Advanced Technology International
Summerville, SC · EIN 57-1067151. Reported 124 grants totalling $14.9M to 104 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Advanced Technology International, the IRS classifies it under science & technology rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE U99) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 104 distinct organizations, with 87% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is extreme concentration. A grantmaker sending three quarters of its money to one organization is in practice a support fund for that organization, whatever its classification says, and an unsolicited request is very unlikely to go anywhere.
- How much its list changes. 13% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $8,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,800 and the largest $11.6M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Technology International Foundation | Summerville, SC | $13.0M | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Charleston Regional Development Alliance | Charleston, SC | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Imagine Believe Realize LLC | Rockledge, FL | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Matregenix Inc | Irvine, CA | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce | N Charleston, SC | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| March of Dimes Inc | Arlington, VA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | Charleston, SC | $66,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Humanetics Corporation | Excelsior, MN | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry | N Charleston, SC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ecoatoms Inc | Reno, NV | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lunasonde Inc | Tucson, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sensorq Technologies Inc | Cambridge, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Percusense Inc | Valencia, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Readdi Inc | Durham, NC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spacey Copy Inc | Agoura Hills, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Darwin Biosciences Inc | Boulder, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fluix Incorporated | Orlando, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Isovac Products LLC | Romeoville, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Limax Biosciences Inc | Somerville, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Safebeat Rx Inc | Manteca, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sana Health Inc | Louisville, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sense Diagnostics Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sonogen Medical Inc | Chevy Chase, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thylacine Biotherapeutics Inc | Miami Beach, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Widget Blender LLC | Haymarket, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Berkeley Seniors Inc | Moncks Corner, SC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Charleston Area Senior Citizens Services Inc | Charleston, SC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| International African American Museum | Charleston, SC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kinnami Software Corporation | Braintree, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Quantum Qool Inc | Omaha, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YWCA of Greater Charleston | Charleston, SC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sustainability Institute Inc | Charleston, SC | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Association Inc | Chicago, IL | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Charleston Animal Society | N Charleston, SC | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ceria Therapeutics Inc | Tucson, AZ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| STERIO3 LLC | Littleton, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| One-Eighty Place | Charleston, SC | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| World Central Kitchen Incorporated | Washington, DC | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United States Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $10,453 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn | Saint Paul, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Candelytics Inc | Cerritos, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Charleston Promise | Charleston, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Circle Optics Inc | Rochester, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dress for Success | Charleston, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Duality Technologies Inc | Hoboken, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Cooper Meals on Wheels Inc | Mt Pleasant, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eascra Biotech Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elphel Inc | West Valley City, UT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| George Mason University Foundation Inc | Fairfax, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heat Inverse | Ithaca, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Information Systems Laboratories Inc | La Jolla, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Inhance Digital Corporation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Katalyst Space Technologies LLC | Flagstaff, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Knexus Research Corp | Manassas, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Landmarks for Families Inc | N Charleston, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Luna Labs USA LLC | Charlottesville, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Meals on Wheels of Summerville Incorporated | Summerville, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mahina Aerospace LLC | Honolulu, HI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Minerva Lithium LLC | Greensboro, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Audubon Society Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Neuromersive Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Cool Breeze | Charleston, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Phasorlab Inc | Nashua, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Phoenix Tailings Inc | Woburn, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Precient Technologies LLC | Tempe, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Purple Heart Homes | Statesville, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saraniasat Inc | Tujunga, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sesame Solar Inc | Douglas, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Signature Science LLC | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Simwerx | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ubicquia Inc | Ft Lauderdale, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Valqari LLC | Lombard, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vaxess Technologies Inc | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Volexion Inc | Evanston, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Teachers Supply Closet | Charleston, SC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $7,058 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic Inc | Johns Island, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Berkeley County Government | Moncks Corner, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Camp Happy Days Inc | Charleston, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Charleston Parks Conservancy | Charleston, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Charleston Promise Neighborhood | Charleston, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Charleston Southern University | N Charleston, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Charleston Waterkeeper | Mt Pleasant, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dorchester Paws | Summerville, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| East Cooper Community Outreach | Mt Pleasant, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Fisher House Charleston Inc | Charleston, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Summerville, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kids on Point Inc | Charleston, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lowcountry Community Action Agency 807 Hampton | Walterboro, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network | N Charleston, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lowcountry Orphan Relief | Charleston, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lowcountry Veterans Home | Charleston, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| My Sisters House Inc | N Charleston, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Outside Foundation | Hilton Head Island, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Palmetto Paws Animal Rescue | Mt Pleasant, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Patriot Housing Project | Summerville, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pet Helpers Inc | N Charleston, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Charleston South Carolina Inc | Charleston, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc | Charleston, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Medical University of South Carolina Foundation | Charleston, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Warrior Surf Foundation | Folly Beach, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vantage Point Foundation | Charleston, SC | $5,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
15 of 104 (14%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 47 of 104 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47 | $622,753 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 16 | $334,000 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 47 | $1,876,058 | $6,000 |
| 2024 | 14 | $12.1M | $30,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
92% of its giving went to organizations in South Carolina. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in South Carolina.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Advanced Technology International's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 3 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 11 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 315 Sigma Drive, Summerville, SC, 29486.
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