Georgia · Private foundation
J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation
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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $833,333
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 3 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $332k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $253k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $598k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $267k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $413k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $302k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $616k | 55% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cure Childhood Cancer Inc | $1,575,000 | 9 | 4% |
| The Lovett School Inc | $1,043,333 | 3 | 1% |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | $400,000 | 5 | 0% |
| High Point University | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough Atlanta | $160,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cabot Performing Arts Center Inc | $155,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Paideia School Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hawaiian Islands Land Trust | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cure Childhood Cancer Inc | $1,575,000 | 9 | 4% |
| The Lovett School Inc | $1,043,333 | 3 | 1% |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | $400,000 | 5 | 0% |
| High Point University | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough Atlanta | $160,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cabot Performing Arts Center Inc | $155,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Paideia School Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hawaiian Islands Land Trust | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Washington and Lee University | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kauai Philippine Cultural Center | $30,000 | 2 | 69% |
| Saint Barthelemy Medical Equipment Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 8% |
| The Mellick Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Alive2love International Church | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bvkid | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wholly Women Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Georgia Innocence Project Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($112k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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
About J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation
- How much does J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation give?
- J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $1,035,833 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Health (38%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cure Childhood Cancer Inc ($1.6M), The Lovett School Inc ($1.0M), The Posse Foundation Inc ($400k).
- Does J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation 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 J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation based?
- J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation is based in GA.
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