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James D and Diane S Magnus Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$101k
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.

Education$1.1MRecreation & Sports$346kHealth$209kReligion$121kYouth Development$78kCommunity Improvement$66kHuman Services$59kAnimals$41kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k25 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $47k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $176k
$1,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LANIER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$101,400
TOUCHDOWN CLUB$75,000
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION$27,300
COVENANT COLLEGE$10,000
NATIONAL FOOTBAL FOUNDATION$10,000
YOUNG LIFE$8,000
EAGLE RANCH$6,350
GOOD NEWS CLINIC$6,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF HALL COUNTY$5,750
GEORGIA BASEBALL FUND$5,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$2,500
THE SALVATION ARMY$1,600
NORTH GEORGIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,500
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FUNDER$1,500
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 (FY25–25, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%WABASH COUNTY CANCER SOCIETY: $1k → 12%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IN
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
SC
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 40 repeat orgs$268k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
43

Total granted

$1.8M
$158k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+26%

Still filing today

45%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k 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
HealthEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • LC
    LANIER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $247k · revenue +179%
  • UO
    University of Georgia Athletic Assn Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $224k · revenue +91%
  • JL
    JUNIOR LEAGUE OF GAINESVILLE -
    2× · 2021–2022 · $50k · revenue +266%

Funded once

  • NG
    NORTHEAST GEORGIA CARE INC CHOICES PREGNANCY CARE CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
  • TT
    THE TOUCHDOWN CLUB OF ATHENS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +39%
  • CP
    CHOICES PREGNANCY CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
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
Medical Center of Central Georgia Inc

To enhance the health status of those we serve in partnership with medical staff and other community organizations by providing wellness services, health education, training, and access to safe high quality health care services.

Health
2
North Greenville University

North greenville university exists to glorify god by cultivating graduates who are equipped to serve as transformational leaders for church and society.

Education
3
LaGrange College

Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…

Education
4
Navicent Health Inc

Navicent health's mission is to elevate health and well-being through compassionate care for all. our values are integrity, respect, ownership, and caring. navicent health, inc. is a nonprofit corporation whose primary purpose is to serve…

Health
5
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
6
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
7
George Fox University

George fox university, a christ centered community, prepares students spiritually, academically, and professionally to think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with passion.

Education
8
Morehouse School of Medicine

Leading the creation and advancement of health equity we exist to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce, and address primary health care…

Education
9
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
10
Morehouse College

Morehouse college is a historically black college whose mission is to develop men with disciplined minds who will lead lives of leadership and service.

Education
11
Walnut Grove Christian School

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…

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Hall County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Eliza Baker Memorial Scholarship. 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

41 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. 41 of the 100 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
28/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $735,300 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIACHOICES PREGRANCY CARE CENTER: $100,000 · OtherCHOICES PREGRANCY CARE CENTERTOUCHDOWN CLUB: $75,000 · OtherTOUCHDOWN CLUBJUNIOR LEAGUE OF GAINESVILLE -: $50,000 · Other+67 more: $406,195 · Other+67 moreLANIER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $246,900 · EducationLANIER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INCUniversity of Georgia Athletic Assn Inc: $223,650 · EducationUniversity of Georgia Athleti…COVENANT COLLEGE: $25,000 · EducationTHE TOUCHDOWN CLUB OF ATHENS INC: $20,000 · Education+5 more: $24,500 · EducationBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF LANIER INC: $37,800 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $30,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA NATL COUNCIL 101 NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNCIL: $2,500 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentEAGLE RANCH INC: $19,850 · HealthGLORY HOPE & LIFE INC: $13,000 · HealthTHE OVARIAN CANCER INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $8,528 · HealthGOOD NEWS CLINICS INC: $6,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 · Health+4 more: $2,500 · HealthUNITED WAY OF HALL COUNTY INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyNORTH GEORGIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $575 · PhilanthropyGEORGIA MOUNTAIN FOOD BANK INC: $18,500 · Food & NutritionVAGABOND SCHOOL OF THE DRAMA INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureELACHEE NATURE SCIENCE CENTER INC: $3,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,366,495Education$540,050Youth Development$71,800Health$62,378Philanthropy$19,075Food & Nutrition$18,500Arts & Culture$13,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLANIER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $246,900 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetUniversity of Georgia Athletic Assn Inc: $223,650 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF GAINESVILLE -: $50,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF LANIER INC: $37,800 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $30,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER POINT GA INC: $30,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetCOVENANT COLLEGE: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST GEORGIA CARE INC CHOICES PREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE TOUCHDOWN CLUB OF ATHENS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEAGLE RANCH INC: $19,850 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA MOUNTAIN FOOD BANK INC: $18,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF HALL COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGLORY HOPE & LIFE INC: $13,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetLIFE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING INC: $12,000 over 6y, 73% of budgetSACRED ROOTS FARM INC: $12,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetVAGABOND SCHOOL OF THE DRAMA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OVARIAN CANCER INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $8,528 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD NEWS CLINICS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF HALL COUNTY INC: $5,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GUEST HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTRUETT MCCONNELL UNIVERSITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH GEORGIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetELACHEE NATURE SCIENCE CENTER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetELIZA BAKER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: $3,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA NATL COUNCIL 101 NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNCIL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KEATON F COKER FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHISPERING ANGELS YOUTH RANCH INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMONTREAT COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $575 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S CENTER FOR HOPE & HEALING: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG HARRIS COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE LANIER OLYMPIC PARK FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEDMONDSON TELFORD CENTER FOR CHILDREN I: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $500 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 LANIER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Georgia Athletic Assn Inc ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF GAINESVILLE - ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF LANIER INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER POINT GA INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST GEORGIA CARE INC CHOICES PREGNANCY CARE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE TOUCHDOWN CLUB OF ATHENS INC ↗
  • Who funds EAGLE RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA MOUNTAIN FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF HALL COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds HALL COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds GLORY HOPE & LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING INC ↗
  • Who funds SACRED ROOTS FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds VAGABOND SCHOOL OF THE DRAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OVARIAN CANCER INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD NEWS CLINICS INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF HALL COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GUEST HOUSE 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Ralph & Mary Clevelan…Jackson Emc Foundatio…North Georgia Communi…Georgia Power Foundat…Roy C Moore FoundationUnited Way of Hall Co…Northeast Georgia Hea…J Bulow Campbell Foun…Community Foundation …The Community Foundat…Fieldale Farms Founda…United Community Bank…
Ralph & Mary Cleveland FoundationGA32.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 James D and Diane S Magnus Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James D and Diane S Magnus Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 100 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-PF 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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