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Georgia's Own Foundation Inc

The mission of georgia's own foundation is to implement georgia's own credit union's "people helping people" philosophy by raising funds and supporting programs that help people get ahead, get involved, and own their future.

$290k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$154k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$869kEducation$172kYouth Development$154kInternational$49kHealth$43kHousing & Shelter$36kPublic Benefit$18kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $185,908, the rows itemized in this filing. The $290,377 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $104,469 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $27k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $154k
$13,997
Median grant
3
States reached
$354k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEAD INC$153,600
VICTIMS FIRST INC$13,997
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF GEORGIA$13,231
AMERICAN RED CROSS$5,080
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 (FY17–24, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%VICTIMS FIRST INC: $14k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%LEAD INC: $113k → 6%JESSE'S HOUSE: $6k → 11%SHARE THE MAGIC FOUNDATION: $15k → 13%VICTIMS FIRST INC: $12k → 14%LEAD INC: $112k → 6%LEAD INC: $104k → 6%LEAD INC: $80k → 6%LEAD INC: $154k → 13%LEAD INC: $154k → 13%LEAD INC: $140k → 13%LEAD INC: $135k → 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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 8 repeat orgs$90k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$1.3M
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+40%

Still filing today

75%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • LI
    LEAD INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $990k · revenue +281%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2022 · $48k · revenue +62%
  • GS
    Georgia State University Foundation Inc
    2× · 2018–2019 · $46k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • AD
    AIDVANTAGEUS DEPT EDUCATION
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • KS
    KENTUCKY STATE TREASURER PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET
    one grant, 2021 · $18k
  • ST
    SHARE THE MAGIC FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +40%
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 Southern University Research and Service Foundationinc

Assist and further research at georgia southern university

Science & Tech
2
Georgia Southern University Foundation Inc

The Georgia Southern University Foundation, Inc. was created to raise private funding to meet certain educational and institutional needs at Georgia Southern University not addressed by state allocations. The Foundation's primary mission…

Education
3
Armstrong Foundation of Georgia Southern University Inc

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…

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4
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
5
The University Foundation

The university foundation is organized to assist and aid the board of trustees of the university of alabama in fulfilling its educational, research, and public service programs and activities.

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6
Valdosta State University Foundation Inc

The Foundation exists to support development of educational excellence at Valdosta State University.

Education
7
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc

The corporation has been organized to engage in activities and pursuits which contribute to the educational, research, and service functions of georgia state university. thus, the corporation will attempt to secure gifts, contributions,…

Education
8
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
9
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
10
Unc Health Foundation Inc

At unc health foundation, we inspire philanthropic support for unc health and unc school of medicine that transforms healthcare and provides hope to the people of north carolina and communities around the world.

Education
11
Georgia Tech Foundation Funding Corporation

To assist the georgia tech foundation in the acquisition of real estate or other projects for the support of the georgia tech institute of technology

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12
Miami University Foundation

Support of miami university

Education
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 University of Southern California. 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

13 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. 13 of the 17 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LEAD INC: $990,402 · Human ServicesLEAD INC+4 more: $51,433 · Human ServicesACTION MINISTRIES INC: $48,819 · OtherACTION MINISTR…HOPE ATLANTA INC: $36,063 · OtherHOPE ATLANTA I…CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $34,971 · OtherCHILDRENS HEAL…AIDVANTAGEUS DEPT EDUCATION: $25,000 · OtherAIDVANTAGEUS D…KENTUCKY STATE TREASURER PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET: $17,884 · OtherKENTUCKY STATE…UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $8,500 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $48,000 · EducationTHE UNIVER…Georgia State University Foundation Inc: $46,000 · EducationGeorgia St…BRIAN JORDAN FOUNDATION: $21,667 · EducationBRIAN JORD…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $8,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…PHOEBE FOUNDATION INC: $7,651 · HealthCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Human Services$1,041,835Other$171,237Education$123,667Health$7,651Recreation & Sports$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLEAD INC: $990,402 over 8y, 23% of budgetACTION MINISTRIES INC: $48,819 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $48,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $46,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE ATLANTA INC: $36,063 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVictims First Inc: $25,563 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetBRIAN JORDAN FOUNDATION: $21,667 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetSHARE THE MAGIC FOUNDATION INC: $14,622 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHOEBE FOUNDATION INC: $7,651 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJESSES HOUSE INC: $6,168 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,080 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $5,000 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.

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.

The Community Foundat…Enterprise Holdings F…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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's Own Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Georgia's Own Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Georgia's Own Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Georgia's Own Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 17 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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