Melvin Douglas and Victoria Kay Ivester Foundation

• The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application will not be considered and any approach should be made through an invitation.
• Its stated priority is Gainesville and Hall County, and it describes its interests as education, scholarship, visual arts, performing arts, parks and gardens, so work outside that area or those fields falls outside what it describes.
• The typical grant band runs from $3,500 to $710,000, with a median of about $58,000, so a modest request in that region is in line with its usual giving, although its largest grant was $1,300,000.
• In its latest filing, 98% of grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in the earlier filing, so it appears relationship-led and newcomers should expect little room.
• The filing gives no deadlines, so check directly with the foundation before planning around a date.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Hall County School District · Howard E. IvesterEarly College
  $1,300,0002023 tax year
• University of Georgia Foundation · University of Georgia Scholarships and Study Abroad Programs
  $524,0002023 tax year
• Brenau University · Brenau UniversityAthletic Department
  $250,0002023 tax year
• Hall County School District · Learning Commons &Emotional Distress
  $110,0002023 tax year
• Hall County School District · Hall County SchoolDistrict Teacherof Year Program
  $58,2002023 tax year
• Northeast Georgia History Center · AMI Education Center
  $50,0002023 tax year
• Brenau University · Endowed Scholarhship
  $50,0002023 tax year
• Brenau University · Darby Scholars Program
  $40,0002023 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.