How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Georgia?

Start with the funders already giving to science in Georgia, currently Centene Foundation, Watson-Brown Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Georgia from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Georgia?

Centene Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Georgia, $1M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Georgia?

$7M reached 22 science organizations in Georgia, from 109 funders. 25% came from funders also based in Georgia.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Georgia · Science

Who funds science in Georgia

Funding is concentrated: Georgia Southern University alone draws 59% of every science grant dollar in Georgia. Most of it comes from outside Georgia: only 25% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$7M

granted

organizations

25%

from in-state

The short version

109 funders gave $7M to 22 science organizations in Georgia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
25% of that came from funders also based in Georgia; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Georgia is Centene Foundation, at $1M.
The science organization drawing the most is Georgia Southern University, at $4M.

Largest funders of science in Georgia

The funders giving the most to science organizations in Georgia, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Centene Foundation$1M 2Watson-Brown Foundation Inc$562k 3American Online Giving Foundation Inc$550k 4Howard Hughes Medical Institute$493k 5For Inspiration and Recognition of$419k 6Tuw Margaret L Martin Char Fdn$375k 7Ruffin Student Scholarship$310k 8World Resources Institute$220k 9National Academy of Sciences$207k 10Breakthrough T1d$200k

Science organizations in Georgia that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

Georgia Southern University$4M Georgia First Robotics Inc$638k

How to find science funders in Georgia

1
Start with the funders already active in Georgia
The funders giving the most to science in Georgia are Centene Foundation, Watson-Brown Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
75% of science money in Georgia comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Georgia.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Georgia?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Georgia, currently Centene Foundation, Watson-Brown Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Georgia from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Georgia?: Centene Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Georgia, $1M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Georgia?: $7M reached 22 science organizations in Georgia, from 109 funders. 25% came from funders also based in Georgia.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.