Georgia · Private foundation
The Ligon Foundation
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.
- $125k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $35,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations The Ligon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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 | 12 | $125k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $114k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $100k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $96k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $113k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $122k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $141k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $161k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Walker School Inc | $193,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Emory University | $182,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Wesleyan University | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Team Type 1 Inc | $71,250 | 4 | 8% |
| Brewton-Parker College Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Rally Foundation Inc | $28,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Center for American Values | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Children's Miracle Network | $8,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Muscogee County School District | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Beret Foundation | $7,342 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Walker School Inc | $193,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Emory University | $182,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Wesleyan University | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Team Type 1 Inc | $71,250 | 4 | 8% |
| Brewton-Parker College Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Rally Foundation Inc | $28,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Center for American Values | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Children's Miracle Network | $8,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Muscogee County School District | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Beret Foundation | $7,342 | 2 | 0% |
| Joined for Good Inc Dba Brackets for Good | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mill Springs Academy Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Luke Project Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Twin Lakes Inc | $575 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($324k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ligon Foundation supplied at peak.
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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Ligon Foundation
- How much does The Ligon Foundation give?
- The Ligon Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $125,015 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ligon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (68%), Health (14%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are The Ligon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Walker School Inc ($193k), Emory University ($183k), Wesleyan University ($80k).
- Does The Ligon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ligon 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 Ligon Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Ligon Foundation based?
- The Ligon Foundation is based in GA.
Play a game based on Ligon’s filings →