Georgia · Nonprofit
Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc
Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,100 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($65,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $61k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $67k
- Net assets
- $332k
What Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc does
Mission
A copy of the organizations Form 990 is provided to the board members for review prior to filing.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
GFAF held the annual Weltner Freedom of Information Banquet to raise funds and serve as an annual rally for freedom of information in Georgia.
$19,178 spent58% of program spendingHeld the Georgia Bar Media & Judiciary Conference, which focused on issues of the First Amendment, journalism, courts and the law with nearly 130 attendees.
$8,167 spent25% of program spendingProvided training and support for public officials, newsmakers, First Amendment experts and members of the media on emerging government issues.
$5,581 spent17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $32,926.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $60k to $178k (+195%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
97% of Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Georgia funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $65k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 695 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 695 civil rights nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc?
- Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,100 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($65,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $67,100 in grants to Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $65,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Georgia First Amendment Foundation Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing