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The Junior Welfare League Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Rock Hill, SC EIN: 57-0686467 Website

The Junior Welfare League, Inc. is an organization of volunteers committed to serving and improving the quality of life for people living in York County. We are dedicated to focusing on advocacy, health, education and awareness of issues for children. Our purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

The Junior Welfare League Inc at a glance

In short: The Junior Welfare League Inc gave $51K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $17K), mostly in South Carolina. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$50,767
+15.2% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
3
+50.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$16,922
-23.2% vs 2024
Median grant
$1,300
Total assets
$197,983
+14.4% vs 2024
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 September 2026.

How to apply to The Junior Welfare League Inc

Next open deadline
February 16, 2027 (Junior Welfare League Grant Program)

Who The Junior Welfare League Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 3 recipients in 2025

Nothing Pink: $49KNothing Pink$49KFort Mill Care Center: $1KFort Mill Care Center$1KFoundation for Rock Hill Schools: $433Foundation for Rock HillSchools$433

The largest 2025 recipient was Nothing Pink ($49K). Together the top 3 received $51K.

Grant Size Distribution

16 grants across all recorded years

16<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 16 grants of 16 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.

Cities

Rock HillYorkFort MillLake WylieClover

How The Junior Welfare League Inc gives

  • Giving grew 25% 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$25K$50K$75K$100K5 grants2019 6 grants2021 1 grant2022 4 grants2023 2 grants2024 3 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $6K (2021) to $99K (2019). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $51K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Nothing Pink Rock Hill, SCTo purchase items for chemo bags, sponsorships to help ladies going through breast modifications because of cancer, therapy groups, & upkeep the facility$49,034
Fort Mill Care Center Fort Mill, SCTo purchase items for their pantry and help center get non-parishable items, bags, toiletries, etc$1,300
Foundation for Rock Hill Schools Rock Hill, SCTo help the programs and children of the Rock Hill School District$433
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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$197,983$94,186$91,531$50,7673$40
2024$173,012$82,523$83,532$44,0642$39
2023$169,142$70,380$69,450$41,2144$25
2022$169,425$95,812$100,407$40,4921$46
2021$184,632$16,534$16,413$5,7356$302
2019$188,790$275,187$160,719$98,6795$114,445

About The Junior Welfare League Inc

Based on IRS filings

The Junior Welfare League Inc is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Rock Hill, SC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $198K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $51K. Net investment income was $40.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

The Junior Welfare League Inc is led by Bernice Huskins, President since 2025 (on filings since 2019); none of the 18 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Bernice Huskins

    President

    Chair - Community Relation → Vice President & Strategic, 2024

    Vice President & Strategic → President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Whitney Shea

    Chair - Admissions

    Co Chair - Community Relation → Co Chair - Frostbites, 2023

    Co Chair - Frostbites → Chair - Admissions, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Erica White

    Co Chair - Community Relat

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Katie Marshall

    Chair - Frostbites

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lauren Butler

    Chair - Education

    Co Chair - Education → Chair - Education, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sarah Morris

    Chair - Community Relation

    Chair - Social → Chair - Community Relation, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ali Young

    Chair - Service

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brittani Rayfield

    Chair - Social

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elizabeth Welch

    Co Chair - Education

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kathleen Shields

    Chair - General Fundraisin

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kathryn Poole

    Co Chair - Frostbites

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ashley Jascoviez

    Director of Finance & Treasurer

    Chair - Community Relation → Director of Finance & Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Koontz

    Sustainer Representative

    Chair - Education → Chair - Admissions, 2024

    Chair - Admissions → Sustainer Representative, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anna Grosschmidt

    Past President & Futures Directions

    Vice President & Strategic → President, 2024

    President → Past President & Futures Directions, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Claire Palmieri

    Vice President & Strategic

    Chair - Frostbites → Vice President & Strategic, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carolyn Wyrsch

    Publicity - Frostbites

    Donor Relations - Frostbites → Publicity - Frostbites, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Janelle Miskelly

    Recording Secretary

    Chair - Education → Recording Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Stokes

    Treasurer - Frostbites

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (54)
  • Former: Susie Kirsch (2019–2024) — Sustainer Representative
  • Former: Lindsay Stames (2022–2024) — Recording Secretary
  • Former: Maddison Paul (2023–2024) — Past President
  • Former: Nicole McGrath (2023–2024) — Chair - Community Relation
  • Former: Amanda Gyemant (2024) — Chair - General Fundraisin
  • Former: Brandy Roche (2024) — Chair - Service
  • Former: Danielle Hippe (2024) — Treasurer - Frostbites
  • Former: Katherine Gutteridge (2024) — Publicity - Frostbites
  • Former: Chelsea Eichorn (2019–2023) — Donor Relations - Frostbites
  • Former: Courtney Saward (2019–2023) — Director of Finance & Treasurer
  • Former: Katie Vogel (2019–2023) — Sustainer Representative
  • Former: Shannon Martin (2019–2023) — Past President
  • Former: Vickey Finley (2019–2023) — Chair - Service
  • Former: Molly Wells (2021–2023) — Treasurer - Frostbites
  • Former: Anna Workman (2022–2023) — Chair - Social
  • Former: Tiemey Norris (2022–2023) — Chair - General Fundraisin
  • Former: Whitney Kersey (2023) — Co Chair - Education
  • Former: Amanda Winters (2019–2022) — Director of Finance
  • Former: Heather Truesdale (2019–2022) — Past President
  • Former: Rachel Williams (2019–2022) — Recording Secretary
  • Former: Allison Long (2021–2022) — Corresponding Secretary
  • Former: Carrie Johnston (2021–2022) — Treasurer - Frostbites
  • Former: Maddison Tice (2021–2022) — Vice President & Strategic
  • Former: Niki Behr (2021–2022) — Co Chair - Service
  • Former: Calli Haralabis (2022) — Co Chair - Admissions
  • Former: Claire Palmeiri (2022) — Chair - General Fundraisin
  • Former: Claudi Snowber-Marini (2022) — Chair - Education
  • Former: Corrie Brannon (2022) — Chair - Admissions
  • Former: Kaycee Sullivan (2022) — Co Chair - Frostbites
  • Former: Rachel Richardson (2022) — Co Chair - Education
  • Former: Stonie Kennington (2022) — Chair - By-Laws & Historian
  • Former: Emily Harper (2019–2021) — Chair - Community Relation
  • Former: Gina Rogers (2019–2021) — Past President
  • Former: Jordan Thompson (2019–2021) — Chair - Frostbites
  • Former: Lindsey Skinner (2019–2021) — Chair - By-Laws
  • Former: Mary Kathryn Archie (2019–2021) — Co Chair - Social
  • Former: Anne Schuler (2021) — Chair - Service
  • Former: Chelsea Eichom (2021) — Chair - Education
  • Former: Elizabeth Williams (2021) — Sustainer Representative
  • Former: Erica Broussard (2021) — Co Chair - Frostbites
  • Former: Pamela Thompson (2021) — Chair - General Fundraisin
  • Former: Sarah Sudol (2021) — Co Chair - Education
  • Former: Amy Kachin (2019) — Chair - General Fundraisin
  • Former: Autumn Maddox (2019) — Chair - Admissions
  • Former: Heather Deese (2019) — President
  • Former: Kacy Neidlinger (2019) — Vice Chair - Education
  • Former: Lisa Citro (2019) — Chair - Education
  • Former: Marina Hamilton (2019) — Chair - Strategic Planning
  • Former: Molly Halfacre (2019) — Vice Chair - Social
  • Former: Molly Myers (2019) — Vice Chair - By-Laws
  • Former: Regina Price (2019) — Sustainer Representative
  • Former: Sarah Carrick (2019) — Chair - By-Laws
  • Former: Tara Park (2019) — Chair - Social
  • Former: Tierney Norris (2019) — Vice Chair - Strategic Pla

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 The Junior Welfare League Inc

How much does The Junior Welfare League Inc give each year?

The Junior Welfare League Inc gave $51K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $44K across 2 grants.

What is The Junior Welfare League Inc's typical grant size?

The Junior Welfare League Inc's median grant in 2025 was $1,300, and its average grant was $16,922, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does The Junior Welfare League Inc give grants?

The Junior Welfare League Inc 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 Rock Hill, SC (2 grants).

Does The Junior Welfare League Inc give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on The Junior Welfare League Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.

How large is The Junior Welfare League Inc?

The Junior Welfare League Inc reported $198K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $94K.

What is The Junior Welfare League Inc?

The Junior Welfare League Inc is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Rock Hill, SC. It holds $198K in total assets as of 2025.

What is The Junior Welfare League Inc's EIN?

The Junior Welfare League Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 57-0686467. 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

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 10, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS October 5, 2021)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2025

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