The Mission of the Limestone Charter Association is to serve as the cornerstone of charter school authorization in South Carolina and to facilitate a positive educational environment that fosters school autonomy through support and oversight of its member schools.
Limestone Charter Association’s recent grantmaking is built around charter school authorization and pass-through funding for South Carolina schools. The largest grants on file are substantial, with Horse Creek Academy receiving $15,782,278 in 2025 after a $13,113,671 grant in 2024, showing a continuing funding relationship rather than a one-time award. Another major recipient, Orangeburg High School for Health, received $6,360,261 in 2025, while Orangeburg Consolidated School D5 received $5,737,308 in 2024. Those awards reflect the association’s role as a conduit for school funding tied to its charter-school mission. The foundation’s grantmaking also reaches multiple charter operators across the state, including Coastal High School in Myrtle Beach, Global Academy of South Carolina in Spartanburg, East Link Academy in Greenville, Atlantic Collegiate Academy in Myrtle Beach, and Goucher Charter Academy in Gaffney. Across these grants, the organization appears to support schools through non-programmatic, pass-through funding connected to school operations and oversight within South Carolina.
Charter school authorization is central to the association’s work, and that focus is visible in the grants list. Horse Creek Academy in Aiken received $15,782,278 in 2025 for passthrough funding, aligning with the group’s charter-school mission and support role. In the Orangeburg area, funding also followed a school-systems pattern: Orangeburg High School for Health received $6,360,261 in 2025, while Orangeburg Consolidated School D5 received $5,737,308 in 2024, both labeled passthrough funding. The association also backs K-12 charter schools in other parts of the state, including Coastal High School in Myrtle Beach, Global Academy of South Carolina in Spartanburg, and East Link Academy in Greenville. The repeated passthrough designation suggests the foundation acts as an intermediary for school funding rather than a conventional competitive grantmaker.
Typical grants are large: the distribution shows a p25 of $2,810,814, a median of $2,988,387, and a p75 of $6,204,523. The recent record also shows recurring support, not just one-off awards; Horse Creek Academy appears in both 2024 and 2025, and the Orangeburg school system appears across two years as well. Limestone Charter Association operates as an intermediary with pass-through funding and fiscal-sponsorship style grantmaking rather than individual giving. All recent grants listed go to South Carolina recipients, matching its local geographic scope.
$35.4M
$825K
$36.8M
$36.9M
Most grants fall between $2.8M and $6.2M, with a median of $3M.
25th Percentile
$2.8M
Median
$3M
75th Percentile
$6.2M
About 100% of grants go to recipients in SC.
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Grantmaking is concentrated entirely in South Carolina, with 100% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Recent recipients include Aiken, Orangeburg, Myrtle Beach, Spartanburg, Greenville, and Gaffney. Myrtle Beach appears multiple times in the list, including Coastal High School and Atlantic Collegiate Academy, while Orangeburg also shows repeated activity through two separate recipients. The pattern is statewide within South Carolina, but still local in scope.
Its stated mission centers on charter school authorization in South Carolina and support for school autonomy through oversight of member schools. The recent grants also reflect K-12 charter-school funding, with pass-through grants to schools and school operators across the state.
The grant-size distribution is high: p25 is $2,810,814, median is $2,988,387, and p75 is $6,204,523. Recent awards also include several multi-million-dollar grants, showing a consistently large grant pattern.
Yes. The grant data shows 100% of grants going to recipients in South Carolina, with recent recipients in places such as Aiken, Orangeburg, Myrtle Beach, Spartanburg, Greenville, and Gaffney.
The record shows recurring support. Horse Creek Academy received grants in both 2024 and 2025, and Orangeburg-area recipients also appear across multiple years, indicating repeated funding relationships.
The foundation is tagged as a pass-through funder, intermediary/grantmaking organization, and fiscal sponsorship or conduit. Recent grants are labeled passthrough funding, indicating it channels support to charter schools and related school entities rather than funding individuals.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HORSE CREEK ACADEMY | AIKEN, SC | $15,782,278 | 2025 | PASSTHROUGH FUNDING |
| ORANGEBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH | ORANGEBURG, SC | $6,360,261 | 2025 | PASSTHROUGH FUNDING |
| COASTAL HIGH SCHOOL | MYRTLE BEACH, SC | $3,072,232 | 2025 | PASSTHROUGH FUNDING |
| GLOBAL ACADEMY OF SOUTH CAROLINA | SPARTANBURG, SC | $2,904,542 | 2025 | PASSTHROUGH FUNDING |
| EAST LINK ACADEMY | GREENVILLE, SC | $2,866,894 | 2025 | PASSTHROUGH FUNDING |
| ATLANTIC COLLEGIATE ACADEMY | MYRTLE BEACH, SC | $2,792,120 | 2025 | PASSTHROUGH FUNDING |
| GOUCHER CHARTER ACADEMY | GAFFNEY, SC | $1,594,026 | 2025 | PASSTHROUGH FUNDING |
| HORSE CREEK ACADEMY | AIKEN, SC | $13,113,671 | 2024 | PASSTHROUGH FUNDING |
| ORANGEBURG CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL D5 | ORANGEBURG, SC | $5,737,308 | 2024 | PASSTHROUGH FUNDING |
| COASTAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY | MYRTLE BEACH, SC | $2,693,716 | 2024 | PASSTHROUGH FUNDING |
HORSE CREEK ACADEMY
$15,782,278PASSTHROUGH FUNDING
ORANGEBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH
$6,360,261PASSTHROUGH FUNDING
COASTAL HIGH SCHOOL
$3,072,232PASSTHROUGH FUNDING
GLOBAL ACADEMY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
$2,904,542PASSTHROUGH FUNDING
EAST LINK ACADEMY
$2,866,894PASSTHROUGH FUNDING
ATLANTIC COLLEGIATE ACADEMY
$2,792,120PASSTHROUGH FUNDING
GOUCHER CHARTER ACADEMY
$1,594,026PASSTHROUGH FUNDING
HORSE CREEK ACADEMY
$13,113,671PASSTHROUGH FUNDING
ORANGEBURG CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL D5
$5,737,308PASSTHROUGH FUNDING
COASTAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
$2,693,716PASSTHROUGH FUNDING