Funding search · EIN 582448721 · Lawrenceville, GA

The John and L a Spears Foundation

Name: The John and L a Spears Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

44
grants reported: $117,041
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship

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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.

Grant Spencer3 grants · $12,370
Georgia River Network3 grants · $12,000
Ian Toole3 grants · $11,835
Riley Walker3 grants · $11,382
Josha Davis3 grants · $10,000
Riely Stroud3 grants · $7,419
Alexa Shoop2 grants · $7,078
Carter Stroud3 grants · $6,927
Georgea Burke3 grants · $5,508
Aidan Parker2 grants · $4,000

Giving over time

$41,284

2022

$43,735

2023

$32,022

2024

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

$6,000
Grant Spencer · Cumming, GA · 2023
Scholarship
$5,226
Riley Walker · Shreveport, LA · 2023
Scholarship
$4,710
Ian Toole · Buford, GA · 2023
Scholarship
$4,370
Grant Spencer · Cumming, GA · 2022
Scholarship
$4,370
Riley Walker · Shreveport, LA · 2022
Scholarship
$4,225
Alexa Shoop · Social Circle, GA · 2024
Scholarship
$4,000
Georgia River Network · Athens, GA · 2024
Scholarship
$4,000
Georgia River Network · Athens, GA · 2023
Scholarship
$4,000
Josha Davis · Alpharetta, GA · 2023
Scholarship
$4,000
Georgia River Network · Athens, GA · 2022
Scholarship
$4,000
Ian Toole · Buford, GA · 2022
Scholarship
$4,000
Josha Davis · Alpharetta, GA · 2022
Scholarship
$3,966
Tori Totman · Bethlehem, GA · 2024
Scholarship
$3,877
Riely Stroud · Canton, GA · 2022
Scholarship
$3,737
Georgea Burke · Gainesville, GA · 2022
Scholarship
$3,562
Carter Stroud · Lula, GA · 2022
Scholarship
$3,125
Ian Toole · Buford, GA · 2024
Scholarship
$2,853
Alexa Shoop · Social Circle, GA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,538
Carter Stroud · Lula, GA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,000
Bella Gibbs · Cumming, GA · 2024
Scholarship
$2,000
Camden Spencer · Cumming, GA · 2024
Scholarship
$2,000
Grant Spencer · Cumming, GA · 2024
Scholarship
$2,000
Josha Davis · Alpharetta, GA · 2024
Scholarship
$2,000
Rachael Sorjonen · Alpharetta, GA · 2024
Scholarship
$2,000
Aidan Parker · Brentwood, TN · 2023
Scholarship
$2,000
Alyssa Chilman · Alpharetta, GA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,000
Brandy Huffman · Pineville, LA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,000
Rachaek Sorjonen · Alpharetta, GA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,000
Tavia Leadon · Belcher, LA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,000
Tori Totmam · Bethlehem, GA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,000
Aidan Parker · Brentwood, TN · 2022
Scholarship
$2,000
Madisen Blackwell · Clarksville, TN · 2022
Scholarship
$1,966
Riely Stroud · Canton, GA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,786
Riley Walker · Shreveport, LA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,576
Riely Stroud · Canton, GA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,449
Jake Harmon · Cumming, GA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,188
Tavia Leadon · Belcher, LA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,000
Lauren Anderson · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,000
Linley Brooks · Bethlehem, GA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,000
Mario Fprgione · Arcadia, CA · 2022
Scholarship
$939
Georgea Burke · Gainesville, GA · 2024
Scholarship
$919
Camryn Gonzalez · Miami, FL · 2022
Scholarship
$832
Georgea Burke · Gainesville, GA · 2023
Scholarship
$827
Carter Stroud · Lula, GA · 2024
Scholarship

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