Funding search · EIN 586412814 · Atlanta, GA

The Colleen & Sam Nunn Family Foundation

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

168
grants reported
$772,250
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • Georgia Tech Foundation3 grants · $104,500
  • St Simons Land Trust4 grants · $103,750
  • Care USA4 grants · $102,500
  • Nuclear Threat Initiative4 grants · $102,000
  • Uga Foundation - State Botanical Garden4 grants · $42,500
  • Skagit County Historical Museum4 grants · $39,200
  • Georgia Tech Foundation-Snsia4 grants · $37,375
  • Museum of Aviation Foundation4 grants · $28,000
  • Raiz Foundation2 grants · $25,000
  • Emory University (Seavey Clinic)2 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$193,600
2022
$147,850
2023
$156,925
2024
$273,875
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 168 grants.

  • $101,000

    Georgia Tech Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    St Simons Land Trust · St Simons Island, GA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $32,500

    Care USA · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $29,500

    Care USA · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $29,000

    Care USA · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $27,200

    Skagit County Historical Museum · La Conner, WA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $26,000

    Uga Foundation - State Botanical Garden · Athens, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $26,000

    Nuclear Threat Initiative · Washington, DC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $26,000

    Nuclear Threat Initiative · Washington, DC · 2022

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Nuclear Threat Initiative · Washington, DC · 2025

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Nuclear Threat Initiative · Washington, DC · 2024

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    Museum of Aviation Foundation · Warner Robins, GA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    Raiz Foundation · Providence, RI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $12,375

    Georgia Tech Foundation-Snsia · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $11,500

    Care USA · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $11,500

    Uga Foundation - State Botanical Garden · Athens, GA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Emory University for Emory Law School · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Georgia Tech Foundation-Snsia · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Points of Light Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Raiz Foundation · Providence, RI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Emory University (Seavey Clinic) · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Georgia Tech Foundation-Snsia · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $6,000

    Skagit County Historical Museum · La Conner, WA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Mdanderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2025

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Capitan Planet Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Csis · Washington, DC · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Emory University (Seavey Clinic) · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Georgia Tech Foundation-Snsia · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Laconner-Swinomish Library Foundation · Laconner, WA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Sghs Foundation · Brunswick, GA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Skagit County Historical Museum · La Conner, WA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $3,500

    Uga Foundation - State Botanical Garden · Athens, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Georgia Tech Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Shepherd Center Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Smithsonian American Women'S Hist Museum · Boston, MA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Friends of the Smithsonian · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Wesleyan College · Macon, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Gateway Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Smithsonian Institution · Boston, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Creative Visions Foundation · Malibu, CA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Smithsonian Institution · Boston, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,250

    Csis · Washington, DC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,125

    Csis · Washington, DC · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Alexander-Tharpe Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Atlanta Speech School · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Georgia State University Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Georgia-Alabama Land Trust · Piedmont, AL · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Alexander-Tharpe Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Skyland Trail · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Georgia-Alabama Land Trust · Piedmont, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Skyland Trail · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $1,600

    Emory Goizueta Alzheimers Drc · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1,600

    Emory Goizueta Alzheimers Drc · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $1,500

    Teens at Work · East Point, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,500

    St Simons Land Trust · St Simons Island, GA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1,500

    Uga Foundation - State Botanical Garden · Athens, GA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1,300

    Atlanta Speech School · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $1,250

    The South Fork Conservancy · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,250

    Emory Goizueta Alzheimer'S Drc · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,250

    St Simons Land Trust · St Simons Island, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,250

    The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Se Ga · Brunswick, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Cwc Alliance · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    East Central University Foundation · Ada, OK · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Georgia Historical Society · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Georgia Public Broadcasting · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Global Choices · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    La Conner Community Newspaper · La Conner, WA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    La Conner Firefighters Association · La Conner, WA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Museum of Aviation Foundation · Warner Robins, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    One Hundred Miles · Brunswick, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Pbs Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Peachtree Road United Methodist Church · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Perry United Methodist Church · Perry, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Sghs Foundation · Brunswick, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Skagitonians for Preserving Farmland · Mount Vernon, WA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Skyland Trail · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    St Simons Land Trust · St Simons Island, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Techbridge · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Agape Youth and Family Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Atlanta Speech School · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta · Chamblee, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Georgia Aphasia Project · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Georgia Historical Society · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Laconner-Swinomish Library Foundation · Laconner, WA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Museum of Aviation Foundation · Warner Robins, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Okefenokee Swamp Park (Osp) · Waycross, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    One Hundred Miles · Brunswick, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Perry United Methodist Church · Perry, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Sghs Foundation · Brunswick, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Skagitonians for Preserving Farmland · Mount Vernon, WA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    The David & Barbara Pryor Center · Fayetteville, AR · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    The Methodist Home for Children and Youth · Macon, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    The National Wwii Museum · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Uf Foundation · Gainesville, FL · 2024

    Charitable

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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.