Georgia · Private foundation
Banksouth Foundation Ltd
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $308k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 70%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 70% of the organizations Banksouth Foundation Ltd funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $308k | 71% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $327k | 70% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $85k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $48k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $42k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $208k | 94% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $42k | 86% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $26k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Athens Academy Inc | $63,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Thillen Education Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 9% |
| St Mary's Good Samaritan Foundation Inc | $51,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Extra Special People Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Sustainability Enterprise Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Care for Cops Inc | $12,521 | 1 | n/a |
| St Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Victory Train Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Athens Academy Inc | $63,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Thillen Education Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 9% |
| St Mary's Good Samaritan Foundation Inc | $51,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Extra Special People Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Sustainability Enterprise Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Care for Cops Inc | $12,521 | 1 | n/a |
| St Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Victory Train Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Greene County Food Pantry Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 2% |
| ATLAS Ministry Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Plaza Arts Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Oconee Humane Society Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Putnam Christian Outreach Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Reach Georgia Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Giving Kitchen Initiative Inc | $2,410 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of the Coastal Empire | $1,027 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc | $819 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($829k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Banksouth Foundation Ltd supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Curtis Foundation Inc Richard B Curtis Jr · Young Contracting Foundation Inc · The Nathan J & Helen Goldrich Foundation Inc · Athens Area Community Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About Banksouth Foundation Ltd
- How much does Banksouth Foundation Ltd give?
- Banksouth Foundation Ltd reported 7 grants totaling $307,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Banksouth Foundation Ltd fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (43%), Education (26%), Health (15%).
- Who are Banksouth Foundation Ltd's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Mary's Foundation Inc ($80k), Athens Academy Inc ($64k), Thillen Education Foundation Inc ($60k).
- Does Banksouth Foundation Ltd fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 70% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Banksouth Foundation Ltd accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Banksouth Foundation Ltd?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Georgia Power Foundation Inc, Curtis Foundation Inc Richard B Curtis Jr, Young Contracting Foundation Inc.
- Where is Banksouth Foundation Ltd based?
- Banksouth Foundation Ltd is based in GA.
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