Georgia · Private foundation
The Ma-Ran 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.
- $44M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $538,388
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $7,511,586
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 26
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $690M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The Ma-Ran Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11M 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 | 23 | $38M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $15M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $12M | 14% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $8.7M | 35% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $12M | 35% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $6.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| George West Mental Health Foundation Inc | $17,694,198 | 2 | 25% |
| Beebe Medical Foundation | $14,446,654 | 5 | 53% |
| Emory University | $11,856,274 | 6 | 0% |
| The Lovett School Inc | $6,652,815 | 6 | 5% |
| Atlanta Speech School Inc | $6,282,637 | 4 | 6% |
| Atlanta Historical Society Inc | $5,071,236 | 3 | 12% |
| Lift Youth Center Inc | $5,031,945 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Beach House Inc | $2,148,515 | 5 | 24% |
| Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities Inc | $1,669,414 | 1 | 6% |
| The Lewes Historical Society Inc | $1,202,644 | 3 | 49% |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($14M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Ma-Ran Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 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 Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Red Wagon Calagione Family Foundation F/K/A Beer & Benevolence Foundation · Carolyn S & Donald F Obrecht Foundation · Fraser-Parker Foundation · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About The Ma-Ran Foundation
- How much does The Ma-Ran Foundation give?
- The Ma-Ran Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $43,584,187 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 26 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Ma-Ran Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (35%), Education (31%), Philanthropy (9%).
- Who are The Ma-Ran Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: George West Mental Health Foundation Inc ($18M), Beebe Medical Foundation ($14M), Emory University ($12M).
- Does The Ma-Ran Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ma-Ran 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 Ma-Ran Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, Red Wagon Calagione Family Foundation F/K/A Beer & Benevolence Foundation, Carolyn S & Donald F Obrecht Foundation.
- Where is The Ma-Ran Foundation based?
- The Ma-Ran Foundation is based in GA.
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