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Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation Inc

Charitable disbursements

$484k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
17
Itemized grants FY2025
8
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$222k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$11,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 23
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$753k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHealthPhilanthropyEducationPublic BenefitOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving17$222k29%
FY20248$85k50%
FY20236$42k17%
FY20227$62k29%
FY20216$48k0%
FY202023$356k78%
FY201918$137k78%
FY20187$49kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$337kFood & Nutrition$182kEducation$157kReligion$121kHealth$94kHousing & Shelter$29kEmployment$18kPublic Benefit$18kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 51 grantees
All grantees of Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Society of St Vincent de Paul Georgia Inc$62,90030%
The Place of Forsyth County Inc$50,50040%
Must Ministries Inc$50,00030%
Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc$47,50052%
The Unseen Hand Ministries Inc$40,000230%
University of North Georgia Foundation Inc$37,50040%
Senior Services North Fulton Inc$33,50021%
There's Hope for the Hungry Inc$32,50022%
Skye Precious Kids Inc$31,699232%
Glory Hope & Life Inc$27,16042%
Whitlow Elementary$27,0853n/a
Ministries of Grace Inc - Ga$27,00021%
The Marcus E and Sharon Gunter Foundation$26,0002n/a
North Fulton Community Charities Inc$25,00820%
Georgia Mountain Food Bank Inc$25,00010%
Good Shepherd Clinic of Dawson Coun$22,10028%
Dawson Community Food Bank Inc$22,0001n/a
Forsyth County Family Haven Inc$20,50031%
The Children's Charity of Georgia$20,0582n/a
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$19,14030%
Blacks Mill Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization$18,8782n/a
Als United of Georgia Inc$18,00021%
Kare for Kids Inc$17,80024%
Lanier Technical College Foundation$17,50024%
Operation Appreciation Inc$17,5002n/a
Bald Ridge Lodge Inc$15,50021%
Executive Committee of the Baptist Convention the State of Ga$15,0001n/a
Meals on Wheels America$15,00010%
Cumming First United Methodist Church$15,0001n/a
Chabad of North Fulton Inc$15,0001n/a
Cumming Elementary School PTO$14,584215%
Executive Committee of the Baptist Convention of the State of Ga$13,0001n/a
AboutFace - USA$12,6182n/a
No Longer Bound Inc$10,54720%
Mother's Cupboard Inc$10,0001n/a
Forsyth County Sheriffs Explorers Inc$10,00015%
Sagerstrong Foundation Inc$10,000139%
Johns Creek Veterans Association$10,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity - North Central Georgia Inc$10,00010%
City on a Hill Church Inc$10,0001n/a
House of Hope North Georgia$10,0001n/a
Act Together Ministries$10,000119%
Johns Creek Public Safety Foundation Inc$7,8001n/a
Bethany Place Inc$7,44013%
Champions Community Foundation Inc$6,51310%
Variety-The Childrens Charity of Ga$6,50012%
Forsyth County Lions Charities Inc$6,5001n/a
Kilough Elementary Parent Teacher Organization$6,2711n/a
North Metro Miracle League Inc$5,5001n/a
Mill Springs Academy Inc$5,39010%
Cherokee County Sheriffs Foundation Inc$5,29218%

What it could do for these grantees

Where it is load-bearing

Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul Georgia Inc: $62,900 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Place of Forsyth County Inc: $50,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMust Ministries Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGwinnett Tech Foundation Inc: $47,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetThe Unseen Hand Ministries Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetUniversity of North Georgia Foundation Inc: $37,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSenior Services North Fulton Inc: $33,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThere's Hope for the Hungry Inc: $32,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetSkye Precious Kids Inc: $31,699 over 2y, 32% of budgetGlory Hope & Life Inc: $27,160 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetMinistries of Grace Inc - Ga: $27,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNorth Fulton Community Charities Inc: $25,008 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGeorgia Mountain Food Bank Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGood Shepherd Clinic of Dawson Coun: $22,100 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetForsyth County Family Haven Inc: $20,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International Inc: $19,140 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAls United of Georgia Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKare for Kids Inc: $17,800 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetLanier Technical College Foundation: $17,500 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetBald Ridge Lodge Inc: $15,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetMeals on Wheels America: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCumming Elementary School PTO: $14,584 over 2y, 15% of budgetNo Longer Bound Inc: $10,547 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetForsyth County Sheriffs Explorers Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetSagerstrong Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetHabitat for Humanity - North Central Georgia Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAct Together Ministries: $10,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetBethany Place Inc: $7,440 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetChampions Community Foundation Inc: $6,513 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVariety-The Childrens Charity of Ga: $6,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMill Springs Academy Inc: $5,390 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCherokee County Sheriffs Foundation Inc: $5,292 over 1y, 7.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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.

Atlanta Community Food Bank IncGA31.9× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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Find your warmest path to Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation Inc

How much does Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation Inc give?
Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation Inc reported 17 itemized grants totaling $221,800, out of $484,325 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (34%), Food & Nutrition (18%), Education (16%).
Who are Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Society of St Vincent de Paul Georgia Inc ($63k), The Place of Forsyth County Inc ($51k), Must Ministries Inc ($50k).
Does Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc, Georgia Power Foundation Inc, North Georgia Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation Inc based?
Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation Inc is based in GA.

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 51 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 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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