Georgia · Nonprofit
SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND INC
SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND INC (Georgia) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,561,776 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($15,000,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $30M
- Net assets
- $24M
What Southern Partners Fund Inc does
Mission
Southern partners fund is a foundation created to serve southern communities and organizations seeking social, economic, and environmental justice by providing them with financial resources, technical assistance and training, and access to systems of information and empowerment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2023, southern partners fund awarded $2,008,522 grants to 77 non-profit organizations located in our 12 state funding region.
$2,008,522 spentof which $2,008,522 as grants67% of program spendingRaising resources in the rural south: southern partners fund successfully provided capacity building training to organizations located within our 12 state funding region. The focus of this initiative was to increase grassroots organizations ability to raise funds using innovative strategies such as crowd funding and increased social media access.
$653,941 spent22% of program spendingSpf launched the social justice institute (sji) as a leadership development andcapacity building program to enhance the sustainability of grantee groups and othergrassroots organizations committed to social justice in the south. Sjis frameworkincorporates grantmaking, organizational development, youth leadership development,culture and the arts. Sji promotes knowledge building, best practices inorganizational management, and collective understanding of current and historichuman rights issues in the south. Sji has several components:- peer-to-peer coaching and networking- executive coaching- one-on-one organizational assessments- consulting for select community-based organizations- regional workshops across the southeast- two-day experiential trainings twice per yeara significant branch of sji is the young leaders for social change (ylsc) fellowshipthat sustains the racial and economic justice movement that requires the continuedsupport and cultivation of our future leaders. Ylsc was designed to help individualsaged 18-to-35 to become more grounded and effective leaders. This program is anopportunity for these individuals to enhance their leadership skills, learn newskills, and…
$261,000 spent9% of program spendingOther program services 4: at least 80% of spfs membership must be derived from leaders of currently orpreviously funded grassroots organizations and represent diverse issues andexperience. Serving in five-year terms, spfs membership is constantly evolvingthanks to the board and memberships commitment to nominating potential candidateswhose work and values align with those of the foundation. They meet at least twice ayear and serve on committees, including grantmaking policy and grants decisions,finance and investments, and are actively involved in the organization. Membershipis an integral piece of spfs democratic philanthropy. The membership serves as aleadership pool from which spfs board is elected, and ensures that operating,grantmaking and program decisions reflect the perspective of rural southerngrassroots organizations. Annual membership meeting opportunity of spf to gathertogether rural organizers and organizations to vocalize the work or issuesprevailing in their communities, receive technical assistance or training that willimprove their leadership abilities, and offer grounding strategies that willdetermine and guide the investments made by the foundation.
$81,017 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,004,480.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $20M to $26M (+27%).
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.
70% of SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Dianna Freelon-Foster
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $314k → $2.1M.
11 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND 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
SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
62% 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 SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 71% · 2019 100% · 2020 56% · 2021 83% · 2022 50% · 2023 49% — diversifying over time.
“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
47% of SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
59% of SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND 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 $12M that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from funders outside Georgia, across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $13 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $13
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
43%
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 SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND 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 SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND INC?
- SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND INC (Georgia) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,561,776 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($15,000,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $29,561,776 in grants to SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND INC?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $15,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHERN PARTNERS FUND 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 26 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