GX Foundation Inc appears to prioritize international access to clean drinking water, directing its entire reported giving to fund water-well projects in Malawi and Madagascar through a major gift to Charity: water. The foundation favors tangible infrastructure and community-level WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) interventions in low-income countries, suggesting an interest in direct service and development outcomes rather than broad domestic philanthropy.
GX Foundation Inc’s recent giving is anchored by a pattern of large grants for clean water infrastructure and public-health prevention, with $102,000 to Charity Water for clean water wells at multiple sites in Malawi and Madagascar. That same emphasis appears in other international water grants, including support for villages in Madagascar through Charity Water, showing a recurring interest in tangible, community-level access to safe water. The foundation also backs disease-prevention work through the Carter Center, including trachoma and blindness prevention and Guinea worm eradication, which points to a health portfolio focused on preventable conditions. Beyond global health and water, GX Foundation Inc funds education and family-support programs in Georgia and India. Recent examples include support for Educate Girls US, Room to Read, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies, and Friends of Refugees. Across these gifts, the foundation appears to favor direct service, infrastructure, and program delivery over broad unrestricted philanthropy, with grants typically landing in the $50,000 to $100,000 range and often tied to specific projects or named initiatives.
Clean water access is a core theme. In 2025, GX Foundation Inc gave $102,000 to Charity Water for clean water wells at multiple sites in Malawi and Madagascar, and in 2024 it gave $94,000 to charity water for clean water wells in Madagascar. Health prevention is another clear line of support: the foundation awarded $100,000 to Carter Center Inc for prevention of trachoma and blindness, and another $100,000 to Carter Center for fighting trachoma and blindness. It also supported Guinea worm eradication with a separate $100,000 grant to Carter Center. The foundation’s education-related grants include $80,000 to Educate Girls US for girls education in India and $50,000 to Room to Read Inc for childhood literacy in India. Family health and support show up as well, including $50,000 to Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies for introducing doula support to more mothers in Georgia.
GX Foundation Inc’s typical grant size is fairly tight: the 25th percentile is $50,000, the median is $68,000, and the 75th percentile is $97,000. The recent record shows repeated support for several organizations across multiple years, including Carter Center, Southface, Charity Water, Room to Read, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies, Friends of Refugees, and Vitamin Angels. That suggests an ongoing portfolio rather than isolated one-off gifts. The foundation is classified as a regular funder, not a DAF, and it makes program-related investments. Recent grants are mostly project-specific, with purpose language tied to named programs, renovations, wells, training, and service delivery.
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$19.6M
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Most grants fall between $50K and $97K, with a median of $68K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$68K
75th Percentile
$97K
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Highly concentrated: a single large grant totaling the foundation's reported giving, channeled to an established international water NGO — suggests one-off or targeted project funding rather than diversified or recurring local grants.
Notable grantees: Charity: water
Although GX Foundation Inc is headquartered in Decatur, Georgia, its recent grants also concentrate in California and Georgia recipient organizations, with California the top state by grant count. Georgia recipients include Atlanta and Clarkston groups such as Southface, Tapestry, Mosaic Health Center, and Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies. California recipients include Goleta, San Francisco, Calabasas, and Santa Barbara organizations such as Vitamin Angels, Room to Read, Mothers for Clean Air - SEE, and Unite to Light. The recipient-country distribution in the available grants is entirely U.S.-based, with 39 grants in the U.S.
Recent grants point to clean water, eye health, maternal and child health, girls’ education, literacy, energy efficiency, and support for children with disabilities. Examples include water wells in Malawi and Madagascar, trachoma and blindness prevention, doula support in Georgia, girls education in India, and school support for children with disabilities in Andhra Pradesh.
The distribution is centered on relatively large project grants. The 25th percentile is $50,000, the median is $68,000, and the 75th percentile is $97,000. Recent awards also include several $100,000 grants.
Yes. The recent record shows repeat support for several groups across different years, including Carter Center, Southface, Charity Water, Room to Read, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies, Friends of Refugees, and Vitamin Angels.
Among recipient locations, California appears most often by grant count, while Georgia recipients are also prominent. Recent grants include organizations in Atlanta and Clarkston, as well as groups in Goleta, San Francisco, Calabasas, and Santa Barbara.
The pattern is project-specific and program-oriented. Recent awards fund wells, disease-prevention work, building energy-efficiency upgrades, bus and clean-air programs, literacy and girls’ education, maternal support, and services for children with disabilities.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin Angels | Santa Barbara, CA | $100,000 | 2026 | Distribution of prenatal vitamins in India |
| Carter Center | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2026 | Trachoma blindness prevention |
| charitywater | Franklin, TN | $100,000 | 2026 | Clean water wells in villages in Africa |
| Educate Girls | Austin, TX | $80,000 | 2026 | Keeping girls in school in India |
| Friends of Refugees | Clarkston, GA | $63,000 | 2026 | Adult Womens Literacy Program |
| Mosaic | Clarkston, GA | $60,000 | 2026 | Healthcare for the underserved in Clarkston GA |
| Room to Read | San Francisco, CA | $55,000 | 2026 | Supporting libraries and literacy in South Africa |
| Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 2026 | Support for doulas in more hospitals |
| Georgia Wand Education Fund | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 2026 | Georgia Wand renovates homes for poor families |
| Raksha | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 2026 | Domestic Violence Victims Support |
| Desai Foundation | Woburn, MA | $50,000 | 2026 | Girls menstruation support |
| Luminos | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 2026 | Getting kids back into school |
| Mission Clean Water | Scotch Plains, NJ | $30,000 | 2026 | Building and maintaining clean water wells |
| ELAW - Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide | Eugene, OR | $20,000 | 2026 | International environmental law support |
| Xylom | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 2026 | Science Journalism |
| Charity Water | Franklin, TN | $102,000 | 2025 | Providing clean water wells at multiple sites in Malawi and Madagascar |
| Mothers for Clean Air - SEE | Calabasas, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | MOCA is helping Georgia schools roll out newer school buses to reduce health impacts on Georgia children |
| Carter Center | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2025 | Support for Carter Centers work on fighting trachoma and blindness |
| Vitamin Angels | Goleta, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | Vitamin Angels provides prenatal vitamins and micronutrients to infants and young children globally |
| Educate Girls US | Austin, TX | $80,000 | 2025 | Educate Girls focuses on girls education in India |
| Mosaic Health Center | Clarkston, GA | $80,000 | 2025 | Clarkston Community Health Center provides free and reduced cost health care services in Clarkston Georgia |
| Southface | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 2025 | Southfaces Goodworks program helps non-profits to retrofit their buildings to be more energy efficient saving them money over the long term |
| Friends of Refugees | Clarkston, GA | $62,500 | 2025 | Supported Friends of Refugees programs which help new mothers and their children learn English and help integrate into the US |
| Desai Foundation | Woburn, MA | $51,000 | 2025 | Supported Desai Foundation in its work provided menstrual products and education in India |
| Heal Inc | Ashburn, VA | $50,000 | 2025 | Heal operates a school in Andhra Pradesh India educating children with disabilities |
| Luminos | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | Educational programs for children not in school in Africa |
| Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 2025 | Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies is running a program to help introduce doula support to more mothers in Georgia |
| Georgia Wand Education Fund | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 2025 | Georgia Wand renovates homes for poor families in southeast GA |
| Room to Read | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | Room to Read provides literacy education support globally |
| Tapestry | Atlanta, GA | $31,000 | 2025 | Tapestry is a charter school for children on the autism spectrum |
| Unite to Light | Santa Barbara, CA | $18,000 | 2025 | Solar lights for nurses supporting maternity war ds in Bangladesh |
| Carter Center Inc | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2024 | prevention of trachoma and blindness |
| Southern Alliance for Clean Energy | Knoxville, TN | $100,000 | 2024 | Mothers Others for Clean Air electric bus program |
| Southface Inc | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2024 | energy efficiency renovations of nonprofits |
| THE VITAMIN ANGEL ALLIANCE INC | Goleta, CA | $100,000 | 2024 | distribution of childhood vitamins in India |
| charity water | Hagerstown, MD | $94,000 | 2024 | clean water wells in Madagascar |
| Tapestry Public Charter School | Atlanta, GA | $68,000 | 2024 | mental health counselor funding |
| Room to Read Inc | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | childhood literacy in India |
| Friends of Refugees | Clarkston, GA | $50,000 | 2024 | childhood and adult literacy |
| Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 2024 | doulas for disadvantaged mothers |
| Clarkston Community Health Center | Clarkston, GA | $30,000 | 2024 | charity health care |
| Trees Water People | Fort Collins, CO | $30,000 | 2024 | clean cookstoves in central america |
| HEAL Charity | Ashburn, VA | $30,000 | 2024 | autism education in India |
| Educate Girls | Forest Hills, NY | $28,000 | 2024 | girls education in India |
| Whole Woman's Health | Charlottesville, VA | $20,000 | 2024 | reproductive health care |
| CARTER CENTER | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2023 | Guinea Worm Eradication |
| SOUTHFACE | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2023 | Building Energy Efficiency Upgrades |
| HEAL INITIATIVE UCSF | San Francisco, CA | $93,200 | 2023 | Health Care and training |
| VITAMIN ANGELS | Goleta, CA | $80,000 | 2023 | Micronutrition for impoverished children |
| CHARITY WATER | Hagerstown, MD | $80,000 | 2023 | Providing clean water to villages in Madagascar |
charitywater
$100,000Clean water wells in villages in Africa
Educate Girls
$80,000Keeping girls in school in India
Mosaic
Healthcare for the underserved in Clarkston GA
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies
$50,000Support for doulas in more hospitals
Desai Foundation
$50,000Girls menstruation support
Luminos
$50,000Getting kids back into school
Mission Clean Water
$30,000Building and maintaining clean water wells
International environmental law support
Xylom
$5,000Science Journalism
Providing clean water wells at multiple sites in Malawi and Madagascar
Mothers for Clean Air - SEE
$100,000MOCA is helping Georgia schools roll out newer school buses to reduce health impacts on Georgia children
Carter Center
$100,000Support for Carter Centers work on fighting trachoma and blindness
Vitamin Angels provides prenatal vitamins and micronutrients to infants and young children globally
Clarkston Community Health Center provides free and reduced cost health care services in Clarkston Georgia
Southface
$75,000Southfaces Goodworks program helps non-profits to retrofit their buildings to be more energy efficient saving them money over the long term
Supported Friends of Refugees programs which help new mothers and their children learn English and help integrate into the US
Desai Foundation
$51,000Supported Desai Foundation in its work provided menstrual products and education in India
Heal Inc
$50,000Heal operates a school in Andhra Pradesh India educating children with disabilities
Luminos
$50,000Educational programs for children not in school in Africa
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies is running a program to help introduce doula support to more mothers in Georgia
Georgia Wand renovates homes for poor families in southeast GA
Tapestry
$31,000Tapestry is a charter school for children on the autism spectrum
Unite to Light
$18,000Solar lights for nurses supporting maternity war ds in Bangladesh
Mothers Others for Clean Air electric bus program
Southface Inc
$100,000energy efficiency renovations of nonprofits
Tapestry Public Charter School
$68,000mental health counselor funding
Clarkston Community Health Center
$30,000charity health care
HEAL Charity
$30,000autism education in India
Whole Woman's Health
$20,000reproductive health care
CARTER CENTER
$100,000Guinea Worm Eradication
SOUTHFACE
$100,000Building Energy Efficiency Upgrades
HEAL INITIATIVE UCSF
$93,200Health Care and training