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The Greene-Sawtell Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$526k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Education$1.5MCommunity Improvement$412kHousing & Shelter$207kAnimals$200kHealth$175kHuman Services$145kArts & Culture$125kReligion$70kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $143k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $375k
$27,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE LOVETT SCHOOL$200,000
GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FDN INC$125,000
CHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER$50,000
YOUNG HARRIS COLLEGE$40,000
REINHARDT UNIVERSITY$27,500
IGNATIUS HOUSE JESUIT RETREAT CENTER$25,000
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ATLANTA$25,000
SPECIAL NEEDS COBB$25,000
HOPE ATLANTA$7,441
GEORGIA JUSTICE PROJECT$1,104
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–21, $140k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $25k → 14%CARINGWORKS: $50k → 14%GEORGIA CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCACY INC: $50k → 14%CROSSROADS COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $15k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.1M · 4 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +3% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

4 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
26

Total granted

$1.1M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
0%

Still filing today

100%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $334k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GA
    GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $412k · revenue 0%
  • WA
    WOODWARD ACADEMY INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $326k · revenue +67%
  • REINHARDT UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $210k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • AS
    Agnes Scott Collegegraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue +39%
  • ZA
    ZOO ATLANTA
    one grant, 2022 · $200k
  • RG
    Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School
    one grant, 2022 · $175k · revenue -19%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Spelman College

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.

Education
2
King's Ridge Christian School

King's Ridge Christian School is a Christian community providing a college preparatory education equipping students to know, to serve, and to believe.

Education
3
Morehouse School of Medicine

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…

Education
4
Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures Inc

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively as a supporting organization to and for the benefit of the georgia institute of technology to foster and support education and scientific research and economic development…

Education
5
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
6
Clark Atlanta University Inc

Clark atlanta university is a research institution with activity characterized by a focus on the intellectual and personal development of each student. its purpose is to prepare a community of learners who excel in their chosen endeavors…

Education
7
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
8
Georgia Center for Opportunity Inc

Georgia Center for Opportunity GCO is an independent, non-partisan think tank dedicated to increasing opportunity and improving the quality of life for all Georgians.

Education
9
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
10
Atlanta Historical Society Inc

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…

Arts & Culture
11
Annandale At Suwanee Inc

To perpetuate a village community to provide progressive life assistance to adults with developmental disabilities so that they can maximize their abilities and maintain their independence in the least restrictive environment.

Health
12
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

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.…

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Our House Inc and the most unlike its peers is Corners Outreach Llc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 49 years old; the field is 10. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number31%0%<5yr18%3%5–10yr21%13%10–20yr15%10%20–35yr8%33%35–55yr8%40%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value31%0%<5yr18%1%5–10yr21%6%10–20yr15%4%20–35yr8%26%35–55yr8%63%55yr+

The field is 31% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 22% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/30
the rest of the field
22%
4,527/20,877

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
13/29
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

WOODWARD ACADEMY INC — $325,527 · EducationWOODWARD ACADEMY INCREINHARDT UNIVERSITY — $210,000 · EducationREINHARDT UNIVERSITYTHE LOVETT SCHOOL INC — $200,000 · EducationTHE LOVETT SCHOOL INCYOUNG HARRIS COLLEGE — $189,743 · EducationYOUNG HARRIS COLLEGERabun Gap-Nacoochee School — $175,000 · EducationRabun Gap-Nacoochee School+1 more — $30,000 · EducationAgnes Scott College — $250,000 · OtherAgnes Scott CollegeZOO ATLANTA — $200,000 · OtherZOO ATLANTASALVATION ARMY METRO — $100,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY METROTHE SHELTERING ARMS INC — $75,000 · OtherTHE SHELTERING ARMS INCWELLROOT — $50,000 · OtherTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR — $35,000 · OtherCHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER INC — $50,000 · Other+11 more — $196,655 · Other+11 moreGREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC — $412,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER ATLANTA…ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC — $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ATLANTA INC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC RURAL CHURCHES OF GEORGIA INC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureHillside Inc — $50,000 · HealthTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC — $50,000 · HealthFOUNDATION OF WESLEY WOODS INC — $45,000 · HealthGEORGIA CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCACY INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesCaringWorks Inc — $50,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $25,000 · Human ServicesCrossroads Community Ministries Inc — $15,000 · Human ServicesATLANTA LAND TRUST INC — $100,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more — $3,156 · Housing & Shelter
Education$1,130,270Other$956,655Philanthropy$412,000Arts & Culture$150,000Health$145,000Human Services$140,000Housing & Shelter$103,156

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC — $412,000 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetWOODWARD ACADEMY INC — $325,527 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAgnes Scott College — $250,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetREINHARDT UNIVERSITY — $210,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LOVETT SCHOOL INC — $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG HARRIS COLLEGE — $189,743 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRabun Gap-Nacoochee School — $175,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetATLANTA LAND TRUST INC — $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHELTERING ARMS INC — $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGEORGIA CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCACY INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHillside Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCaringWorks Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFOUNDATION OF WESLEY WOODS INC — $45,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLaGrange College — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGeorgia Council on Economic Education — $30,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetOUR HOUSE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ATLANTA INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHISTORIC RURAL CHURCHES OF GEORGIA INC — $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORNERS OUTREACH LLC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE STUDY HALL INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCrossroads Community Ministries Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHOPE ATLANTA INC — $7,441 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY HOUSING SOUTHEAST — $3,156 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA JUSTICE PROJECT INC — $1,104 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Georgia Power Foundat…The Community Foundat…Tw Marian W Ottley At…Tr Uw Charles I BrananAtl Fdn-W Peters MainTull Charitable Found…The Imlay Foundation …Frances Wood Wilson F…J Bulow Campbell Foun…United Way of Greater…Ryan Ida Alice Tuw Ma…The Waterfall Foundat…
Georgia Power Foundation IncGA40.7× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc · J Bulow Campbell Foundation · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Ryan Ida Alice Tuw Main · The Waterfall Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Greene-Sawtell Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Greene-Sawtell Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Greene-Sawtell Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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