· Private foundation
Gerald and Carol Driver Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ALPS RD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $8,050 |
| ATHENS ACADEMY | $3,000 |
| EXTRA SPECIAL PEOPLE | $1,000 |
| THE BIGGER VISION OF ATHENS | $1,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN RESEARCH | $1,000 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $1,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF NE GEORGIA | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| FRIENDS OF OCONEE HILL CEMETERY | $250 |
| WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA | $204 |
| ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION | $200 |
| HILLSDALE COLLEGE | $50 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 77% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2026, 20 since wound down.
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 FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ESExtra Special People Inc10× · 2017–2026 · $10k · revenue +666%
- PAPrince Avenue Christian School Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +116%
- MHMERCY HEALTH CENTER INC7× · 2017–2023 · $6k · revenue +42%
Funded once
- UCUGAA-WILLIAM C HARTMAN FUND OF GAone grant, 2018 · $5k
- UCUGAAAWilliam C Hartman Fund of UGAone grant, 2017 · $4k
- 1U1ST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ATHENSone grant, 2020 · $4k
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.
The mission of piedmont athens regional medical center is to improve the lives and health of those we touch.
Emory University's mission is to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity. (See Schedule O for continuation)
The mission of augusta health is to strengthen the health and well-being of all people in our communities.
To perpetuate a village community to provide progressive life assistance to adults with developmental disabilities so that they can maximize their abilities and maintain their independence in the least restrictive environment.
The mission of the Atlanta Speech School is to bring deep reading to each and every child so they can find their voice to determine their own future and make the greatest difference in the lives of others.
We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…
Georgia agape's mission is to provide professional social services as a compassionate christian outreach to children and families in order to enhance their prospects for a better and brighter future.
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.
Oconee Christian Academy exists to glorify God by nurturing students and equipping them to fulfill God's unique purpose for their lives.
The mission of A.G. Rhodes Health and Rehab Wesley Woods is to provide the highest possible standard of quality care to our elderly residents while preserving their dignity, independence and quality of life. We commit ourselves to care for…
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.
Vision: deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. mission: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. values: we serve with compassion. we pursue excellence. we honor every voice. form 990, part iii,…
How this is measured
24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 65 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.
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- Who funds Prince Avenue Christian School Inc ↗
- Who funds MERCY HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds PROJECT SAFE INC ↗
- Who funds Athens Academy Inc ↗
- Who funds BOOKS FOR KEEPS INC ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION OF WESLEY WOODS INC ↗
- Who funds Sage School Inc ↗
- Who funds THE BIGGER VISION OF ATHENS INC ↗
- Who funds ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Wreaths Across America ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF OCONEE HILL CEMETERY INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY ↗
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: Athens Area Community Foundation Inc · The Winthrop Foundation of Athens G · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Newland Family Foundation Inc · Tr Lois & Lucy Lampkin Fdn Ua · The Turner Family Foundation Inc · Lonnie L Michael Foundation · Glickman Family Foundation · Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc · Walton Electric Trust Inc · Al Williams Jr Family Foundation Inc · Jackson Emc Foundation Inc Attn Amy Rouse
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Gerald and Carol Driver Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gerald and Carol Driver Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
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