Palmetto State News

Blue Ridge Council Boy Scouts of America, Inc. had the highest number of executives in South Carolina in 2020, according to Non-Profit Light.

There are 93,131 not-for-profit executives registered in the state.

"We urge donors to be wary of charities that pay salaries hovering near or above $1 million," Ken Berger, president and CEO of Charity Navigator, said. "The purpose of a charity is to provide a public benefit. Every donor and tax payer subsidizes the charitable sector with that purpose in mind, not creating a class of millionaire CEOs."

Not-for-profit Organization	City	Numbers of executive
Blue Ridge Council Boy Scouts of America, Inc.	Greenville	1980
South Carolina Association of Realtors	Columbia	1140
National Educational Telecommunications Association	Columbia	1070
Furman University	Greenville	1020
Peace Center Foundation	Greenville	1000
Presbyterian College	Clinton	897
School Chamber of Commerce	Columbia	760
The Warehouse Theatre	Greenville	700
Greenville Symphony Association	Greenville	700
Metropolitan ARTS Council	Greenville	640
South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, Inc.	Columbia	630
South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation	Columbia	610
Goodwill Industries of Upstatemidlands South Carolina, Inc.	Greenville	600
Girl Scouts of South Carolina Mountains to Midlands, Inc.	Greenville	580
BJU, Inc.	Greenville	580
Junior Achievement of Upstate South Carolina, Inc.	Greenville	540
Christ Church Episcopal School	Greenville	540
Miracle Hill Ministries, Inc.	Greenville	480
The University Center of Greenville	Greenville	480
South Carolina Children's Theatre	Greenville	480
Trident Technical College Foundation, Inc.	Charleston	476
Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce	Florence	468
New Horizon Family Health Services, Inc.	Greenville	460
Boys and Girls Club of the Pee Dee Area, Inc.	Florence	432
Upstate EMS Council, Inc.	Greenville	420
Cancer Survivors Park Alliance	Greenville	420
Greenville Civic Chorale	Greenville	420
Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce	Columbia	410
Upstate Warrior Solution	Greenville	400
Greenville Theatre	Greenville	400
Pendleton Place, Inc.	Greenville	400
United Ministries	Greenville	400
South Carolina Governors School for Science & Mathematics Foundation, Inc.	Columbia	380
Greenville Center for Creative ARTS	Greenville	380
South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership	Greenville	380
United Way of the Midlands	Columbia	380
A Child's Haven, Inc.	Greenville	360
South Carolina Research Authority	Columbia	360
Trees Greenville	Greenville	360
Julie Valentine Center	Greenville	360
American Leprosy Missions, Inc.	Greenville	360
Upper Savannah Council of Governments	Greenwood	350
Prisma Health Midlands Foundation	Columbia	350
Carolina Youth Symphony	Greenville	340
NAMI Greenville School	Greenville	340
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying	Greenville	340
Communities in Schools of Greenville County, Inc.	Greenville	340
Greenville Area Development Corporation	Greenville	340
Urban League of the Upstate, Inc.	Greenville	340
Connie Maxwell Children's Home	Greenwood	330
City Center Partnership, Inc.	Columbia	330
South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance	Columbia	330
South Carolina Philharmonic, Inc.	Columbia	330
The School Foundation, Inc.	Florence	324
Charleston Southern University	Charleston	322
Greenville Chautauqua Society	Greenville	320
Greenville Free Medical Clinic, Inc.	Greenville	320
Central Carolina Economic Development Alliance	Columbia	320
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation	Columbia	310
Columbia Museum of ART	Columbia	310
Hammond School	Columbia	300
Shared Services Alliance	Greenville	300
Greenville Literacy Association	Greenville	300
Christian Learning Centers of Greenville County	Greenville	300
South Carolina Wildlife Federation	Columbia	300
Lee County Office of First Steps to School Readiness	Greenwood	300
Good Shepherd Free Medical Clinic of Laurens County	Clinton	299
Palmetto State Literacy Associaton	Clinton	299
South Carolina Association of School Administrators	Columbia	290
Central Carolina Community Foundation	Columbia	290
The Chandler School	Greenville	280
Friends of the Greenville Zoo, Inc.	Greenville	280
St. Joseph's Catholic School, Inc.	Greenville	280
College of Charleston Foundation	Charleston	280
Greenville Area Parkinsons Society	Greenville	280
Camperdown Academy, Inc.	Greenville	280
South Carolina School Boards Association, Inc.	Columbia	270
Heathwood Hall Episcopal School	Columbia	270
Lexington County ARTS Association	Lexington	270
Midlands Housing Alliance, Inc.	Columbia	270
Columbia College	Columbia	270
United Way of Florence County	Florence	264
Greater Florence Habitat for Humanity	Florence	264
United Housing Connections	Greenville	260
Set Free Alliance	Greenville	260
Langston Charter Middle School, Inc.	Greenville	260
Greater Greenville Association of Realtors, Inc.	Greenville	260
South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Richland County	Greenwood	260
Homes of Hope, Inc.	Greenville	260
School Office of Rural Health, Inc.	Lexington	255
Palmetto Utility Protection Serviceinc	Columbia	250
South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Anderson County	Greenwood	250
Mechanical Contractors Association of School, Inc.	Columbia	250
South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees	Columbia	250
Leadership South Carolina	Columbia	250
Pee Dee Emergency Medical Services	Florence	240
Southern Interscholastic Press USC College of Mass Communication	Columbia	240
South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Williamsburg	Greenwood	240
Columbia International University	Columbia	240
Spring Valley Education Foundation	Columbia	240