Georgia · Private foundation
Ferrell Scruggs Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $290k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,005
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $52,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Ferrell Scruggs Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 22 | $290k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $225k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $258k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $261k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $268k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $217k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Valdosta United Way Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shepherd Center Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coastal Georgia Historical Society | $25,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Shepherd Center Inc | $19,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $16,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Empty Stocking Fund Inc | $9,080 | 5 | 0% |
| Valdosta State University Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Simons Land Trust Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice of South Georgia Inc | $4,005 | 1 | 0% |
| New Paths Horse Sanctuary Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Valdosta United Way Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shepherd Center Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coastal Georgia Historical Society | $25,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Shepherd Center Inc | $19,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $16,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Empty Stocking Fund Inc | $9,080 | 5 | 0% |
| Valdosta State University Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Simons Land Trust Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice of South Georgia Inc | $4,005 | 1 | 0% |
| New Paths Horse Sanctuary Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 100 Black Men of Valdosta Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Quarterbacking Children's Health Foundation | $1,579 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity United Methodist Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Coastal Symphony of Georgia Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christ Episcopal Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| B a R C Humane Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Second Harvest of South Georgia Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Messiah Lutheran Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ferrell Scruggs Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About Ferrell Scruggs Foundation Inc
- How much does Ferrell Scruggs Foundation Inc give?
- Ferrell Scruggs Foundation Inc reported 22 grants totaling $290,014 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Ferrell Scruggs Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (39%), Arts & Culture (29%), Youth Development (14%).
- Who are Ferrell Scruggs Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Greater Valdosta United Way Inc ($40k), Shepherd Center Foundation Inc ($30k), Coastal Georgia Historical Society ($26k).
- Does Ferrell Scruggs Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ferrell Scruggs Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ferrell Scruggs Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Georgia Power Foundation Inc, Harley Langdale Jr Foundation Inc, Second Harvest of South Georgia Inc.
- Where is Ferrell Scruggs Foundation Inc based?
- Ferrell Scruggs Foundation Inc is based in GA.
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