The Jordan Foundation Inc
Columbus, GA · EIN 58-6039423. Reported 165 grants totalling $1,789,526 to 73 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. The Jordan 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $263,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley | Columbus, GA | $263,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Columbus Museum | Columbus, GA | $247,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trinity Episcopal Church | Columbus, GA | $152,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Columbus Botanical Garden | Columbus, GA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbus State University - Bo Bartlett Center | Columbus, GA | $97,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mercer University School of Medicine Columbus Campus | Columbus, GA | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way | Columbus, GA | $81,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbus State University | Columbus, GA | $56,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brookstone School | Columbus, GA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Foundation | Columbus, GA | $42,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mclaren Northern Michigan Foundation | Petoskey, MI | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mercymed of Columbus | Columbus, GA | $37,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Truth Spring Inc | Columbus, GA | $37,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Church of the Incarnation | Highlands, NC | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Columbus State University - Olnick Golf | Columbus, GA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Columbus State University - Patrons of Music | Columbus, GA | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbus State University - Foundation for the Archives | Columbus, GA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Columbus State University Foundation - Friends of Art | Columbus, GA | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Historic Columbus Foundation | Columbus, GA | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Highlands Cashiers Hospital Foundation | Highlands, NC | $25,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Chattahoochee | Columbus, GA | $21,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Columbus Technical College Foundation | Columbus, GA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Historic Linwood Foundation Inc | Columbus, GA | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Uptown Columbus Inc | Columbus, GA | $16,666 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rivercenter for the Performing Arts | Columbus, GA | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbus State University - First Choice Campaign | Columbus, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young Life Columbus | Columbus, GA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Columbus State University - Bennett Prize | Columbus, GA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gateways Foundation | Columbus, GA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Bascom Center for Visual Arts | Highlands, NC | $11,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbus State University Foundation - Schwab School of Music | Columbus, GA | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Infantry Museum Foundation | Columbus, GA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trees Columbus | Columbus, GA | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girls Inc | Columbus, GA | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbus Symphony Orchestra | Columbus, GA | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seale Volunteer Fire Department | Seale, AL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Paws Humane | Columbus, GA | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Harbor Springs Area Historical Society | Harbor Springs, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Community Foundation | Raleigh, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Faith | Herndon, VA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Highlands Biological Foundation Inc | Highlands, NC | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Performing Arts Center | Highlands, NC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Uga Tee Off Club Inc | Athens, GA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Valley Rescue Mission | Columbus, GA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Columbus State University - Pasaquan Fund | Columbus, GA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Haskins Foundation | Columbus, GA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Highlands Cashiers Chamber Music | Highlands, NC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uga Men's Tennis Champions' Club | Athens, GA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Steeplechase at Callaway Gardens | Columbus, GA | $1,950 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Samarc Dream & Achieve Foundation | Conyers, GA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Columbus Hospice | Columbus, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fred Haskins Commission | Columbus, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Teen Challenge | Columbus, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Highlands Playhouse | Highlands, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| John B Amos Cancer Center | Columbus, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| ME2ORCHESTRA | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Muscogee County Library | Columbus, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rerouting Inc | Columbus, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teen Challenge | Columbus, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation | Santa Paula, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Georgia | Athens, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Springer Opera House | Columbus, GA | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Atlanta, GA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Camellia Society | Fort Valley, GA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Keep Columbus Ga Beautiful | Columbus, GA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Wynn House | Columbus, GA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ferst Readers Inc | Madison, GA | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgia Public Broadcasting | Atlanta, GA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chattahoochee River Warden Inc | Columbus, GA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
42 of 73 (58%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 72%, 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.
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.
- Columbus State University - Foundation for the Archives
FOUNDATION FOR THE ARCHIVES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 69 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | $827,300 | $7,000 |
| 2022 | 39 | $379,386 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 40 | $304,670 | $3,000 |
| 2024 | 43 | $278,170 | $2,000 |
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. 91% of this one's giving went to organizations in Georgia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Georgia.
- 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.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Jordan Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 6001 River Road 100, Columbus, GA, 31904. 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.
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