· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k13 grants · $62k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $158k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FUMC | $65,000 |
| MUST MINISTRIES | $35,000 |
| MARIETTA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION | $16,500 |
| MARIETTA EDUCATIONAL GARDEN CENTER | $15,000 |
| CALVARY CHILDREN'S HOME | $15,000 |
| COBB LANDMARKS & HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $15,000 |
| MOUNTAIN TOP BOY'S HOME | $15,000 |
| MARIETTA KIWANIS FOUNDATION | $12,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE STRAND INC | $12,000 |
| LIVE SAFE RESOURCES | $12,000 |
| MARIETTA COBB MUSEUM OF ART | $10,000 |
| MARIETTA HISTORY CENTER | $8,000 |
| ANGEL FLIGHT SOARS INC | $6,500 |
| COBB COUNTY YOUTH MUSEUM | $6,000 |
| NOBIS WORKS | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $380k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MMMust Ministries Inc5× · 2020–2024 · $280k · revenue +46%
- MCMARIETTA COBB MUSEUM OF ART INC5× · 2020–2024 · $132k · revenue +71%
- MSMarietta Schools Foundation Inc5× · 2020–2024 · $124k · revenue +245%
Funded once
- MGMARIETTA GARDEN CENTERone grant, 2020 · $10k
- PSPARK STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLone grant, 2021 · $10k
- NHNEW HOPE SOUTH BAPTIST CHURCHone grant, 2021 · $8k
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.
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.
The mission of the Cobb Collaborative is to convene community stakeholders to facilitate the sharing of ideas, expertise and resources to meet needs and resolve issues in Cobb County. The vision is that all individuals, families, and…
To support the cobb county chamber of commerce, inc. in accomplishing community development in the cobb county, georgia area.
Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. (the Organization) is a nonprofit organization which strengthens and supports court-sanctioned, affiliate CASA programs that empower community volunteers who advocate for abused or neglected…
Macon resources, inc. (mri) provides comprehensive habilitative and rehabilitative training programs and support services to individuals (and the family of individuals) who have a developmental disability, mental illness, or other…
To promote, assist and support the development, growth & continuation of children's advocacy centers in the state of Georgia.
To enhance the economic development of cobb county and the metro atlanta region, specifically focusing on the interests and plans of cobb county, its cities, and educational institutions as well as targeted economic development and job…
All program services are for preschool and elementary school education for children ages 15 months to 12 years old with a goal of becoming a recognized authority and practitioner in achieving superlative outcomes based on the Montessori…
Creative community services (ccs) improves the quality of life for children teens and adults with developmental disabilities and mental health needs, and their families, by providing direct services and community-based support throughout…
Special Needs Cobb, Inc. is committed to promoting opportunities for all people with developmental disabilities to live full, productive, self-determined lives of the highest quality by fostering local communities which embrace all people.
Provide the highest quality of educational & therapeutical programming available to children with/without disabilities by nurturing & chall- enging each student on his/her own level of development & curriculum.
To promote employment and education opportunities that strengthen the workforce and economic development in our community.
Supporting people with special needs to lead fulfilled lives.
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 40 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Must Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds MARIETTA COBB MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds Marietta Schools Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds CALVARY CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
- Who funds MARIETTA EDUCATIONAL GARDEN CENTER ↗
- Who funds The Extension Inc ↗
- Who funds MOUNTAIN TOP BOYS HOME INC ↗
- Who funds COBB LANDMARKS & HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE STRAND INC ↗
- Who funds LiveSafe Resources Inc ↗
- Who funds THE MARIETTA KIWANIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds COBB COUNTY YOUTH MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds ANGEL FLIGHT SOARS INC ↗
- Who funds SafePath Children's Advocacy Center Inc ↗
- Who funds 10 WOMEN OF HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds NOBIS WORKS INC ↗
- Who funds THE GEORGIA BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds GEORGIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS GEORGIA INC ↗
- Who funds COBB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Vaughan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Vaughan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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