About Hollingsworth Funds
To collectively remove the systemic barriers that hold people back based on race, place, and socioeconomic status, and strengthen the pathways that propel all people forward.
Focus Areas
Prepare for College & CareerAttain a Post-Secondary CredentialAccess & Advance in the WorkplaceAccess Affordable HousingAccess Reliable & Efficient TransportationBuild Capacity & Infrastructure
Who They Fund
Greenville County residents / local communitylow-to-moderate income homeowners at risk of foreclosureAfrican American male students / scholarship recipientsartists impacted by COVIDlocal nonprofits and community-based organizations
About Hollingsworth Funds
Hollingsworth Funds Inc. centers its giving on removing systemic barriers tied to race, place, and socioeconomic status, with a portfolio built around pathways to college, work, housing, and community assets. Its recent grant history shows repeated, multi-year support for Greenville institutions at meaningful scale. Furman University received the largest grants in the recent list, with awards of $5,447,114 in 2025, $5,181,139 in 2024, and $4,902,981 in 2023. YMCA of Greenville also received substantial general operating support in successive years, including $1,298,964 in 2025, $1,235,538 in 2024, and $1,169,205 in 2023. The foundation also backs place-based intermediaries and service organizations that sit between households and opportunity. United Way of Greenville County appears several times, including support for OnTrack Greenville and Greenville County Community Relief Fund. Community Foundation of Greenville is another recurring recipient, with funding tied to Greenville Connects and a sunset-plan phase. Across the record, the pattern is consistent: long-term, local support for institutions and partnerships that advance education, economic mobility, housing stability, and connected services in Greenville County.
What Hollingsworth Funds Funds
In education, Hollingsworth Funds Inc. has supported college and career pathways through a series of grants tied to OnTrack Greenville and related portfolio work. United Way of Greenville County received $500,000 in 2025 for OnTrack Greenville, following similar $500,000 awards in 2024 and 2023. For housing and household stability, the foundation gave $310,000 in 2025 to Greenville Housing Fund for general operating support, after prior grants of the same amount in 2024 and $250,000 in 2023. Greenville Housing Authority also received $250,000 in 2025. The foundation’s economic opportunity work includes support for Communityworks Carolina, which received $200,000 in 2025 and $150,000 in both 2024 and 2023. Hispanic Alliance received $150,000 in 2025 and 2024, linking the funder’s giving to community-serving infrastructure in Greenville.
How Hollingsworth Funds Gives
Typical grants cluster in the five-figure and low six-figure range, with p25 at $50,000, a median of $75,000, and p75 at $100,000. The recent record also includes repeated larger operating grants to a small set of local partners, indicating sustained relationships rather than one-off awards. The foundation is a regular funder and does accept unsolicited inquiries for its Community Investments grantmaking. That program supports operating, program, capital, loans or loan guarantees, and strategic investments, with grant sizes listed from $15,000 to $500,000.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$12M
Total Assets
$406.7M
Total Revenue
$18.6M
Total Expenses
$17.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $50K and $100K, with a median of $75K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$75K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
Local4 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
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Accepts unsolicited proposals
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