Funding search · EIN 586380925 · Atlanta, GA

J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation

Name: J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

28
grants reported: $2.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $7,750
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Grant history

All 28 reported grants, largest first.

$833,333
The Lovett School · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Non-Restricted
$300,000
Cure Childhood Cancer · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Non-Restricted
$300,000
Cure Childhood Cancer · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Non-restricted
$200,000
Cure Childhood Cancer · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Non-Restricted
$200,000
Cure Childhood Cancer · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Non-Restricted
$200,000
Cure Childhood Cancer · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Non-Restricted
$200,000
High Point University · High Point, NC · 2022
Non-resticted
$50,000
Peachtree Presbyterian Church · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Non-Restricted
$50,000
Peachtree Presbyterian Church · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Non-Restricted
$50,000
Hawaii Land Trust · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Non-restricted
$25,000
Saint Barthelemy Medical Equipment Foundation · Newport, RI · 2024
Non-Restricted
$25,000
The Posse Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Non-restricted
$10,000
Alive2love · Ponte Vedra, FL · 2022
Non-restricted
$10,000
Mellick Foundation · Mobile, AL · 2022
Non-restricted
$5,500
Alive To Love International Church · Ponte Vedra, FL · 2024
Non-Restricted
$2,500
Alive 2 Love International Church · Ponte Vedra, FL · 2025
Non-Restricted
$2,000
Emory Health Against Human Trafficking · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Non-Restricted
$2,000
Emory Health Against Human Trafficking · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Non-Restricted
$1,000
Garden Island Barrel Racing Association · Waimea, HI · 2024
Non-Restricted
$1,000
Big Timber Volunteer Fire Departmen · Big Timber, MT · 2022
Non-restricted
$1,000
Covenant House · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Non-restricted
$500
Sweet Grass Community Foundation · Big Timber, MT · 2024
Non-Restricted
$500
Sweet Grass Community Fou · Big Timber, MT · 2023
Non-Restricted
$500
Sweet Grass Community Fou · Big Timber, MT · 2023
Non-Restricted
$500
Telluride Volunteer Fired Departmen · Telluride, CO · 2023
Non-Restricted
$500
Telluride Volunteer Fired Departmen · Telluride, CO · 2023
Non-Restricted
$500
Sweet Grass Community Fou · Big Timber, MT · 2022
Non-restricted
$500
Telluride Volunteer Fired Departmen · Telluride, CO · 2022
Non-restricted

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.