· Private foundation
George a Sancken Jr Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of George a Sancken Jr Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation For The Central Savannah River Area Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year George a Sancken Jr Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $16k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD | $5,300 |
| AUGUSTA TRAINING SHOP | $3,625 |
| UGA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION | $2,000 |
| AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $1,200 |
| TUTTLE NEWTON HOME | $500 |
| CENTER FOR LIFE ENRICHMENT | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| HISTORIC AUGUSTA | $450 |
| AUGUSTA SYMPHONY | $325 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $250 |
| HALE FOUNDATION | $200 |
| AUGUSTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $100 |
| FIRST METHODIST CHURCH | $100 |
| ALDERSGAGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $100 |
| JUDD HICKEY CENTER | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $200) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2021, 6 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ATAUGUSTA TRAINING SHOP INC5× · 2017–2021 · $17k · revenue +21%
- AUAUGUSTA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC4× · 2017–2021 · $4k · revenue +145%
- TNTUTTLE NEWTON HOME INC5× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +152%
Funded once
- MTMILLER THEATREone grant, 2017 · $3k
- PPPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NYone grant, 2020 · $1k
- APAUGUSTA PLAYERS INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $300 · revenue +261%
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.
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.
Augusta university research institute, inc. (the "institute") was incorporated under the laws of the state of georgia as a nonprofit corporation on july 31, 1980. the institute qualified as a tax-exempt corporation under section 501(c)(3)…
Collect, preserve, and disseminate knowledge and information in relation to genealogical, historical, biographical, and heraldic data.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
To restore and operate the historic augusta colonial theater for the artistic, educational, and charitable benefit of the community. the colonial theater will be a far-reaching, viable, restored historic theater in the downtown of our…
Growing tennis to inspire healthier people and communities everywhere.
Our mission is to provide academic and spiritual training and extracurricula activities for students in the csra. it is also to prepare students to serve jesus christ as lord, partnering with family and church, instilling high standards…
To provide healthcare marked by compassion and sustainable excellence in a progressive environment, guided by physicians, delivered by exceptional professionals, and inspired by the communities we serve.
The gertrude herbert institue of art inc's mission is to provide opportunities for visual arts education and to develop visual arts awareness and appreciation through the greater augusta community.
The UGA Real Estate Foundation manages and improves various real estate assets for the benefit of the University of Georgia, governed by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The UGA Real Estate Foundation may also…
Armstrong state university foundation, inc ("foundation') raises funds to support student scholarships and the scientific, literary, and educational purposes of armstrong state university.effective july 1, 2019, the foundation was merged…
The augusta metro chamber of commerce's mission is to lead the business community by serving as its advocate, promoting the region, enhancing the business climate, and providing quality membership programs and services.
The mission of augusta health is to strengthen the health and well-being of all people in our communities.
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 63 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA INC ↗
- Who funds AUGUSTA TRAINING SHOP INC ↗
- Who funds AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds TUTTLE NEWTON HOME INC ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC AUGUSTA INC ↗
- Who funds AUGUSTA SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER AUGUSTA ARTS COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds AUGUSTA PLAYERS INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds AUGUSTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds THE HALE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Cancer Support Services Inc ↗
- Who funds EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT ↗
- Who funds FORE AUGUSTA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART ↗
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: The Knox Foundation · Creel-Harison Foundation Inc · Porter Fleming Fdn Tr Ua · The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc · Kirby Family Foundation Inc · Richards Family Foundation · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Rhodes Family Foundation Inc · Georgia Rehabilitation Institute Inc · The Pollock Foundation Inc · Clinton-Anderson Hospital Inc · Patricia S McGee Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization George a Sancken Jr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George a Sancken Jr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Florida Southern College: 0% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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