Nonprofit · EIN 57-0699317
TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
Tax-exempt · CHARLESTON, SC 29419
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $2,485,148 | $1,573,059 | $912,089 | $23,557,659 | $204,183 | $23,353,476 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $3,084,889 | $1,411,322 | $1,673,567 | $21,498,638 | $201,634 | $21,297,004 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,950,786
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $627,096
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $253,894
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$92,734
- Other revenue
- -$92,734
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,046,466
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Program services (functional)
- $1,170,588
- Management and general (functional)
- $353,039
- Fundraising (functional)
- $49,432
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $21,498,638
- Total assets, end of year
- $23,557,659
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $204,183
- Net assets, end of year
- $23,353,476
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $7,065,936
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $16,287,540
- Gross receipts
- $2,704,557
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 581
- Year formed
- 1975
- State of legal domicile
- SC
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LISA PICCOLO | SECRETARY Officer | 40 | $12,540 |
| JIM ARMSTRONG | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KARENA BELL | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CARRIE BOVENDER | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAMELA J BROWNING | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PATRICK BRYANT | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CLAUS BUSCH | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM E CARVER III | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT COLLINS | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RUSSELL B CORBIN | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STUART DAY | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID M ECHOLS | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHELLY S EICHER | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM A FINN | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAT FOSBERRY | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
41 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEVIN F FRANK | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS B FRASER | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID T GINN | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMES GREEN | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM C HUDSON | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANTHONY JACKSON | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HAROLD W JONES | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| B T KAYS | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK A LATTANZIO | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PETER O LEHMAN | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREA LIMEHOUSE | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BARBARA R NWOKIKE | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANTHONY H POPE | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SPENCER PRYOR | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN C RAMA | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEREMY ROSS | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KEVIN ROURK | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL C SCARAFILE | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT C SEIDLER | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GINA T SHULER | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEFF S SPICER | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HARRY L STALEY | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALLISON D STONEY | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEVE STRICKLAND | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STUART D WHITESIDE | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALVIN WILLIAMS | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DANIEL ZARRILLO | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SAMUEL STEINBERG | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID B YARBOROUGH | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AUGUST J BATLA | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RICHARD K GREGORY | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| THOMAS A MAYBERRY | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMES C MURRAY | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GIAMPIERO DIMINICH | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DAWN H ROBINSON | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| TAMMY L COGHILL | IMM. PAST CHAIR AND NOMINATING COMMITTEE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MARY R GRAHAM | ADVOCACY COMMITTEE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DEB CAMPEAU | DEVELOPMENT/FRIENDRAISING Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| RON JONES | GOVERNANCE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ROBERT M BALDWIN | TREASURER, INVEST. COM. CH Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MELVIN C WILLIAMS | AT-LARGE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 57 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LISA PICCOLO | SECRETARY Officer | 40 | $11,495 |
| KARENA BELL | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAMELA J BROWNING | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT O COLLINS | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RUSSELL B CORBIN | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM E CRAVER III | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID M ECHOLS | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHELLY S EICHER | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM A FINN | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KEVIN F FRANK | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID T GINN | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DOROTHY G HARRISON | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DOUGLAS C HORNBERGER | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM C HUDSON | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LEONARD L HUTCHISON III | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREA LIMEHOUSE | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HAROLD W JONES | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| B T KAYS | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRYAN D KIZER | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK A LATTANZIO | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PETER O LEHMAN | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BARBARA R NWOKIKE | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANTHONY H POPE | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN C RAMA | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEREMY ROSS | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL C SCARAFILE | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GINA T SHULER | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HARRY L STALEY | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALLISON D STONEY | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GEORGE L TUPPER JR | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALVIN WILLIAMS | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMES GREEN | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KEVIN ROURK | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEVE STRICKLAND | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DANIEL ZARRILLO | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROBERT C SEIDLER | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEFF S SPICER | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANTHONY JACKSON | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JESSE JONES | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAT FORSBERRY | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SPENCER PRYOR | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SAMUEL STEINBERG | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE EMERITU Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID B YARBOROUGH | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE EMERITU Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AUGUST J BATLA | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE EMERITU Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RICHARD K GREGORY | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE EMERITU Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| THOMAS A MAYBERRY | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE EMERITU Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMES C MURRAY | FOUNDATION TRUSTEE EMERITU Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TAMMY L COGHILL | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| GIAMPIERO DIMINICH | VICE CHAIR AND GOVERNANCE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| CHRIS B FRASER | IMM. PAST CHAIR AND NOMINATING Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MARY R GRAHAM | ADVOCACY COMMITTEE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DEB CAMPEAU | DEVELOPMENT/FRIENDRAISING Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DAWN H ROBINSON | FINANCE/AUDIT COM. CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ROBERT M BALDWIN | TREASURER, INVEST. COM. CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| PATRICK BRYANT | AT-LARGE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| STUART D WHITESIDE | AT-LARGE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MELVIN C WILLIAMS | AT-LARGE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 61227, CHARLESTON, SC 29419-1227
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- LISA PICCOLO, PO BOX 61227, CHARLESTON, SC 294191227
- Signed the 990
- LISA PICCOLO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (843) 574-6195
- Return prepared by
- ELLIOTT DAVIS ADVISORY LLC
Mission
ESTABLISHED IN 1975, THE TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION EXISTS TO ADVOCATE AND RAISE FUNDS FOR THE COLLEGE TO SUPPORT THE REGION'S ECONOMY. THE FOUNDATION OPERATES INDEPENDENTLY OF THE COLLEGE AS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Program accomplishments
- STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS:THE FOUNDATION MADE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS TO 545 AND 476 STUDENTS, TOTALING $512,766 AND $466,717 IN THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024, RESPECTIVELY. SCHOLARSHIPS HELP OFFSET THE COST OF TUITION, FEES, BOOKS, CHILDCARE, AND TRANSPORTATION FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS. THE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS, SUPPORTED BY INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, AND OTHER FOUNDATIONS, ARE COMPETITIVE AND BASED ON CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE DONORS AND THE FOUNDATION. AS OF JUNE 30, 2025, THE FOUNDATION ADMINISTERED A TOTAL OF 153 SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS, 47 OF WHICH ARE PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED. AS OF JUNE 30, 2024, THE FOUNDATION ADMINISTERED A TOTAL OF 152 SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS, 46 OF WHICH ARE PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED.Expenses $512,766 · grants $512,766
- TUITION ASSISTANCE/CREDIT COURSE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAMS:THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT, UP TO AN ANNUALLY BUDGETED AMOUNT, FOR FULL-TIME PERMANENT EMPLOYEES OF THE COLLEGE TO TAKE CREDIT OR CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES AT THE COLLEGE OR OTHER ACCREDITED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. ALL PROGRAMS ARE BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024, $20,751 AND $14,487 WERE AWARDED AS PART OF THESE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, RESPECTIVELY.Expenses $20,751 · grants $20,751
- STUDENT URGENT NEEDS FUND:THE STUDENT URGENT NEEDS FUND WAS CREATED TO ASSIST STUDENTS IN GOOD STANDING WHO EXPERIENCE AN UNFORESEEN FINANCIAL EMERGENCY WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE PREVENT THEM FROM CONTINUING TO ATTEND THE COLLEGE. STUDENTS MUST MEET ALL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM THE SELECTION COMMITTEE. FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024, $9,504 AND $9,694 WAS AWARDED IN STUDENT URGENT NEEDS FUNDING ASSISTANCE, RESPECTIVELY.Expenses $9,504 · grants $9,504
- AWARDS AND PRIZES:THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES A VARIETY OF AWARDS AND PRIZES DESIGNED TO CELEBRATE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS, INNOVATION, AND LEADERSHIP AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF. FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024, $8,907 AND $9,300 IN AWARDS AND PRIZES WERE PROVIDED FROM THE FOUNDATION, RESPECTIVELY.Expenses $627,567 · grants $503,445
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 57-0699317
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1981
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B11)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $23,557,659
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,704,557
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $2,485,148 | $1,573,059 | $23,557,659 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $3,084,889 | $1,411,322 | $21,498,638 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $2,697,473 | $1,257,511 | $17,963,466 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 57-0699317).
Questions about TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
- What is the EIN of TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED is 57-0699317.
- Is TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1981.
- Are donations to TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names LISA PICCOLO.
- Who are the officers and directors of TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 56 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $12,540 (LISA PICCOLO, SECRETARY).
- How much revenue does TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,485,148, expenses of $1,573,059 and total assets of $23,557,659 at year end.
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