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Sky Ranch Foundation Inc

Johns Creek, GA · EIN 13-1970360. Reported 49 grants totalling $1,594,970 to 25 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$25,000median grant
$1,594,970granted, 2020-2024
25organizations funded
67%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,266,258assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Sky Ranch Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $14,200 and $40,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $206,696. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
3 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
1 grant
$5,000 - $10,000
1 grant
$10,000 - $25,000
16 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
16 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
11 grants
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Siouxland Human Invest PtrshpSioux City, IA$338,970442024
Boys & Girls Club of RosebudMission, SD$190,000442024
Christ Child Society of DetroitDetroit, MI$168,500442024
The Orange Duffel BagSioux Ciety, IA$160,000442024
East Bay Childrens Law OfficesOakland, CA$135,000442024
SacredOverland Park, KS$125,000442024
Big Brothers Big Sisters Metro AtlaAtlanta, GA$85,000222024
Urban Initiatives IncChicago, IL$75,000222024
Social Advocates for YouthSanta Rosa, CA$50,000222023
Voices for Children of Nc FlOcala, FL$35,000112020
Park Place Outreach Youth EmergencySavannah, GA$25,000112020
Urban Native CenterSioux City, IA$25,000112024
Voices for ChildrenBoulder, CO$25,000112024
Voices for ChildrenOcala, FL$25,000112023
Big Brothers Big Sister of Ctrl inIndianapolis, IN$20,000112020
Learning Fos Success IncCooper City, FL$20,000112020
Project Avary IncNovato, CA$20,000112023
Fostering HopeColorado Springs, CO$15,000222024
Covenant House FloridaOrlando, FL$12,500112020
Youth on Their OwnTuscon, AZ$12,500112020
Covenant House CaliforniaOakland, CA$10,000112020
Fostering Hope FoundationColorado Springs, CO$10,000112020
Park Place OutreachSavana, GA$10,000112022
Harding County SchoolBuffalo, SD$1,500332023
Trever Odell ScholarshipPennington, NJ$1,000112020

11 of 25 (44%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 67%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

Plus 3 grants to individuals totalling $100,000 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 24 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
13 grants
Crime & Legal
9 grants
Civil Rights
1 grant
Arts & Culture
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202016$441,000$22,500
20212$95,924$47,962
20228$317,196$17,500
202312$259,700$25,000
202411$481,150$50,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 33% of this one's giving went to organizations in Iowa. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Iowa
$524K
California
$215K
South Dakota
$192K
Michigan
$168K
Kansas
$125K
Georgia
$120K
Florida
$92K
Illinois
$75K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Iowa.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Sky Ranch Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 507 Haynesbrooke Walk, Johns Creek, GA, 30022. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 13-1970360 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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