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Georgia Research Alliance Inc

To allow business, research universities and state government to collaborate to build a technology-driven economy fueled by innovative university research.

$5.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Science & Tech$28MHealth$10MEducation$8.2MCommunity Improvement$475kArts & Culture$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $2,523,527, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,647,107 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,123,580 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 · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $321k
  • $250k+3 grants · $2.1M
$174,842
Median grant
2
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION$1,009,410
EMORY UNIVERSITY$823,661
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$309,387
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION$174,842
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION$96,227
Individual grant recipient$50,000
AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY$35,000
CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY$25,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE INC: $500k → 13%AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY: $2.0M → 18%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $2.6M → 27%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $2.3M → 14%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1.7M → 27%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $2.3M → 14%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 27%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $1.1M → 14%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 27%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $1.1M → 14%THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $987k → 27%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $1.1M → 14%UGA FOUNDATION: $750k → 27%GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $3.6M → 13%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $917k → 14%UGA FOUNDATION: $500k → 27%GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $3.2M → 13%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $824k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $464k → 27%GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $1.1M → 13%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $791k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $407k → 27%GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $1.0M → 13%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $678k → 14%THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $309k → 27%GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $1.0M → 13%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $506k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $227k → 27%GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $926k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $217k → 27%GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $781k → 13%GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $750k → 13%GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $614k → 13%GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $482k → 13%GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $400k → 13%JACKSON MEDICAL GROUP INC: $225k → 13%GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $200k → 13%GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $200k → 13%DR NOZE BEST LLC: $200k → 13%GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $889k → 13%GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FNDTN: $750k → 13%GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FNDTN: $655k → 13%GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FNDTN: $608k → 13%GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FNDTN: $360k → 13%ANDSON BIOTECH INC: $325k → 13%GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FNDTN: $303k → 13%GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FNDTN: $244k → 13%GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FNDTN: $199k → 13%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Georgia Research Alliance Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 99% of the giving stays in GA; by stated purpose, 94%.

Georgia Research Alliance Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$44M · 15 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
24

Total granted

$44M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+13%

Still filing today

53%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthOther
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

  • GT
    GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $14M · revenue +69%
  • UO
    University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
    7× · 2017–2023 · $5.0M · revenue +80%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • GI
    GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    one grant, 2018 · $750k
  • AB
    ANDSON BIOTECH INC
    one grant, 2024 · $325k
  • JM
    JACKSON MEDICAL GROUP INC
    one grant, 2024 · $225k
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.

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Augusta University Research Institute Inc

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)…

Education
2
Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation

The georgia tech applied research corporation (gtarc) is organized and operated to support the research activities of the georgia institute of technology in the areas of innovative research, technical assistance and economic development.

Health
3
Uga Real Estate Foundation Inc

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…

Philanthropy
4
Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundationinc

Assist and further research at georgia southern university

Science & Tech
5
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
6
The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research

The graduate school of the stowers institute for medical research ("gssimr") exempt purpose is to provide graduate education that will prepare scholars for scientific research in the biological sciences.

Education
7
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc

It is the mission of the georgia tech foundation, inc., to: 1. promote the cause of higher education in the state of georgia; 2. receive and manage financial donations received by the foundation for support and enhancement of the georgia…

Education
8
University System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates

The mission of the University System of Georgia Foundation, a cooperative organization of the Board of Regents, is to support and advance the work of the University System of Georgia consistent with the University System's Strategic Plan.

Education
9
Georgia College & State University Alumni Association Inc

The association shall empower alumni to forge enduring connections with their alma mater, each other, and the wider community. the association shall enrich the lives of alumni through a spectrum of valuable services, including dynamic…

Education
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
12
Georgia State University Athletic Association Inc

To provide advice, guidance, and leadership to advance and promote athletics at georgia state university.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Georgia State University Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 40 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DEKALB MEDICAL CENTER: $8,694,552 · EducationDEKALB MEDICAL CENTERUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $5,011,219 · EducationUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation IncEmory University: $3,172,179 · EducationEmory UniversityTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $2,546,305 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATIONGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $1,063,842 · Education+6 more: $1,293,651 · Education+6 moreGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $13,689,097 · HealthGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION+2 more: $190,000 · HealthGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FNDTN: $3,554,704 · OtherGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RE…UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $2,877,418 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIAAUGUSTA UNIVERSITY: $2,438,776 · OtherAUGUSTA UNIVERSITYGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $750,000 · OtherGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNO…+22 more: $1,834,754 · Other+22 more
Education$21,781,748Health$13,879,097Other$11,455,652

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $13,689,097 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetDEKALB MEDICAL CENTER: $8,694,552 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $5,011,219 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetEmory University: $3,172,179 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $2,546,305 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $1,063,842 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $545,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATION INC: $330,557 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetClark Atlanta University Inc: $218,864 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER INC: $140,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $124,230 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Southern University Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds DEKALB MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Georgia State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Clark Atlanta University Inc ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA CENTER FOR ONCOLOGY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Georgia Southern University Foundation Inc ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Emory University
Emory UniversityGA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2025
’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
    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 40 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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