Funding search · EIN 311030194 · Columbus, OH

The George Foundation

Name: The George 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.

196
grants reported: $1.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $150
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.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Columbus Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $1.1M
Ballet Metropolitan4 grants · $160,000
Wosu Stations Fund4 grants · $130,000
The Columbus Foundation2 grants · $100,000
Kalona Historical Society4 grants · $20,200
Pro Musica4 grants · $9,000
Capital Area Humane Society4 grants · $4,550
Columbus Museum of Art3 grants · $3,075
Sierra Club Foundation3 grants · $3,000
Capa3 grants · $2,300

Giving over time

$407,115

2022

$385,966

2023

$388,058

2024

$396,164

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 196 grants.

$300,650
Columbus Symphony Orchestra · Columbus, OH · 2024
Charitable
$300,000
Columbus Symphony Orchestra · Columbus, OH · 2025
Charitable
$266,200
Columbus Symphony Orchestra · Columbus, OH · 2022
Charitable
$252,450
Columbus Symphony Orchestra · Columbus, OH · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
The Columbus Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
The Columbus Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2022
Charitable
$40,000
Ballet Metropolitan · Columbus, OH · 2025
Charitable
$40,000
Wosu Stations Fund · Columbus, OH · 2025
Charitable
$40,000
Ballet Metropolitan · Columbus, OH · 2024
Charitable
$40,000
Ballet Metropolitan · Columbus, OH · 2023
Charitable
$40,000
Ballet Metropolitan · Columbus, OH · 2022
Charitable
$30,000
Wosu Stations Fund · Columbus, OH · 2024
Charitable
$30,000
Wosu Stations Fund · Columbus, OH · 2023
Charitable
$30,000
Wosu Stations Fund · Columbus, OH · 2022
Charitable
$6,000
Pro Musica · Columbus, OH · 2022
Charitable
$5,200
Kalona Historical Society · Kalona, IA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Kalona Historical Society · Kalona, IA · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Kalona Historical Society · Kalona, IA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Kalona Historical Society · Kalona, IA · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Capa · Columbus, OH · 2024
Charitable
$1,150
Capital Area Humane Society · Hilliard, OH · 2024
Charitable
$1,150
Capital Area Humane Society · Hilliard, OH · 2023
Charitable
$1,150
Capital Area Humane Society · Hilliard, OH · 2022
Charitable
$1,100
Capital Area Humane Society · Hilliard, OH · 2025
Charitable
$1,100
Nature Conservancy · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Charitable
$1,075
Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus, OH · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Pro Musica · Columbus, OH · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus, OH · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Pro Musica · Columbus, OH · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Sierra Club Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Pro Musica · Columbus, OH · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Sierra Club Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus, OH · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Sierra Club Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$500
Ohio State Univ Bucks for Charity · Columbus, OH · 2025
Charitable
$500
United Way of Central Ohio · Columbus, OH · 2024
Charitable
$500
Ohio State Univ Bucks for Charity · Columbus, OH · 2023
Charitable
$500
Ohio State Univ Bucks for Charity · Columbus, OH · 2022
Charitable
$450
Colony Cats & Dogs Rescue · Columbus, OH · 2025
Charitable
$450
Ohio Wildlife Center · Worthington, OH · 2025
Charitable
$450
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$400
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$400
Audubon Center for Birds of Prey · Maitland, FL · 2024
Charitable
$400
Colony Cats & Dogs Rescue · Columbus, OH · 2024
Charitable
$400
Audubon Center for Birds of Prey · Maitland, FL · 2023
Charitable
$400
Audubon Center for Birds of Prey · Maitland, FL · 2022
Charitable
$400
Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable
$350
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$300
Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2025
Charitable
$300
Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2024
Charitable
$300
Raptor Resource Project · Ridgeway, IA · 2024
Charitable
$300
Colony Cats & Dogs Rescue · Columbus, OH · 2022
Charitable
$300
Cozy Cat Cottage · Powell, OH · 2022
Charitable
$300
Early Music in Columbus · Columbus, OH · 2022
Charitable
$299
St Louis Science Center · St Louis, MO · 2025
Charitable
$260
St Louis Art Museum · St Louis, MO · 2025
Charitable
$260
St Louis Art Museum · St Louis, MO · 2024
Charitable
$250
Capa · Columbus, OH · 2025
Charitable
$250
Missouri Botanical Garden · St Louis, MO · 2025
Charitable
$250
Center of Science & Industry · Columbus, OH · 2024
Charitable
$250
Missouri Botanical Garden · St Louis, MO · 2024
Charitable
$250
St Louis Art Museum · St Louis, MO · 2023
Charitable
$250
St Louis Art Museum · St Louis, MO · 2022
Charitable
$249
St Louis Science Center · St Louis, MO · 2023
Charitable
$200
Alley Cat Allies · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$200
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology · Ithica, NY · 2025
Charitable
$200
Cozy Cat Cottage · Powell, OH · 2025
Charitable
$200
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$200
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology · Ithica, NY · 2024
Charitable
$200
Cozy Cat Cottage · Powell, OH · 2024
Charitable
$200
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$200
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$200
Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2023
Charitable
$200
Cozy Cat Cottage · Powell, OH · 2023
Charitable
$200
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$200
Nature Conservancy · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Charitable
$200
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$200
Environmental Defense · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Charitable
$200
Missouri Botanical Garden · St Louis, MO · 2022
Charitable
$200
Natural Resources Defense Council · Merrifield, VA · 2022
Charitable
$200
Nature Conservancy · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Charitable
$200
St Louis Zoo · St Louis, MO · 2022
Charitable
$199
St Louis Zoo · St Louis, MO · 2023
Charitable
$175
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Charitable
$150
Early Music in Columbus · Columbus, OH · 2025
Charitable
$150
Missouri Humane Society · St Louis, MO · 2025
Charitable
$150
Alley Cat Allies · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$150
Columbus Zoo · Powell, OH · 2024
Charitable
$150
Missouri Humane Society · St Louis, MO · 2024
Charitable
$150
Nature Conservancy · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Charitable
$150
Ohio Wildlife Center · Worthington, OH · 2024
Charitable
$150
Colony Cats & Dogs Rescue · Columbus, OH · 2023
Charitable
$150
Missouri Humane Society · St Louis, MO · 2023
Charitable
$150
Ohio Wildlife Center · Worthington, OH · 2023
Charitable
$150
Alley Cat Allies · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$150
Center of Science & Industry · Columbus, OH · 2022
Charitable
$150
Missouri Humane Society · St Louis, MO · 2022
Charitable
$150
Ohio Wildlife Center · Worthington, OH · 2022
Charitable
$150
Raptor Resource Project · Ridgeway, IA · 2022
Charitable
$141
Center of Science & Industry · Columbus, OH · 2023
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.