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The Sapelo Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Sapelo Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Environment$3.5MCivil Rights$2.0MPublic Benefit$1.4MCrime & Legal$696kPhilanthropy$580kEducation$444kYouth Development$420kCommunity Improvement$233kOther$0
02FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $617k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $497k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GEORGIA RIVER NETWORK INC$250,000
PROGEORGIA STATE TABLE INC$100,000
SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS$100,000
COMMUNITY IN SCHOOLS OF GLYNN COUNTY INC$85,000
GLYNN ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION INC$62,000
GEORGIA BUDGET AND POLICY INSTITUTE INC$50,000
BVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE$50,000
GEORGIA ALLIANCE EDUCATION FUND$50,000
NEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC$40,000
FAIR COUNT$40,000
AS YOU SOW$40,000
GEORGIA JUSTICE PROJECT INC$35,000
GEORGIA CONSERVATION VOTERS ED FUND$35,000
DEEP CENTER$35,000
GEORGIA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE$35,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $309k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%COASTAL GEORGIA AREA COMMUNITY ACTION AUTHORITY INC: $128k → 16%VOICES FOR GEORGIA'S CHILDREN INC: $70k → 16%COASTAL GEORGIA AREA COMMUNITY ACTION AUTHORITY INC: $50k → 16%HARAMBEE HOUSE: $40k → 16%VOICES FOR GEORGIA'S CHILDREN INC: $20k → 16%COASTAL GEORGIA AREA COMMUNITY ACTION AUTHORITY INC: $1k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 96% of The Sapelo Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in GA; by stated purpose, 1%.

The Sapelo Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.8M · 55 repeat orgs$760k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
22

Total granted

$8.8M
$700k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+30%

Still filing today

64%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesEducationPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GR
    GEORGIA RIVER NETWORK INC dba GEORGIA RIVERS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +139% · 51% of their budget
  • PS
    PROGEORGIA STATE TABLE INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $791k · revenue +101%
  • GC
    GEORGIA CONSERVATION VOTERS ED FUND
    4× · 2021–2024 · $326k · revenue +92%

Funded once

  • GF
    GEORGIANS FOR A HEALTH FUTURE
    one grant, 2020 · $150k
  • GN
    GEORGIA NAACP
    one grant, 2020 · $125k
  • PF
    PARTNERSHIP FOR SOUTHERN EQUITY
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +7%
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.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Environment Georgia Research and Policy Center

The corporation is organized for the purpose of conducting public interest research, policy development, analysis, and education to protect the environment and people of Georgia, including, but not limited to, the quality of Georgia's air,…

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2
Competitive Georgia Inc

Competitive Georgia is dedicated to fostering a balanced, fair, and predictable legal environment in Georgia through tort reform that curbs frivolous lawsuits, stabilizes insurance costs, and promotes economic growth while preserving…

Public Benefit
3
American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia Inc

The aclu of georgia is dedicated to preserving the civil liberties enshrined in the u.s. constitution and bill of rights. through litigation, lobbying, and communications, the aclu of georgia works to preserve and enhance the rights of all…

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4
Georgia League of Conservation Voters

GCVs mission is to advocate for public policies that advance a more just and sustainable future, campaign for candidates who will make climate and environmental justice a priority, and hold elected officials accountable for their actions…

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5
Georgia Association of Conservation Districts Inc

Advocating for the conservation of Georgias natural resources by providing organization, leadership and a unified strategic direction to the soil and water conservation districts of the state.

Environment
6
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership

Through rigorous immersive educational experiences help equip Georgia leaders with the environmental knowledge, perspectives, and relationships they need to lead our state for decades to come.

Environment
7
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
8
Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education Inc

Inform and influence georgia leaders through research and non-partisan advocacy to impact education policies and practices for the improvement of student achievement.

Education
9
Georgia Conservancy Inc

To protect georgia through ecological and economic solutions for stewardship, conservation, and sustainable use of the land and its resources.

Environment
10
Southern Coalition for Social Justice

Southern coalition for social justice partners with communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities across the south to defend and advance their political, social, and economic rights. through an intersectional and…

Crime & Legal
11
Georgia Strong Committee

Promote social welfare of Georgia communities through events that celebrate the history, culture, and constitutional framework of the state of Georgia, and educating opinion leaders and the public on on economic development in Georgia and…

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12
Transforming Georgia Inc

Transforming Georgia, Inc. is organized to make an indelible impact on the lives of Georgians through fighting for voting rights, supporting legislative solutions, programs and other proactive efforts to transform our communities.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southwest Ga Project for Community Education Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fort Valley State College National Alumni Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

49 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. 49 of the 82 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/49
Grantees still filing
33/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GEORGIA RIVER NETWORK INC dba GEORGIA RIVERS: $1,947,000 · EnvironmentGEORGIA RIVER NETWORK INC dba GEOR…GEORGIA CONSERVATION VOTERS ED FUND: $326,000 · EnvironmentGEORGIA CONSERVATION VOTERS ED FUN…One Hundred Miles Inc: $175,000 · EnvironmentOne Hundred Miles IncCOASTAL GEORGIA INDICATORS COALITION INC: $112,500 · EnvironmentGEORGIA FORESTWATCH INC: $107,200 · Environment+10 more: $367,030 · Environment+10 morePROGEORGIA STATE TABLE INC: $790,500 · Civil RightsPROGEORGIA STATE TABLE INCSouthern Center for Human Rights: $763,000 · Civil RightsSouthern Center for Human Ri…NEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC: $397,000 · Civil RightsNEW GEORGIA PROJECT INCGEORGIA APPLESEED INC: $305,000 · Civil RightsGEORGIA APPLESEED INCBVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC: $170,000 · Civil RightsBVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTIT…+3 more: $113,500 · Civil RightsCOMMUNITY IN SCHOOLS OF GLYNN COUNTY INC: $330,300 · OtherCOMMUNITY IN SCHOOLS OF GLYN…GLYNN ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION INC: $291,110 · OtherGLYNN ENVIRONMENTAL COALITIO…AS YOU SOW: $160,000 · OtherAS YOU SOWGEORGIANS FOR A HEALTH FUTURE: $150,000 · OtherGEORGIANS FOR A HEALTH FUTUR…IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $150,000 · OtherIMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CEN…GEORGIA NAACP: $125,000 · OtherSOUTHWEST GA PROJECT FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION INC: $120,000 · OtherSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $110,000 · OtherDEEP CENTER INCORPORATED: $190,000 · OtherDEEP CENTER INCORPORATEDGEORGIA JUSTICE PROJECT INC: $177,000 · OtherGEORGIA JUSTICE PROJECT INCBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA INC: $110,000 · OtherPARTNERSHIP FOR SOUTHERN EQUITY: $100,000 · Other+36 more: $520,066 · Other+36 moreGEORGIA BUDGET AND POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $559,000 · Public BenefitGEORGIA WAND EDUCATION FUND: $139,000 · Public BenefitCOMMUNITIES OF COASTAL GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC: $405,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA INC: $175,000 · PhilanthropyCOASTAL GEORGIA AREA COMMUNITY ACTION AUTHORITY INC: $178,500 · Human ServicesVOICES FOR GEORGIA'S CHILDREN INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesHarambee House Inc: $40,000 · Human ServicesFAIR COUNT INC: $168,000 · Community ImprovementGALEO LATINO COMMUNITY DEVELOP FUND INC: $80,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $12,000 · Community Improvement
Environment$3,034,730Civil Rights$2,539,000Other$2,533,476Public Benefit$698,000Philanthropy$580,000Human Services$308,500Community Improvement$260,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGEORGIA RIVER NETWORK INC dba GEORGIA RIVERS: $1,947,000 over 6y, 51% of budgetPROGEORGIA STATE TABLE INC: $790,500 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetSouthern Center for Human Rights: $763,000 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetGEORGIA BUDGET AND POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $559,000 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES OF COASTAL GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC: $405,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetNEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC: $397,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetGEORGIA CONSERVATION VOTERS ED FUND: $326,000 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetGEORGIA APPLESEED INC: $305,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetGLYNN ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION INC: $291,110 over 5y, 53% of budgetDEEP CENTER INCORPORATED: $190,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetCOASTAL GEORGIA AREA COMMUNITY ACTION AUTHORITY INC: $178,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGEORGIA JUSTICE PROJECT INC: $177,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetOne Hundred Miles Inc: $175,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA INC: $175,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetBVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC: $170,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFAIR COUNT INC: $168,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetGEORGIA WAND EDUCATION FUND: $139,000 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST GA PROJECT FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION INC: $120,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetCOASTAL GEORGIA INDICATORS COALITION INC: $112,500 over 2y, 23% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $110,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA INC: $110,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetGEORGIA FORESTWATCH INC: $107,200 over 5y, 20% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR SOUTHERN EQUITY: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetVOICES FOR GEORGIA'S CHILDREN INC: $90,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetGEORGIA ALLIANCE EDUCATION FUND INC: $81,500 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetGALEO LATINO COMMUNITY DEVELOP FUND INC: $80,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetOGEECHEE RIVERKEEPER INC: $75,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetFLINT RIVERKEEPER INC: $68,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetTHE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER: $64,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC: $51,308 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC: $45,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budget9TO5 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKING WOMEN INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHarambee House Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetAltamaha Riverkeeper Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetCOOSA RIVER BASIN INITIATIVE INC: $29,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetSAVANNAH RIVERKEEPER INC: $25,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetSatilla Riverwatch Alliance Inc: $24,922 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $21,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELL TO SHORE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR ENTREPRENEURS INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREY MATTERS PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetA Better Glynn Inc: $4,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetFORT VALLEY STATE COLLEGE NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCHARLES SHERROD COMMUNITY DEV CORP: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESLEYAN COLLEGE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOGEECHEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budget
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.

The Community Foundat…The Arthur M Blank Fa…Georgia Power Foundat…Amalgamated Charitabl…New Venture FundPatagoniaorgWindward FundUnited Way of Greater…GEORGIA RIVER NETWORK…Communities of Coasta…The Savannah Communit…Annie E Casey Foundat…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA41.3× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Patagoniaorg · Windward Fund · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · GEORGIA RIVER NETWORK INC dba GEORGIA RIVERS · Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation Inc · The Savannah Community Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Sapelo Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sapelo Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Sapelo Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Sapelo Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 82 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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