Georgia · Private foundation
The Kole Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $468,092
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Kole Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 4 | $1.3M | 75% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $359k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $347k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $1k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $57k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $12k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah Museum of African Art Inc | $1,171,097 | 4 | 96% |
| Hospice Savannah Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Jewish Educational Alliance of Savannah Georgia Inc | $375,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Senior Citizens Inc | $21,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Union Mission Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of the Coastal Empire | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Mickve Israel | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Historic Savannah Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kids Kicking Cancer Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family & Career Services Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah Museum of African Art Inc | $1,171,097 | 4 | 96% |
| Hospice Savannah Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Jewish Educational Alliance of Savannah Georgia Inc | $375,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Senior Citizens Inc | $21,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Union Mission Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of the Coastal Empire | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Mickve Israel | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Historic Savannah Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kids Kicking Cancer Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family & Career Services Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| America's Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Temple Sinai Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Kole Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Kole Foundation Inc
- How much does The Kole Foundation Inc give?
- The Kole Foundation Inc reported 4 grants totaling $1,343,192 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Kole Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (55%), Health (24%), Religion (18%).
- Who are The Kole Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Savannah Museum of African Art Inc ($1.2M), Hospice Savannah Inc ($500k), Jewish Educational Alliance of Savannah Georgia Inc ($375k).
- Does The Kole Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kole Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Kole Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Savannah Community Foundation Inc, Amg Charitable Gift Foundation, Georgia Power Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Kole Foundation Inc based?
- The Kole Foundation Inc is based in GA.
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