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Private foundation (trust)EIN 582448721Est. 1999-04

THE JOHN AND L A SPEARS FOUNDATION

Lawrenceville, GA 30043

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$1.3M

FY 2022

Annual Giving

$41K

FY 2022

Grants Made

15

FY 2022

Avg Grant

$3K

FY 2022

Grant Range

$919–$4K

Typical

Deadlines

Varies on application

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$41K

Provide college and trade school scholarships fifteen individual scholarship were paid

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2022 filing

Total Revenue

$121K

Total Expenses

$88K

Qualifying Distributions

$41K

Distributable Amount

$50K

Min. Investment Return

$52K

Payout rate 83%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.83%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

15 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $919 through median $4K to maximum $4K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

2 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2022. Peak $41K in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

29 grants

MADDIE YOKELEY
$10K
1 grant
JOSHA DAVIS
$6K
2 grants
OLIVIA YOUNG
$6K
1 grant
GEORGEA BURKE
$5K
2 grants
NATALIE SMITH
$5K
1 grant
RILEY WALKER
$4K
1 grant
GRANT SPENCER
$4K
1 grant
GEORGIA RIVER NETWORK
$4K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

29 grants

<$10K
29
grants
$10–50K
$50–250K
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

5 states

Georgia
$68K
83% of total
Tennessee
$8K
10% of total
Louisiana
$4K
5% of total
California
$1K
1% of total
Florida
$919
1% of total

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