Georgia · Private foundation
James D and Diane S Magnus 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.
- $276k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $101,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 32
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations James D and Diane S Magnus Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k 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 | 29 | $275k | 55% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $123k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $185k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $227k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $243k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $256k | 55% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $238k | 28% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $244k | 33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanier Christian Academy Inc | $246,900 | 9 | 1% |
| University of Georgia Athletic Assn Inc | $223,650 | 9 | 0% |
| Junior League of Gainesville - | $50,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Good News at Noon Inc | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Lanier Inc | $37,800 | 9 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $32,100 | 8 | n/a |
| Young Life | $30,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Center Point Ga Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Covenant College | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northeast Georgia Care Inc Choices Pregnancy Care Center | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 48 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 51 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
James D and Diane S Magnus Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 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.
Open a dossier: Ralph & Mary Cleveland Foundation · Jackson Emc Foundation Inc Attn Amy Rouse · North Georgia Community Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Roy C Moore Foundation · United Way of Hall County Inc · Northeast Georgia Health System Inc · J Bulow Campbell Foundation · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Fieldale Farms Foundation · United Community Bank Foundation
How this is measured
Compare James D and Diane S Magnus Foundation with peer funders
About James D and Diane S Magnus Foundation
- How much does James D and Diane S Magnus Foundation give?
- James D and Diane S Magnus Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $276,428 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James D and Diane S Magnus Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (52%), Recreation & Sports (17%), Health (10%).
- Who are James D and Diane S Magnus Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lanier Christian Academy Inc ($247k), University of Georgia Athletic Assn Inc ($224k), Junior League of Gainesville - ($50k).
- Does James D and Diane S Magnus Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James D and Diane S Magnus 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 James D and Diane S Magnus Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ralph & Mary Cleveland Foundation, Jackson Emc Foundation Inc Attn Amy Rouse, North Georgia Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is James D and Diane S Magnus Foundation based?
- James D and Diane S Magnus Foundation is based in GA.
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