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Environmental Fund for GeorgiaInc

EarthShare Georgia connects people to trusted not-for-profit organizations dedicated to protecting our air, land and water.

$229k
Granted FY2020
11
Grants FY2020
2
States reached
$89k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Environment$645kAnimals$59kFood & Nutrition$28kEducation$27kHuman Services$26kRecreation & Sports$13kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2020 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $155,676, the rows itemized in this filing. The $229,495 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $73,819 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k9 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $89k
$6,489
Median grant
2
States reached
$57k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Earthshare National$88,866
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper$10,199
Trees Atlanta$7,858
Georgia Wildlife Federation$7,062
Chattahoochee Nature Center$6,969
Friends of State Botanical Garden of Georgia$6,489
Georgia Audubon$6,087
Georiga Organics$5,682
Southface Energy$5,682
Atlanta Bicycle Coalition$5,429
The Georgia Conservancy$5,353
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Friends of Georgia State Park: $8k → 10%FRIENDS OF GEORGIA STATE PARKS & HI: $9k → 10%FRIENDS OF GEORGIA STATE PARKS & HI: $8k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$469k · 17 repeat orgs$117k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +82% since the first grant, against -33% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2020, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
5

Total granted

$469k
$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+82%
-33%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $89k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20
EnvironmentAnimalsEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CR
    CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $59k · revenue +41%
  • TA
    TREES ATLANTA INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $49k · revenue +234%
  • GW
    GEORGIA WILDLIFE FEDERATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $40k · revenue +260%

Funded once

  • TC
    Trees Columbus Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $7k · revenue +28%
  • WH
    WILLIAM H REYNOLDS MEM NATURE PRESERVE
    one grant, 2019 · $6k · revenue -74% · 73% of their budget
  • SR
    SAVANNAH RIVERKEEPER INC
    one grant, 2019 · $6k · revenue -37%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Georgia Forestwatch Inc

Our mission is to enhance the health of over 867,000 acres of georgias national forest by protecting our forests and streams, advocating for natural processes, and identifying opportunities to improve forest management.

Environment
2
Georgia Mountain Trails Partnership Inc

A mission to create outdoor recreation opportunity, connect communities and trails, promote quality of life, and to protect our natural resources.

Recreation & Sports
3
Upstate Forever

Upstate forever is a conservation organization with a mission to protect critical lands, waters, and the unique character of the upstate of south carolina.

Environment
4
Georgia Tree Council Inc

To sustain Georgia's green legacy by partnering with individuals, organizations, and communities in raising awareness toward improving and maintaining Georgia's community forests.

Environment
5
Environment Georgia Research and Policy Center

The corporation is organized for the purpose of conducting public interest research, policy development, analysis, and education to protect the environment and people of Georgia, including, but not limited to, the quality of Georgia's air,…

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6
Georgia Association of Conservation Districts Inc

Advocating for the conservation of Georgias natural resources by providing organization, leadership and a unified strategic direction to the soil and water conservation districts of the state.

Environment
7
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
8
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership

Through rigorous immersive educational experiences help equip Georgia leaders with the environmental knowledge, perspectives, and relationships they need to lead our state for decades to come.

Environment
9
Florida Conservation Group Inc

Mission is to seek protection of land and water resources through restoration and conservation; and conducting education and outreach on the ecological and economic importance of natural lands. we protect land from development and protect…

Environment
10
Chattooga Conservancy

To protect and restore the ecological integrity of the chattooga river watershed; to ensure the viability of native species and a healthy human environment; to empower communities to practice good land stewardship.

Environment
11
Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Coalition Inc

Promote social welfare on matters relating to water conservation.

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12
The Rockbridge Area Conservation Council

The mission of the rockbridge area conservation council (rockbridge conservation or rc) is to promote and enhance the protection, sustainable use, and stewardship of our community's natural and cultural resources.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trees Atlanta Inc; the most unlike its peers is William H Reynolds Mem Nature Preserve. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EARTHSHARE: $190,627 · EnvironmentEARTHSHARECHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC: $59,034 · EnvironmentCHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INCTREES ATLANTA INC: $48,986 · EnvironmentTREES ATLANTA INCGEORGIA CONSERVANCY INC: $37,304 · EnvironmentGEORGIA CONSERVANCY INCGEORGIA ORGANICS INC: $33,677 · EnvironmentGEORGIA ORGANICS INCCHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER INC: $31,607 · EnvironmentCHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER INCSOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC: $27,276 · EnvironmentBirds Georgia Corporation: $24,117 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA INC: $24,042 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $19,921 · Environment+5 more: $55,903 · Environment+5 moreEarthshare National: $88,866 · OtherEarthshare Nation…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $26,517 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSER…WILLIAM H REYNOLDS MEM NATURE PRESERVE: $5,678 · OtherCaptain Planet Foundation Inc: $5,065 · OtherGEORGIA WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $40,474 · AnimalsPROPEL ATL INC: $32,521 · EducationFRIENDS OF GA STATE PARKS & HISTORI: $26,151 · Human ServicesPARK PRIDE INC: $13,208 · Recreation & SportsTrees Columbus Inc: $6,855 · Community ImprovementELACHEE NATURE SCIENCE CENTER INC: $5,311 · Arts & Culture
Environment$552,494Other$126,126Animals$40,474Education$32,521Human Services$26,151Recreation & Sports$13,208Community Improvement$6,855Arts & Culture$5,311

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEARTHSHARE: $190,627 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC: $59,034 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTREES ATLANTA INC: $48,986 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGEORGIA WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $40,474 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetGEORGIA CONSERVANCY INC: $37,304 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetGEORGIA ORGANICS INC: $33,677 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetPROPEL ATL INC: $32,521 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER INC: $31,607 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC: $27,276 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $26,517 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF GA STATE PARKS & HISTORI: $26,151 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBirds Georgia Corporation: $24,117 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA INC: $24,042 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $19,921 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN ENERGY: $17,407 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPARK PRIDE INC: $13,208 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWest Atlanta Watershed Alliance: $11,781 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetGEORGIA RIVER NETWORK INC dba GEORGIA RIVERS: $10,978 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFLINT RIVERKEEPER INC: $10,189 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWILLIAM H REYNOLDS MEM NATURE PRESERVE: $5,678 over 1y, 73% of budgetSAVANNAH RIVERKEEPER INC: $5,548 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetELACHEE NATURE SCIENCE CENTER INC: $5,311 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCaptain Planet Foundation Inc: $5,065 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Community Foundat…Turner Foundation IncGeorgia Power Foundat…The Ray C Anderson Fo…The Waterfall Foundat…PatagoniaorgBright Wings Fndtn Tr…The Virginia & Charle…R Howard Dobbs Jr Fou…AEC TrustThe Imlay Foundation …The Arthur M Blank Fa…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA27.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Turner Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Ray C Anderson Foundation Inc · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · Patagoniaorg · Bright Wings Fndtn Tr Ua · The Virginia & Charles Brewer Family Foundation · R Howard Dobbs Jr Foundation Inc · AEC Trust · The Imlay Foundation Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Environmental Fund for GeorgiaInc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Environmental Fund for GeorgiaInc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $9k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2020, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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