundation’s grant page identifies Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union, and Greenville counties as its service area for grantmaking. Its 2023 grant guidelines listed Spartanburg, Cherokee, and Union counties.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 28 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation open to new grantees?
47%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 7 of 15 grantees (47%) were first-time recipients. With only 15 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 7 points. First grants averaged $11K; repeat grants $88K. How we count
Medians: $10K first-time, $10K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $568K (2019) to $3.6M (2022). In 2025 it made 28 grants totaling $788K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Spartanburg Academic Movement Spartanburg, SC | Movement 2030 | $214,285 |
| SRHS Spartanburg, SC | Funding for culinary medicine and renovation of the teaching kitchen at the Gibbs Cancer Center at Pelham | $125,000 |
| SRHS Spartanburg, SC | Support for Compassionate Connected Care initiative to enhance patient experience | $100,000 |
| SRHS Spartanburg, SC | To fund licensing and support for the Unite Us community health referral system. | $82,000 |
| SRHS Spartanburg, SC | Funds to round out the purchase of a transport van for Woodruff Manor residents | $32,000 |
| SRHS Spartanburg, SC | Bridge funding to support healthcare student initiatives | $30,000 |
| SRHS Spartanburg, SC | Funding to finalize the completion of the Aycock Education Center. | $20,000 |
| Spartanburg Area Conservancy Spartanburg, SC | To support the rehabilitation of the Upper Chinquapin Greenway for the enjoyment of the residents of the Hilltop neighborhood in Spartanburg and the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. | $15,000 |
| PAL Play Advocate Live Well Spartanburg, SC | To support Cooking Up Confidence and the PAL Food Hub building the capacity of food systems in Spartanburg County | $15,000 |
| Ruth's Gleanings Spartanburg, SC | To support FoodShare in Spartanburg County | $15,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $67,379,862 | $13,136,293 | $10,206,672 | $787,785 | 28 | $4,118,559 |
| 2024 | $62,310,378 | $10,510,190 | $7,986,363 | $662,855 | 16 | $3,359,437 |
| 2023 | $52,604,446 | $9,375,394 | $8,997,468 | $1,587,000 | 35 | $1,985,173 |
| 2022 | $49,277,778 | $9,433,693 | $12,216,090 | $3,601,000 | 35 | $2,477,849 |
| 2021 | $61,062,133 | $11,166,446 | $10,875,369 | $610,004 | 27 | $3,039,849 |
| 2020 | $55,341,909 | $7,929,805 | $9,829,489 | $605,005 | 17 | $1,007,609 |
| 2019 | $55,371,235 | $8,988,841 | $5,868,802 | $567,920 | 33 | $1,670,714 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The Foundation’s mission is “To generate philanthropic support to advance health.” Its website identifies these priority areas: infant and maternal health, behavioral health, workforce development, adolescents, and uninsured or underinsured populations.
The Foundation reports funding healthcare-system projects as well as grants to local nonprofit organizations. Examples of funded work include patient assistance for prescriptions and medical equipment, breast-health services, infant and child health training, and rehabilitation technology. Among its past community grantees, Total Ministries describes its work as assisting people in poverty in Spartanburg County; Cherokee County Meals on Wheels says it provides meals to homebound older adults and people with disabilities; Hope Center for Children describes its mission as building stable, healthy families; and Middle Tyger Community Center says it provides holistic resources to people in Spartanburg County.
Grantmaking
The Foundation’s 2023 filing describes FY24 funding for more than 70 health-promoting projects, including 10 community grants. It does not state the total amount of those grants. In the 2025 filing year, the Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $787,785.
Its largest 2025 grants included $214,285 to Spartanburg Academic Movement for Movement 2030, $125,000 to Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System for culinary medicine and renovation of the teaching kitchen at the Gibbs Cancer Center at Pelham, and $100,000 to Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System for its Compassionate Connected Care initiative.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Sally Spencer as Chair; Eliot Stone as Vice Chair; Jon A Jensen as Immediate Past Chair; and Rita Allison as Secretary/Treasurer. It also lists Andrew Falatok, Elizabeth Fleming, Elizabeth Young, Frankie Harris, Heather Allen, and Marjorie Boafo Appiah as board members.
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation is led by Polly Edwards-Padgett, Executive Director since 2025 (on filings since 2023); 4 of 20 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
David Church
President
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$236K (2024) → $343K (2025)
Polly Edwards-Padgett
Executive Director
Project Director → Senior Director of Strategic Philanthropy & Interim Executive Director, 2024
Senior Director of Strategic Philanthropy & Interim Executive Director → Executive Director, 2025
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$103K (2023) → $149K (2025)
Sally Spencer
Chair
Cancer Chair → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amanda Herin
Senior Director of Operations
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$117K (2023) → $127K (2025)
Shelly Sinclair
Senior Director of Philanthropy
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$105K (2023) → $125K (2025)
Jon A Jensen
Immediate Past Chair
Vice Chair → Chair, 2023
Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marjorie Boafo Appiah
Board Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Russell Booker
Board Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Prema Samhat
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Flandry
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Falatok
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eliot Stone
Vice Chair
Heart Chair → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Fleming
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Frankie Harris
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Heather Allen
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter Moore
Board Member
Hospice Chair → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Young
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary Jane Jennings
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rita Allison
Secretary & Treasurer
Board Member → Secretary & Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
T Alexander Evins
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (23)
- Former: Anne P Flynn (2019–2024) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Garrow Crowley (2019–2024) — Secretary
- Former: James Jamie S. Fulmer Jr. (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: John S. Chapman (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Marsha H. Gibbs (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Mitch Kennedy (2019–2024) — Treasurer -
- Former: Vic Bailey III (2019–2024) — Vice Chair
- Former: Darwin Simpson (2020–2024) — Board Member -
- Former: Kristina Caradori (2021–2024) — Former Executive Director
- Former: Brenda M. James (2019–2022) — Secretary
- Former: John Harrill MD (2019–2022) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Betty Montgomery (2019–2021) — Cancer Chair
- Former: John Jack S. McBride Jr. (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Patricia C. Griffin MD (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Sue Rothemich (2019–2021) — Heart Chair
- Former: W. Russell Floyd Jr. (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: William Cummings (2019–2021) — Hospice Chair
- Former: Amie Busbee (2021) — Senior Director of Operations
- Former: Lib Fleming (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Kristi Caradori (2019–2020) — Executive Director
- Former: Betty Warlick (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Elizabeth Lib O. Orr (2019) — Board Member
- Former: William Bill H. Burton III (2019) — Immediate Past 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.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $343K, to David Church (President (Retired 12/31/24)). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation
How much does Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation give each year?
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation gave $788K across 28 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $663K across 16 grants.
What is Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation's typical grant size?
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $28,135, across 28 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation that year got $11K on average.
Where does Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation give grants?
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation gives mostly in South Carolina: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Spartanburg, SC (24 grants) and Union, SC (2 grants).
Does Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 28 grants with a stated purpose on Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.
Who are Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation's largest grantees?
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include SRHS ($442,800 across 14 grants), Spartanburg Academic Movement ($214,285) and Spartanburg Area Conservancy ($15,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 85% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation?
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation reported $67.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $13.1M.
What does Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation fund?
The Foundation’s mission is “To generate philanthropic support to advance health.” Its website identifies these priority areas: infant and maternal health, behavioral health, workforce development, adolescents, and uninsured or underinsured populations. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation?
Hospital applicants should use the grant request form on the Foundation’s internal employee intranet. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation's EIN?
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 57-0937166. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 6, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 10, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 11, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 13, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 27, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 4, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 9, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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