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The Greene-Sawtell Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
SPECIAL NEEDS COBB$25,000
IGNATIUS HOUSE JESUIT RETREAT CENTER$25,000
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ATLANTA$25,000
HOPE ATLANTA$7,441
GEORGIA JUSTICE PROJECT$1,104
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its 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 its 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
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +3% since the first grant, against 0% for those 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
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.

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%
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.

04Its field

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.

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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Our House Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

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

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 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
12/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 · HealthCaringWorks Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesGEORGIA CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCACY 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetCaringWorks Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHillside Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGEORGIA CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCACY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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 budgetGeorgia Council on Economic Education: $30,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetLaGrange College: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ATLANTA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOUR HOUSE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC RURAL CHURCHES OF GEORGIA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetTHE STUDY HALL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCORNERS OUTREACH LLC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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
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.

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.

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

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Greene-Sawtell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Greene-Sawtell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's 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
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 37 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-PF 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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