The foundation’s recent giving is heavily oriented toward hurricane/disaster response with a mix of large institutional payouts and smaller community-level emergency grants. Funding patterns show both sizable, one-off awards to intermediaries or large entities and targeted support for culturally specific community organizations, mental health/counseling, and faith-based recovery efforts. Grants suggest an interest in rapid-response catalytic funding to stabilize local infrastructure and community services in affected regions.
Southerners on New Ground Inc’s recent giving is defined by hurricane and emergency response, including a $1,600,000 grant to Fairmont El San Juan Hotel for hurricane rapid response and a $1,655,000 general-operating grant to The Smile Trust. That mix points to a funder that moves both large sums through institutional partners and smaller amounts directly to community organizations working after storms. The foundation’s recent awards also show support for local counseling, cultural recovery, and grassroots relief in places hit by disasters. In 2025 it gave $25,000 to Cornbread & Roses Counseling in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and $25,000 to Ymi Cultural Center in Asheville, North Carolina, alongside similar-sized grants to Casting Bread and Mill Village Ministries. A smaller $10,000 general-operating grant to Human Rights and Democracy suggests the funder also backs organizations beyond immediate relief when they fit its broader community-support approach. Across the available grants, the pattern is short-term, urgent funding rather than broad programmatic spread. Awards cluster around rapid deployment, general operations, and recovery work for organizations serving storm-affected communities in the South and Caribbean.
Hurricane response is the clearest theme in the recent grants. Southerners on New Ground Inc gave $1,600,000 to Fairmont El San Juan Hotel for hurricane rapid response, showing support for a large recovery-related partner. The foundation also funds community-level counseling tied to disaster recovery. It awarded $25,000 to Cornbread & Roses Counseling in Lawrenceville, Georgia for hurricane rapid response, linking mental health support to storm impacts. Cultural and faith-based recovery efforts appear as well. The funder gave $25,000 to Ymi Cultural Center in Asheville, North Carolina for hurricane rapid response and $25,000 to Mill Village Ministries in Greenville, South Carolina for the same purpose. These grants suggest attention to locally rooted organizations that help communities stabilize after storms.
Recent grants are split between very large awards and smaller rapid-response grants. The top two grants were $1,655,000 and $1,600,000, while the other recent awards shown were $25,000 or $10,000. That creates a wide spread between institutional-scale support and direct community grants. The available data shows 2025 grants only, so it does not indicate a multi-year repeat pattern among specific recipients. Southerners on New Ground Inc is a public charity, not a fund that gives to individuals, and no program-related investments are listed. The grants shown are primarily general operations or hurricane rapid response, which points to flexible, short-term funding rather than a formal application-based program.
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Concentrated by dollar amount into a few very large, rapid-response awards alongside multiple small, targeted community grants; primarily episodic emergency funding rather than many small recurring grants.
Notable grantees: THE SMILE TRUST, FAIRMONT EL SAN JUAN HOTEL, YMI CULTURAL CENTER, CORNBREAD & ROSES COUNSELING
All of the recent grants in the data went to U.S. recipients. Florida and Puerto Rico received the largest awards, while smaller grants went to Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Recipient cities include Miami, Carolina, Lawrenceville, Asheville, Blowing Rock, Greenville, and Atlanta. The largest concentration by amount is outside the foundation’s Georgia headquarters: the top awards went to Miami and Carolina, Puerto Rico, while multiple smaller grants supported organizations in the Southeast.
The recent grants point to hurricane and emergency recovery work, with support for a hotel-based rapid-response partner, counseling services, cultural recovery, and faith-based/community relief organizations. The named recipients include The Smile Trust, Fairmont El San Juan Hotel, Cornbread & Roses Counseling, Ymi Cultural Center, Casting Bread, Mill Village Ministries, and Human Rights and Democracy.
The recent awards range from $10,000 to $1,655,000. The largest listed grants are $1,655,000 to The Smile Trust and $1,600,000 to Fairmont El San Juan Hotel, while several other grants are $25,000 and one is $10,000.
No. None of the recent grants in the data went to recipients in Georgia as a share of the total grant count, and the recipient cities shown include Miami, Carolina in Puerto Rico, Lawrenceville, Asheville, Blowing Rock, Greenville, and Atlanta.
They center on hurricane and disaster response. The stated purposes include hurricane rapid response and general operations connected to recovery, with support also reaching counseling, cultural centers, and ministries involved in disaster-impacted communities.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE SMILE TRUST | MIAMI, FL | $1,655,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| FAIRMONT EL SAN JUAN HOTEL | CAROLINA, PR | $1,600,000 | 2025 | HURRICANE RAPID RESPONSE |
| MILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES | GREENVILLE, SC | $25,000 | 2025 | HURRICANE RAPID RESPONSE |
| YMI CULTURAL CENTER | ASHEVILLE, NC | $25,000 | 2025 | HURRICANE RAPID RESPONSE |
| CORNBREAD & ROSES COUNSELING | LAWRENCEVILLE, GA | $25,000 | 2025 | HURRICANE RAPID RESPONSE |
| CASTING BREAD | BLOWING ROCK, NC | $25,000 | 2025 | HURRICANE RAPID RESPONSE |
| HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY | ATLANTA, GA | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| THE SMILE TRUST | MIAMI, FL | $250,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| FOUNDATION FOR A JUST SOCIETY | LITTLE ROCK, AR | $95,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTR | CALABASAS, CA | $60,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| THE SMILE TRUST | MIAMI, FL | $250,000 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| FOUNDATION FOR A JUST SOCIETY | LITTLE ROCK, AR | $95,000 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
| SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTR | CALABASAS, CA | $60,000 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATIONS |
FAIRMONT EL SAN JUAN HOTEL
$1,600,000HURRICANE RAPID RESPONSE
CORNBREAD & ROSES COUNSELING
$25,000HURRICANE RAPID RESPONSE
CASTING BREAD
HURRICANE RAPID RESPONSE
FOUNDATION FOR A JUST SOCIETY
$95,000GENERAL OPERATIONS
FOUNDATION FOR A JUST SOCIETY
$95,000GENERAL OPERATIONS