The endowments that benefit the University Libraries have been grouped into four categories. Thomas Cooper, South Caroliniana, and Business Administration endowments benefit their respective libraries solely; general library endowments benefit multiple or, in some cases, all University libraries.

General Library Endowments
	John Shaw Billings Library Endowment
		For major acquisitions of long-range significance.
	Chaplin Library Endowment
	Library Archive and Research Endowment
		To support research and preservation at the Thomas Cooper and South Caroliniana Libraries.
	NEH Grant Endowment
		To support the acqusition and preservation of humanities materials and to encourage research in this area.
	Robert I. and Swannanoa Kenney Phillips Libraries Endowment
		To enhance the University Libraries' holdings in British and American literature and culture.
	Nancy Pope Rice and Nancy Rice Davis Library Treasure Endowment
	War Years Acquisitions Endowment
		For materials related to World War II.
Thomas Cooper Library Endowments
	Charles and Donna Bricker Endowment
		For general advancement and expansion of the Thomas Cooper Library.
	Ethelind Pope Brown Natural History Endowment
		For the preservation and acquisition of materials pertaining to natural history.
	Barbara L. and David M. Graham Acquisition and Preservation Endowment
	C. Warren Irvin, Jr., and Josephine B. Irvin Endowment
		For the purchase of materials related to the life and works of Charles Darwin.
	Thomas Cooper Society Endowment
		To provide support for the Thomas Cooper Library.
South Caroliniana Library Endowments
	Elizabeth B. Coker Graduate Assistantship
		For the advancement of graduate student training in the Applied History Program, in conjunction with the South Caroliniana Library.
	Orin F. Crow South Caroliniana Library Endowment
		For the purchase and preservation of materials related to South Carolina.
	Jane Crayton Davis Preservation Endowment
		To restore the unique holdings of the South Caroliniana Library.
	William Jennings Bryan Dorn Endowment for Modern Political Collections
		To preserve the holdings of and support research in the Modern Political Collections.
	William Foran Memorial Fund
		For the purchase of materials related to the Civil War and Reconstruction.
	Daniel W. Hollis Acquisition and Preservation Endowment
		For the acquisition of materials relating to South Carolina history and culture.
	Arthur Elliott Holman, Jr., Acquisition and Preservation Endowment
		For the purchase and preservation of materials related to the Episcopal Church, music and the arts, Anderson County, and other aspects of South Carolina history.
	John C Hungerpiller Endowment
		For the preservation of the Hungerpiller Collection and materials related to literature and education in South Carolina.
	Lewis P. Jones Visiting Research Fellowship
		To support summer fellowships for reserach in South Carolina history.
	Modern Political Collections Endowment
		To support work with the Modern Political Collections.
	William Gilmore Simms Visiting Research Professor Endowment
		To support scholarship based on the publications and manuscripts by Simms held in the South Caroliniana Library.
	South Caroliniana Society Endowment
		To support the mission of the South Caroliniana Library.
	Southern Heritage Endowment
		To support scholarship and protect materials related to Southern history and culture (in conjunction with the McKissick Museum).
Business Administration Library Endowments
	Everette Newman Endowment
	First Union Library Endowment
		To establish the First Union On-line Business Information Center.