Georgia · Private foundation
The Vaughan 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.
- $284k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 29
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 4% of the organizations The Vaughan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 24 | $284k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $281k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $141k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $890k | 79% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $81k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Must Ministries Inc | $280,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Marietta Cobb Museum of Art Inc | $132,400 | 5 | 8% |
| Marietta Schools Foundation Inc | $124,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Calvary Children's Home | $100,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Marietta Educational Garden Center | $100,000 | 3 | 25% |
| The Extension Inc | $90,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Mountain Top Boys Home Inc | $65,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Friends of the Strand Inc | $44,000 | 3 | 1% |
| LiveSafe Resources Inc | $37,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Must Ministries Inc | $280,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Marietta Cobb Museum of Art Inc | $132,400 | 5 | 8% |
| Marietta Schools Foundation Inc | $124,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Calvary Children's Home | $100,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Marietta Educational Garden Center | $100,000 | 3 | 25% |
| The Extension Inc | $90,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Mountain Top Boys Home Inc | $65,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Friends of the Strand Inc | $44,000 | 3 | 1% |
| LiveSafe Resources Inc | $37,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Marietta Kiwanis Foundation Inc | $34,896 | 4 | 22% |
| Cobb County Youth Museum Inc | $31,000 | 4 | 13% |
| Angel Flight Soars Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| SafePath Children's Advocacy Center Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| 10 Women of Hope Inc | $19,500 | 4 | 10% |
| Nobis Works Inc | $15,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Georgia Ballet Inc | $14,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Georgia Symphony Orchestra | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Georgia Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marietta City Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($480k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Vaughan Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 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: Cobb Community Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Steve Virginia Tumlin Foundatio · Cobb Emc Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Lucia and Mark Wilton Charitable Foundation Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About The Vaughan Foundation
- How much does The Vaughan Foundation give?
- The Vaughan Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $284,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 29 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Vaughan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (19%), Arts & Culture (18%), Religion (17%).
- Who are The Vaughan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Must Ministries Inc ($280k), Marietta Cobb Museum of Art Inc ($132k), Marietta Schools Foundation Inc ($124k).
- Does The Vaughan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Vaughan 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 Vaughan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cobb Community Foundation Inc, Georgia Power Foundation Inc, Steve Virginia Tumlin Foundatio.
- Where is The Vaughan Foundation based?
- The Vaughan Foundation is based in GA.
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