· Private foundation
John G Kennedy 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.
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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k64 grants · $96k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH SAV | $12,500 |
| ST JOHN'S CHURCH | $10,000 |
| ONE HUNDRED MILES | $7,500 |
| PACE | $7,000 |
| SCAD | $5,000 |
| ATLANTIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA | $4,000 |
| UNION MISSION | $4,000 |
| ST JOHNS CHURCH | $3,000 |
| FAMILY LEGACY | $3,000 |
| GREEN MELDRIM HOUSE | $2,500 |
| 450 BULL ST FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| SCDS | $2,500 |
| 450 BULL STREET FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| ST JOHN THE DEVINE | $2,500 |
| RIVER OAKS FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those 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 +51% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.
69 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 52 since wound down; 39 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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 FY2025, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HSHOSPICE SAVANNAH INC8× · 2017–2024 · $100k · revenue +70%
- OHOne Hundred Miles Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $54k · revenue +65%
- TMTELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC8× · 2017–2025 · $32k · revenue +50%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $6k
- UKUVA KAPPA KAPPA GAMMAone grant, 2021 · $5k
- VAVIRGINIA ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $5k
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.
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…
The southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern states. the commission's mission is the enhancement of…
Atlanta history center seeks to connect people, history, and culture to build a stronger community. through exhibitions, collections, historic houses, gardens, archives, educational school tours, public programs, and digital and virtual…
The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…
Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…
To protect georgia through ecological and economic solutions for stewardship, conservation, and sustainable use of the land and its resources.
The mission of the gibbes museum of art is to enhance lives through art by engaging people of every background and experience with art and artists of enduring quality; collect and preserve the art that touches charleston; and provide…
The mission of south carolina humanities council, inc. is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of south carolinians. the organization seeks to increase public understanding of and support for the humanities by telling the human…
The mission of the society is to advance the knowledge and understanding of architecture, design, landscape and urbanism worldwide among scholars, professionals in allied fields (including architecture, historic preservation and planning)…
Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.
Spelman college, a historically black college and global leader in the education of women of african descent, is dedicated to the academic excellence of its students.
At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…
How this is measured
70 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. 70 of the 166 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.
- Who funds HOSPICE SAVANNAH INC ↗
- Who funds One Hundred Miles Inc ↗
- Who funds TELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds Congaree Foundation ↗
- Who funds St John's School ↗
- Who funds SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVALINC ↗
- Who funds Savannah College of Art and DesignInc ↗
- Who funds UNION MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds DEEP CENTER INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES' GARDEN CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds Menil Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds UNIQUE PROJECTS INC ↗
- Who funds WAYNE AND ALICIA GREGORY FAMILY FOUNDATION FKA RIVER OAKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds KEEPERS OF HISTORIC GREEN-MELDRIM 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.
Open a dossier: The Savannah Community Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Hodge Foundation Inc · Colonial Foundation Inc · The Adler Family Foundation Inc · Mary Lane Morrison Foundation Inc · United Way of the Coastal Empire · Jolly Foundation Inc · Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation · The Brenneman Family Charitable Foundation Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Rosalie S Morris Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John G Kennedy Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John G Kennedy Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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