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Georgia Humanities Council Inc

Georgia humanities connects people and communities to encourage understanding and inspire hope.

$69k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$948kEducation$402kHuman Services$47kPublic Benefit$30kCommunity Improvement$20kPhilanthropy$20kHousing & Shelter$16kCivil Rights$15kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $5,969, the rows itemized in this filing. The $69,359 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $63,390 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.
$5,969
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY$5,969
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $87k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FRIENDS OF GEOGIA STATE PARKS: $20k → 10%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $20k → 16%FERST READERS INC: $20k → 11%MARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA: $20k → 14%MARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA: $7k → 14%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.

31%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$473k · 18 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
78

Total granted

$473k
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+13%

Still filing today

94%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementSocial ScienceYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TA
    Tubman African American Museum Inc
    2× · 2020–2022 · $35k · revenue +1%
  • GT
    GEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $33k · revenue +102%
  • MC
    Morgan County Foundation Inc
    2× · 2020–2022 · $33k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • GS
    GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $22k · revenue +26%
  • UO
    University of West Georgia Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -1%
  • AJ
    ATLANTA JEWISH FILM SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +128%
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 Historical Society

Georgia Historical Society (GHS) is the premier independent statewide institution responsible for collecting, examining, and teaching Georgia history. GHS houses the oldest and most distinguished collection of materials related exclusively…

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2
Georgias Old Capital Heritage Center At the Depot

Establishment and administration of historical museum, working to educate and motivate, purchase artifacts ect for museum

Arts & Culture
3
Georgia Humanities Council Inc

Georgia humanities connects people and communities to encourage understanding and inspire hope.

Arts & Culture
4
Historic Atlanta Inc

Historic atlanta advances social justice and community by saving historic places

Environment
5
Macon County Historical Society

To preserve whatever relates to the natural, industrial, civil, military, political, social, educational, or religious history of macon county

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6
American Civil War Museum Collection

The mission of the american civil war museum collection is to serve as the preeminent world center for the display, study, interpretation, commemoration, and preservation of the history and artifacts of the confederate states of america.

Arts & Culture
7
Historic Cobbham Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
8
Augusta Genealogical Society

Collect, preserve, and disseminate knowledge and information in relation to genealogical, historical, biographical, and heraldic data.

Arts & Culture
9
The Institute for Northwest Georgia History

To collect, preserve, and present the history of rome, floyd county and surrounding areas for education, enlightenment and enjoyment.

Arts & Culture
10
Upcountry History Museum

The upcountry history museum connects people, history and culture.

Arts & Culture
11
The African Diasporic Art Museum of Atlanta Inc

to showcase contemporary art and culture of the African Diaspora

Arts & Culture
12
Savannah Museum of African Art Inc
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Historical Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Thiokol Memorial Project Inc. 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

78 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. 78 of the 97 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
75/78
Grantees still filing
49/78
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Tubman African American Museum Inc: $35,000 · Arts & CultureTubman African American Museum IncGEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $33,200 · Arts & CultureGEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INCMorgan County Foundation Inc: $32,500 · Arts & CultureTHE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC: $29,044 · Arts & CultureAUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY INC: $27,500 · Arts & CulturePORT COLUMBUS CIVIL WAR NAVAL CENTER INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHEAST GEORGIA HISTORY CENTER AT BRENAU UNIVERSITY INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WILLIAM BREMAN JEWISH HERITAGE MUSEUM INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCoastal Georgia Historical Society: $23,000 · Arts & Culture+28 more: $363,549 · Arts & Culture+28 moreMUSCOGEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $22,998 · OtherFriends of the Sixth Cavalry Museum: $21,500 · OtherMERIDIAN HERALD INC: $20,000 · OtherChipley Historic Center: $19,520 · OtherWHITFIELD-MURRAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $17,500 · OtherEXPRESS H O M E PROGRAM: $16,400 · OtherWE LOVE BUFORD HIGHWAY INC: $20,000 · Other+29 more: $336,094 · Other+29 moreNORTHWEST GA REGIONAL LIBRARY INC: $30,000 · EducationNORTHWEST GA REGI…ANDREW COLLEGE: $23,250 · EducationANDREW COLLEGEGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $22,256 · EducationGEORGIA STATE UNI…University of West Georgia Foundation Inc: $20,000 · EducationUniversity of Wes…University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $19,489 · EducationUniversity of Geo…COMMON GOOD ATLANTA: $17,500 · EducationCOMMON GOOD ATLAN…AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 · EducationAUGUSTA UNIVERSIT…HALL COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM: $15,000 · EducationHALL COUNTY LIBRA…WALKER COUNTY AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORICAL AND ALUM: $15,000 · EducationWALKER COUNTY AFR…WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $14,500 · EducationWESLEYAN COLLEGEDEKALB LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · EducationDecatur Book Festival: $10,000 · EducationLaGrange College: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $7,500 · EducationMARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA INC: $27,000 · Human ServicesFERST READERS INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF GA STATE PARKS & HISTORI: $20,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITIZENS INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesGeorgia Council on Economic Education: $25,000 · Social ScienceGEORGIA COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES: $10,757 · Social ScienceSWEET AUBURN WORKS: $13,000 · Community ImprovementGEORGIA WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementBoggs Rural Life Center Inc: $10,000 · Community ImprovementGEORGIA CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INC: $30,000 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$618,793Other$474,012Education$231,495Human Services$87,000Social Science$35,757Community Improvement$33,000Youth Development$30,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTubman African American Museum Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetGEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $33,200 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMorgan County Foundation Inc: $32,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetNORTHWEST GA REGIONAL LIBRARY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGEORGIA CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INC: $30,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC: $29,044 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY INC: $27,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetMARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA INC: $27,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPORT COLUMBUS CIVIL WAR NAVAL CENTER INC: $25,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetNORTHEAST GEORGIA HISTORY CENTER AT BRENAU UNIVERSITY INC: $25,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetTHE WILLIAM BREMAN JEWISH HERITAGE MUSEUM INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGeorgia Council on Economic Education: $25,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetANDREW COLLEGE: $23,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCoastal Georgia Historical Society: $23,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $22,256 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Sixth Cavalry Museum: $21,500 over 2y, 13% of budgetUniversity of West Georgia Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetATLANTA JEWISH FILM SOCIETY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSYNCHRONICITY PERFORMANCE GROUP: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CHIEFTAINS MUSEUM INC: $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetFERST READERS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF GA STATE PARKS & HISTORI: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMERIDIAN HERALD INC: $20,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetWE LOVE BUFORD HIGHWAY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChipley Historic Center: $19,520 over 1y, 46% of budgetUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $19,489 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOEL CHANDLER HARRIS ASSOCIATION: $18,200 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetCOMMON GOOD ATLANTA: $17,500 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetWHITFIELD-MURRAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $17,500 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetTRUE COLORS THEATRE COMPANY: $17,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDEKALB HISTORY CENTER: $17,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE DOUGLASS THEATRE COMPLEX: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMUSEUM OF ARTS & SCIENCES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLECTIONS OF LIFE & HERITAGE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetTHE OSSABAW ISLAND FOUNDATIONINC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetAUGUSTA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAUTEE-NACOOCHEE COMMUNITY ASSOCIAT: $15,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESLEYAN COLLEGE: $14,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GA: $14,225 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHISTORIC SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE AVERITT CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ATLANTA INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHIOKOL MEMORIAL PROJECT INC: $12,252 over 1y, 25% of budgetDEKALB LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetATLANTA PRESERVATION CENTER INC: $12,000 over 1y, 4.8% 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.

Emory UniversityGeorgia Power Foundat…The Community Foundat…Community Foundation …The Arthur M Blank Fa…Watson-Brown Foundati…Tw Marian W Ottley At…Frances Wood Wilson F…Bradley-Turner Founda…Atl Fdn-W Peters MainTr Uw Charles I BrananThe Imlay Foundation …
Emory UniversityGA150.9× affinity76 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Emory University · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Watson-Brown Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc · Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · The Imlay Foundation Inc

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 Georgia Humanities Council Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Georgia Humanities Council Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%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
    25report 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 97 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $50k 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 FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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