Georgia · Nonprofit
Georgia Transplant Foundation Inc
Georgia Transplant Foundation Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,250,538 to it, the largest being THE CARLOS & MARGUERITE MASON FDN ($10,250,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Georgia Transplant Foundation Inc does
Mission
Georgia Transplant Foundation ("GTF") exists to bridge the financial and emotional gaps faced by organ transplant candidates, recipients, and their families throughout Georgia. In 2024, GTF continued to provide a comprehensive portfolio of programs, including financial assistance, educational initiatives, mentoring and support services, and return-to-work readiness through the JumpStart Program. GTF also hosted multiple community-based events, including the Trends in Transplant Conferences in four cities, to promote education, peer connection, and empowerment among those impacted by transplantation. With a strong focus on sustainability and equity, GTF worked closely with transplant centers, social workers, and community partners to reach patients in both urban and rural areas, ensuring that life-saving support was accessible regardless of income or geography. In 2024, GTF's patient programs and services were utilized by 1,899 Georgians impacted by transplantation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Financial Assistance Programs:Georgia Transplant Foundation's Financial Assistance Programs provide critical short-term support to transplant candidates, recipients, and living donors across Georgia by addressing financial burdens that often jeopardize access to care, treatment adherence, or post-transplant recovery. Through its Direct Financial Assistance Programs and Transplant Fundraising Program (TFP), GTF helped patients and families offset transplant-related expenses not covered by insurance or other sources.Assistance provided through these programs included support for immunosuppressant medications, insurance premiums, transportation, temporary lodging, dental assistance, transplant evaluations, and emergency financial needs directly impacting transplant stability and recovery. GTF also continued to provide guidance and matching support opportunities through the Transplant Fundraising Program to help eligible patients prepare for and sustain post-transplant care.Each request for assistance remained needs-based and required financial hardship verification, transplant center or social worker validation, and proof of Georgia residency. These programs served as a vital safety…
$2,625,806 spentof which $2,093,331 as grants$6,869 earned by the program99% of program spendingProgram Development & Strategic Growth:In 2025, Georgia Transplant Foundation continued strengthening and refining its programs and operational infrastructure to better meet the evolving needs of Georgia's transplant community. The Organization streamlined several internal processes to improve efficiency, patient accessibility, and long-term sustainability while maintaining its commitment to compassionate, individualized support.GTF continued expanding awareness of its programs and services beyond metro Atlanta through targeted outreach to transplant centers, dialysis clinics, social workers, and healthcare providers across the state. Educational initiatives and outreach efforts also focused on increasing engagement within African American communities and underserved populations disproportionately impacted by chronic illness and organ failure.The Organization further strengthened its focus on financial self-sufficiency and long-term patient stability through continued development of the JumpStart Program, which assists transplant patients with return-to-work readiness, career support, and pathways toward greater financial independence following transplantation.In addition, GTF…
$24,000 spentof which $24,000 as grants1% of program spendingEducational & Community Engagement Initiatives:During 2025, GTF continued hosting Trends in Transplant (TNT) Conferences and other educational initiatives designed to provide patients, caregivers, living donors, and healthcare professionals with access to transplant-related education, peer connection, and supportive resources. These conferences addressed a wide range of topics, including financial preparedness, post-transplant wellness, mental health, medication adherence, insurance navigation, and long-term quality of life. GTF also continued building strategic relationships with healthcare providers, community organizations, corporate partners, and transplant advocates throughout Georgia to increase awareness of available resources and strengthen support systems for transplant patients and families statewide.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,649,806.
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 2021 to 2022, from $12M to $10M (−14%).
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: 2020 4% · 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of Georgia Transplant Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Rita Michaels
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $102k → $2.5M.
10 of 53 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 Transplant Foundation Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 funders by total. 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 Transplant Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 31% · 2019 17% · 2020 95% · 2021 97% · 2022 94% · 2023 94% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
45% of Georgia Transplant Foundation Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
Georgia Transplant Foundation Inc draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $277k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states 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 Transplant Foundation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 8,126 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,126 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Georgia Transplant 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.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
27%
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 Transplant 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 Transplant Foundation Inc?
- Georgia Transplant Foundation Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,250,538 to it, the largest being THE CARLOS & MARGUERITE MASON FDN ($10,250,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Georgia Transplant Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $11,250,538 in grants to Georgia Transplant Foundation Inc, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Georgia Transplant Foundation Inc?
- THE CARLOS & MARGUERITE MASON FDN is the largest funder on record, with $10,250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Georgia Transplant 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 53 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing