Georgia · Private foundation
The John and Mary Neff 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.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
70% of The John and Mary Neff Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation For Greater Atlanta Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year The John and Mary Neff Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 19
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 53% of the organizations The John and Mary Neff Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $1.9M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $1.6M | 53% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $210k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $75k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $250 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Science in the Public Interest | $1,100,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $1,010,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Society for Science & the Public | $766,033 | 3 | 0% |
| Georgia Tech Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc | $140,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Trees Atlanta Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Horizons Atlanta Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Inspiredu Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Good Samaritan Health Center Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Science Atl Inc D/B/A Atlanta Science Festival Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 54% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Science in the Public Interest | $1,100,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $1,010,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Society for Science & the Public | $766,033 | 3 | 0% |
| Georgia Tech Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc | $140,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Trees Atlanta Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Horizons Atlanta Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Inspiredu Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Good Samaritan Health Center Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Science Atl Inc D/B/A Atlanta Science Festival Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 54% |
| Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics Inc | $25,250 | 3 | 12% |
| National Park Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Well Alliance | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wholesome Wave Georgia Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Georgia Organics Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wylde Center Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($990k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The John and Mary Neff Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Zeist Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · AEC Trust · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The John and Mary Neff Foundation
- How much does The John and Mary Neff Foundation give?
- The John and Mary Neff Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $2,110,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 19 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The John and Mary Neff Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (34%), Food & Nutrition (26%), Education (19%).
- Who are The John and Mary Neff Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Center for Science in the Public Interest ($1.1M), The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc ($1.0M), Society for Science & the Public ($766k).
- Does The John and Mary Neff Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John and Mary Neff 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 John and Mary Neff Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Zeist Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc, The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc.
- Where is The John and Mary Neff Foundation based?
- The John and Mary Neff Foundation is based in GA.
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