Watson-Brown Foundation Inc

In filing year 2024, the Foundation reported 153 grants totaling $5,205,207. Grant amounts ranged from $1,500 to $684,659, with a median of $6,000. The largest listed awards were $684,659 to Clemson University, $570,000 to the University of Georgia, and $564,000 to the University of South Carolina-Columbia; each was designated for awarded scholarship grants. Other large awards included $256,416 to Augusta University and $228,000 to the University of South Carolina-Aiken, also for awarded scholarship grants.

Other 2024 recipients included Wofford College ($219,000), Anderson University ($120,000), Furman University ($92,967), Presbyterian College ($48,000), Charleston Southern University ($42,000), North Greenville University ($24,000), Tuskegee University ($24,000), and Erskine College and Theological Seminary ($21,000).

The Foundation’s website says institutional grant applications are accepted throughout the year. It describes a letter-of-inquiry process: inquiries should briefly explain the need, summarize the project, provide a general budget, and show how the project serves the Foundation’s mission. If a project is within the Foundation’s purview, the organization will be sent an application and cover sheet. The listed application materials include a completed cover sheet; a narrative of no more than five pages describing the organization, program or need, and qualifications; a detailed program budget; a list of officers and directors or trustees; and a list of other secured funding. The website says two copies must be mailed, shipped, or delivered by courier; faxed applications are not accepted. It generally considers public charities and does not fund individuals outside its internal scholarship program, religious programs, political or lobbying activities, debt reduction, or advertising and marketing. It rarely supports social events and usually does not consider funding individual projects for more than one year.