Georgia · Private foundation
The Frances Pilling and John B Cross Jr 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.
- $143k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations The Frances Pilling and John B Cross Jr Foundation 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; $17k 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 | 11 | $143k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $147k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $152k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $172k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $144k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $130k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paducah Symphony Orchestra Inc | $79,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Meals on Wheels of Middle Georgia Inc | $57,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Community Assistance Center Inc | $55,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Fostering Great Ideas | $35,000 | 6 | 1% |
| George West Mental Health Foundation Inc | $22,750 | 6 | 0% |
| St Marks Episcopal Church | $22,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Georgia Mountain Food Bank Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Drake House Inc | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wellspring Living Inc | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Our House Inc | $10,450 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paducah Symphony Orchestra Inc | $79,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Meals on Wheels of Middle Georgia Inc | $57,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Community Assistance Center Inc | $55,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Fostering Great Ideas | $35,000 | 6 | 1% |
| George West Mental Health Foundation Inc | $22,750 | 6 | 0% |
| St Marks Episcopal Church | $22,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Georgia Mountain Food Bank Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Drake House Inc | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wellspring Living Inc | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Our House Inc | $10,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Clinic of Dawson Coun | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Status Home Inc F/K/A Jerusalem House Inc | $9,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Piedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Sheltering Arms Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Westminster Schools Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Adaptive Learning Center for Infants and Children Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Solidarity Sandy Springs Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($508k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Frances Pilling and John B Cross Jr Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation Inc · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Frances Pilling and John B Cross Jr Foundation with peer funders
About The Frances Pilling and John B Cross Jr Foundation
- How much does The Frances Pilling and John B Cross Jr Foundation give?
- The Frances Pilling and John B Cross Jr Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $143,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Frances Pilling and John B Cross Jr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (59%), Housing & Shelter (12%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are The Frances Pilling and John B Cross Jr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Paducah Symphony Orchestra Inc ($79k), Meals on Wheels of Middle Georgia Inc ($57k), Community Assistance Center Inc ($56k).
- Does The Frances Pilling and John B Cross Jr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Frances Pilling and John B Cross Jr Foundation 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 The Frances Pilling and John B Cross Jr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Georgia Power Foundation Inc, The Imlay Foundation Inc, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is The Frances Pilling and John B Cross Jr Foundation based?
- The Frances Pilling and John B Cross Jr Foundation is based in GA.
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