Georgia · Private foundation
Georgia Ornithological Society 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.
- $139k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,681
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $53,050
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Georgia Ornithological Society Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | $139k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $139k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $128k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $102k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $240k | 62% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $109k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $111k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia-Alabama Land Trust Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Birds Georgia Corporation | $118,988 | 5 | 4% |
| Georgia Department of Natural Resources | $118,187 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc | $117,982 | 7 | 0% |
| The Orianne Society | $22,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wild Nest Bird Rehab | $15,607 | 1 | 8% |
| American Birding Association | $11,103 | 5 | 0% |
| Swallow Conservation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $4,665 | 3 | 0% |
| Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($400k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Georgia Ornithological Society 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 Georgia Ornithological Society Inc
- How much does Georgia Ornithological Society Inc give?
- Georgia Ornithological Society Inc reported 7 grants totaling $138,556 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Georgia Ornithological Society Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (51%), Animals (25%), Science & Tech (18%).
- Who are Georgia Ornithological Society Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Georgia-Alabama Land Trust Inc ($150k), Birds Georgia Corporation ($119k), Georgia Department of Natural Resources ($118k).
- Does Georgia Ornithological Society Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Georgia Ornithological Society 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 Georgia Ornithological Society Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Georgia Ornithological Society Inc based?
- Georgia Ornithological Society Inc is based in GA.
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