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University System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates

The mission of the University System of Georgia Foundation, a cooperative organization of the Board of Regents, is to support and advance the work of the University System of Georgia consistent with the University System's Strategic Plan.

$5.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
36
Itemized grants FY2025
29
Organizations funded FY2024
3%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$5.0M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$51,879
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,168,831
Organizations funded a year
20 to 33
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$527M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 3% of the organizations University System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $94k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
PhilanthropyEducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CulturePublic 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving33$5.0M12%
FY202429$4.1M3%
FY202328$4.0M4%
FY202220$1.5M20%
FY202126$1.6M0%
FY202031$1.8M13%
FY201931$2.0M13%
FY201833$1.6M27%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$23MHuman Services$499k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Georgia College & State University$2,965,7924n/a
Georgia State University Foundation Inc$2,024,24591%
Fort Valley State University$1,902,7804n/a
Kennesaw State University Foundation Inc$1,810,63081%
Columbus State University Foundation Inc$1,368,40592%
Gordon State College Foundation Inc$1,078,151837%
Albany State University$901,1504n/a
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Foundation Inc$860,12295%
Georgia Southern University Foundation Inc$772,43592%
Georgia Southwestern Foundationinc$735,617811%
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All grantees of University System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Georgia College & State University$2,965,7924n/a
Georgia State University Foundation Inc$2,024,24591%
Fort Valley State University$1,902,7804n/a
Kennesaw State University Foundation Inc$1,810,63081%
Columbus State University Foundation Inc$1,368,40592%
Gordon State College Foundation Inc$1,078,151837%
Albany State University$901,1504n/a
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Foundation Inc$860,12295%
Georgia Southern University Foundation Inc$772,43592%
Georgia Southwestern Foundationinc$735,617811%
Middle Georgia State University Foundation Inc$687,01094%
University of North Georgia Foundation Inc$684,64191%
Ga Southwestern St Univ$663,0851n/a
South Georgia State College Foundation Inc$538,981943%
Fostering Success Act Inc$498,81417%
Dalton State College Foundation$470,6059n/a
Augusta State University Foundation$462,7018n/a
Savannah State University Foundation Inc and Subsidiaries$449,88192%
East Georgia State College Foundation Inc$395,506921%
Fort Valley State University Founda Inc$395,32699%
The University of Georgia Foundation$393,77680%
Albany State University Foundation Inc$258,70092%
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$226,55090%
Georgia Gwinnett College Foundation Inc$221,31980%
Clayton State University Foundation$192,75780%
Georgia College & State University Foundation Inc$191,35180%
University of West Georgia Foundation Inc$190,13480%
Atlanta Metropolitan College Foundation Incorporated$185,051826%
Armstrong Foundation of Georgia Southern University Inc$160,31222%
Reach Georgia Foundation Inc$155,00034%
Georgia Highlands College Foundation Inc$146,87772%
Middle Georgia State University$131,8061n/a
Augusta University Real Estate Foundation Inc$110,22530%
Gordon State College$98,3101n/a
Valdosta State University$96,0004n/a
University of North Georgia$93,9111n/a
Valdosta State University Foundation Inc$68,33230%
College Of Coastal Georgia Foundation Inc$66,00014%
Georgia State University$49,6653n/a
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College$45,0681n/a
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia$45,0111n/a
University of Georgia$38,7004n/a
Augusta University$25,0001n/a
Middle Georgia College$20,0001n/a
Georgia Institute of Technology$10,9701n/a
Georgia Education Advancement Council (Geac)$10,000172%
Kennesaw State University$6,7921n/a
Georgia Southern University$6,0001n/a
Northeast Georgia History Center at Brenau University Inc$5,00011%
Leadership Georgia Foundation Inc$5,00011%

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($299k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

University System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $2,024,245 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetKennesaw State University Foundation Inc: $1,810,630 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetColumbus State University Foundation Inc: $1,368,405 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetGordon State College Foundation Inc: $1,078,151 over 8y, 37% of budgetAbraham Baldwin Agricultural College Foundation Inc: $860,122 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetGeorgia Southern University Foundation Inc: $772,435 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetGeorgia Southwestern Foundationinc: $735,617 over 8y, 11% of budgetMiddle Georgia State University Foundation Inc: $687,010 over 9y, 3.7% of budgetUniversity of North Georgia Foundation Inc: $684,641 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetSouth Georgia State College Foundation Inc: $538,981 over 9y, 43% of budgetFostering Success Act Inc: $498,814 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetSavannah State University Foundation Inc and Subsidiaries: $449,881 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetEast Georgia State College Foundation Inc: $395,506 over 9y, 21% of budgetFort Valley State University Founda Inc: $395,326 over 9y, 8.6% of budgetThe University of Georgia Foundation: $393,776 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAlbany State University Foundation Inc: $258,700 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetGeorgia Tech Foundation Inc: $226,550 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Gwinnett College Foundation Inc: $221,319 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetClayton State University Foundation: $192,757 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetGeorgia College & State University Foundation Inc: $191,351 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of West Georgia Foundation Inc: $190,134 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetAtlanta Metropolitan College Foundation Incorporated: $185,051 over 8y, 26% of budgetArmstrong Foundation of Georgia Southern University Inc: $160,312 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetReach Georgia Foundation Inc: $155,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetGeorgia Highlands College Foundation Inc: $146,877 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetAugusta University Real Estate Foundation Inc: $110,225 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetValdosta State University Foundation Inc: $68,332 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCollege Of Coastal Georgia Foundation Inc: $66,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetGeorgia Education Advancement Council (Geac): $10,000 over 1y, 72% of budgetNortheast Georgia History Center at Brenau University Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLeadership Georgia Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 31.

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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.

Georgia Power Foundation IncGA29.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · Flint Energies Foundation Inc · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · Southern Company Charitable Foundation Inc · North Georgia Community Foundation Inc · Fuller E Callaway Professorial Chairs Tr · Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities · The Savannah Community Foundation Inc · Emory University

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.

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About University System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates

How much does University System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates give?
University System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates reported 36 itemized grants totaling $4,996,522, out of $5,561,510 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does University System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (98%), Human Services (2%).
Who are University System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Georgia College & State University ($3.0M), Georgia State University Foundation Inc ($2.0M), Fort Valley State University ($1.9M).
Does University System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as University System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Georgia Power Foundation Inc, Tulsa Community Foundation, Flint Energies Foundation Inc.
Where is University System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates based?
University System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates is based in GA.

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 62 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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