Foundations · IRS 990 filings
Foundations in Columbus, Georgia
- 90
- foundations with a Columbus address
- $99.6M
- grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
- 19
- say they accept unsolicited
- $7,500
- median grant
Grantlas lists 90 foundations that gave a Columbus, Georgia address on their tax filing — 83 private foundations and 7 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $99.6 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 19 of them (21%) say they accept unsolicited requests.
Not every foundation here is a Columbus foundation. The city is the mailing address on the foundation’s tax filing, and when a bank or a law firm runs the trust that is the bank’s address, not the place it gives to. Check where a foundation gives before you write.
Top 25 of 90 foundations
Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing, with the ones that accept unsolicited requests first, then the ones whose filing doesn’t say.
| Funder | Unsolicited requests | Median grant | Grants paid, latest filing | Grant range | 3-yr trend | Filing year | Fit score & contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc | Accepts | $40,153 | $10.9M | $1,000 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Pickett & Hatcher Educational Fund Inc | Accepts | $5.9M | $6.6M | $5.2M | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Inc | Accepts | $150,000 | $5.4M | $15,000 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Aflac Foundation Inc | Accepts | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Beloco Foundation Inc | Accepts | $50,000 | $1.5M | $1,000 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Pezold Family Foundation Inc | Accepts | $709,625 | $1.2M | $410,295 | Up 202% over 3 years | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Hardaway Foundation Incorporated | Accepts | $2,500 | $1.1M | $200 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| John P and Dorothy S Illges | Accepts | $25,000 | $675,750 | $10,000 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| James Hyde Porter Testamentary Trust | Accepts | $15,000 | $604,100 | $500 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Jordan Foundation Inc | Accepts | $2,000 | $464,350 | $100 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| John and Elena Amos Foundation Inc | Accepts | $200,000 | $200,000 | — | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Richard and Helen Robbins | Accepts | $2,000 | $160,250 | $50 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Sam Spiegel Foundation Inc | Accepts | $2,000 | $146,500 | $500 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Elizabeth Fry and Dupont Kirven | Accepts | $5,000 | $106,000 | $1,000 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Shirley and Billy Weir Scholarship | Accepts | $19,705 | $98,692 | $11,694 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Swift Illges Foundation Inc | Accepts | $5,000 | $92,300 | $2,500 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Scarletts Closet Inc | Accepts | $15,650 | $15,650 | — | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Baker High School Alumni Association Inc | Accepts | $2,000 | $4,000 | One amount | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Finis Morgan Family Foundation | Accepts | $205 | $2,825 | $50 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley IncCommunity foundation | Not stated | $18,250Over $5k only | $26.6M | $5,042 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley IncFederation | Not stated | $156,200Over $5k only | $4.3M | $9,000 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Virginia Kimbrough Clark Reese and Thomas Matt Reese TrustGrantmaking charity | Not stated | $552,029Over $5k only | $1.1M | $545,240 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| B&gc Endowment Foundation IncPublic foundation | Not stated | $340,676Over $5k only | $340,676 | — | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Muscogee Educational Excellence FndPublic foundation | Not stated | —Over $5k only | $66,733 | — | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Muscogee County Humane Society Trust F Charles Reich IIIGrantmaking charity | Not stated | $36,763Over $5k only | $36,351 | $36,351 | No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compare | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
- Median grant and grant range come from each funder’s grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report. Community foundations and other charities list only grants over $5,000, so their figures run high.
- “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.
- A median grant larger than the grants paid is not a mistake: the grant schedule and the year’s total come from different parts of the tax filing, and a foundation can list a grant it approved in a year it paid out less.
- 3-yr trend compares the latest filing year with the year two before it, so it needs grants on file for both. Most foundations file one year of grants, so most rows show a dash.
Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.