Georgia · Public charity
Savannah College of Art and DesignInc
Scad prepares talented students for creative professions through engaged teaching and learning in a positively oriented university environment.
- $181M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $400k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Savannah College of Art and DesignInc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 | 2 | $400k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $288k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $325k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $335k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $310k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $360k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $350k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $318k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Theatre for the Arts Inc | $2,852,400 | 9 | 100% |
| City of Refuge | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The National Museum of Women in the Arts | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cfda Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fashion Scholarship Fund | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Council of Fashion Designers of America Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Georgia Historical Society | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fashion Group International Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Theatre for the Arts Inc | $2,852,400 | 9 | 100% |
| City of Refuge | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The National Museum of Women in the Arts | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cfda Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fashion Scholarship Fund | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Council of Fashion Designers of America Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Georgia Historical Society | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fashion Group International Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thea Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cathedral of St Philip | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation of Wesley Woods Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Savannah College of Art and DesignInc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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
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About Savannah College of Art and DesignInc
- How much does Savannah College of Art and DesignInc give?
- Savannah College of Art and DesignInc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $400,000, out of $181,449,327 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Savannah College of Art and DesignInc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (94%), Religion (3%), Philanthropy (2%).
- Who are Savannah College of Art and DesignInc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lucas Theatre for the Arts Inc ($2.9M), City of Refuge ($100k), The National Museum of Women in the Arts ($75k).
- Does Savannah College of Art and DesignInc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Savannah College of Art and DesignInc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ayco Charitable Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Savannah College of Art and DesignInc based?
- Savannah College of Art and DesignInc is based in GA.
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