Georgia · Private foundation
John and Emma Derst Foundation Inc
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.
- $65k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 42
- Grants FY2025
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 41 to 47
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $502k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations John and Emma Derst Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 41 | $55k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 41 | $57k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 46 | $70k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 47 | $71k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $50k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc | $10,700 | 6 | 4% |
| Georgia Independent College Association Inc | $9,800 | 6 | 0% |
| The Coastal Heritage Society Inc | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
| West Broad Street YMCA Inc | $7,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Telfair Museum of Art Inc | $6,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Masonic Home of Georgia | $6,800 | 6 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $6,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Georgia Salzburger Society | $6,800 | 6 | 2% |
| Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Society | $6,800 | 6 | 9% |
| Vocal Point Inc | $6,200 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc | $10,700 | 6 | 4% |
| Georgia Independent College Association Inc | $9,800 | 6 | 0% |
| The Coastal Heritage Society Inc | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
| West Broad Street YMCA Inc | $7,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Telfair Museum of Art Inc | $6,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Masonic Home of Georgia | $6,800 | 6 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $6,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Georgia Salzburger Society | $6,800 | 6 | 2% |
| Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Society | $6,800 | 6 | 9% |
| Vocal Point Inc | $6,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Islands Feral Cat Project | $5,350 | 6 | n/a |
| Coastal Pet Rescue Inc | $5,350 | 6 | 1% |
| Union Mission Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Savannah Childrens Theatre Inc | $4,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Royce Learning Center | $3,800 | 3 | 0% |
| The Humane Society for Greater Savannah | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Saylors Light Incorporated | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
| The Living Vine Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Love Animal Rescue Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($247k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John and Emma Derst Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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
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About John and Emma Derst Foundation Inc
- How much does John and Emma Derst Foundation Inc give?
- John and Emma Derst Foundation Inc reported 42 grants totaling $65,150 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 47 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does John and Emma Derst Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (18%), Arts & Culture (16%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are John and Emma Derst Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc ($11k), Georgia Independent College Association Inc ($10k), The Coastal Heritage Society Inc ($8k).
- Does John and Emma Derst Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John and Emma Derst Foundation Inc 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 John and Emma Derst Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colonial Foundation Inc, The Savannah Community Foundation Inc, The Dunn Foundation.
- Where is John and Emma Derst Foundation Inc based?
- John and Emma Derst Foundation Inc is based in GA.
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