The Sapelo Foundation Inc
Savannah, GA · EIN 58-0827472. Reported 155 grants totalling $5,871,060 to 51 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 Sapelo 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 $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $40,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $415,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia River Network Inc | Savannah, GA | $1,371,000 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southern Center for Human Rights | Savannah, GA | $588,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Progeorgia State Table Inc | Savannah, GA | $340,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Georgia Conservation Voters Ed Fund | Savannah, GA | $326,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Glynn Environmental Coalition Inc | Savannah, GA | $274,110 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Georgia Project Inc | Savannah, GA | $247,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community in Schools of Glynn County Inc | Savannah, GA | $246,300 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice | Savannah, GA | $225,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgia Budget and Policy Institute Inc | Savannah, GA | $209,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute | Savannah, GA | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fair Count | Savannah, GA | $168,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| As You Sow | Savannah, GA | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| One Hundred Miles Inc | Savannah, GA | $138,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Deep Center | Savannah, GA | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Georgia Justice Project Inc | Savannah, GA | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Georgia Forestwatch Inc | Savannah, GA | $92,200 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Georgia | Savannah, GA | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation | Savannah, GA | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | Savannah, GA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgia Wand Education Fund | Savannah, GA | $79,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Imani Group | Savannah, GA | $77,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southwest Georgia Project Inc | Savannah, GA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Georgia Alliance Education Fund | Savannah, GA | $54,500 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coastal Georgia Area Community Action Authority Inc | Savannah, GA | $51,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Galeo Latino Community Development Fund | Savannah, GA | $50,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way of Southwest Georgia | Savannah, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| ACLU Foundation of Georgia Inc | Savannah, GA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rhizome | Savannah, GA | $42,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 9 to 5 National Association of Working Women | Savannah, GA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Harambee House | Savannah, GA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ogeechee-Canoochee Riverkeeper | Savannah, GA | $38,500 | 5 | 2 | 2024 |
| Coastal Georgia Indicators Coalition Inc | Savannah, GA | $35,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Immigrant Legal Resource Center | Savannah, GA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Flint Riverkeeper Inc | Savannah, GA | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Farmland Trust | Savannah, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Savannah, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Albany Communities Together Inc | Savannah, GA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shell to Shore | Savannah, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Inc | Savannah, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grey Matters Project Dba the Current | Savannah, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Savannah Riverkeeper Inc | Savannah, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Better Glynn | Savannah, GA | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southwings | Savannah, GA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Augusta University | Savannah, GA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Charles Sherrod Community Development Corporation | Savannah, GA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| College of Coastal Georgia Financial Aid Office | Savannah, GA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Coosa River Basin Initiative | Savannah, GA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South University - Savannah Financial Aid Office | Savannah, GA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Georgia | Savannah, GA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Satilla Riverwatch Alliance | Savannah, GA | $1,450 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mercer University | Savannah, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
32 of 51 (63%) 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 76%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- Georgia River Network Inc
ENVIRONMENT JUSTICE & PROTECTION GRANT - TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE MISSION OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION - Southern Center for Human Rights
GRANT TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE MISSION OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION - Progeorgia State Table Inc
SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANT - TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE MISSION OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION - Georgia Conservation Voters Ed Fund
TOOLS: ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT - TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE MISSION OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION - Community in Schools of Glynn County Inc
MCINTOSH COUNTY GRANT - TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE MISSION OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION - Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice
MATCHING GRANT, SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANT - TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE MISSION OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 64 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 42 | $1,561,950 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 30 | $1,534,000 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 36 | $1,354,110 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | 47 | $1,421,000 | $25,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Sapelo Foundation Inc has 11 of them, worth $550,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Conservation Voters Ed Fund | Savannah, GA | $100,000 |
| Progeorgia State Table Inc | Savannah, GA | $100,000 |
| Community in Schools of Glynn County Inc | Savannah, GA | $80,000 |
| Georgia Budget and Policy Institute Inc | Savannah, GA | $50,000 |
| Harambee House | Savannah, GA | $40,000 |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute | Savannah, GA | $40,000 |
| As You Sow | Savannah, GA | $40,000 |
| Georgia Forestwatch Inc | Savannah, GA | $25,000 |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | Savannah, GA | $25,000 |
| Southwest Georgia Project Inc | Savannah, GA | $25,000 |
| Georgia Conservation Voters Ed Fund | Savannah, GA | $25,000 |
Where its money goes
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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 $25,000. 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 Sapelo 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: 100 Bull St Ste 200, Savannah, GA, 31401. 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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