· Private foundation
The Hibernian Society of Savannah Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k17 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SACRED HEART CHURCH | $10,000 |
| ST VINCENT'S ACADEMY | $7,000 |
| BENEDICTINE MILITARY SCHOOL | $7,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| THE HIBERNIAN SOCIETY OF SAVANNAH SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $5,000 |
| AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA | $2,800 |
| CHATHAMSAVANNAH CITIZENS ADVOCACY | $2,200 |
| SAINT JOSEPH'SCANDLER FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| CATHOLIC CEMETERY PRESERVATION SOCIETY | $1,400 |
| CATHEDRAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY | $1,400 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,200 |
| INTERNATIONAL SEAMAN'S HOUSE | $1,200 |
| SOLDIER RECOVERY UNIT FAMILY READINESS UNIT | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- T2THE 200 CLUB OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC6× · 2017–2024 · $5k · revenue +195%
- GSGeorgia Southern University Foundation Inc2× · 2023–2024 · $4k · revenue +68%
- SOSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL GEORGIA INC2× · 2019–2020 · $1k · revenue +98%
Funded once
- QPQUALIFIED PUBLIC AND RELIGIOUSone grant, 2021 · $30k
- QPQUALIFIED PUBLIC AND RELIGOUSone grant, 2022 · $29k
- CDCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SAVANNAHone grant, 2020 · $1k
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.
6 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. 6 of the 36 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
Open a dossier: Colonial Foundation Inc · The Savannah Community Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Hibernian Society of Savannah Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hibernian Society of Savannah Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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