Norfolk Southern Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Norfolk Southern Foundation accepts no unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a small nonprofit should not send it a cold application.
- Your work fits its stated areas of education, community enrichment (with a focus on cultural and artistic organisations), environmental programmes, or health and human services, but that fit alone does not give you a route in.
- The filing gives no grant range and no geographic focus, so do not assume a request size or location limit from other sources; it paid $4,318,992 in its most recent year.
- Because the foundation invites rather than receives requests, there is no open deadline to plan around, and the useful step is an introduction from someone who already knows it.
Overview
Norfolk Southern Foundation is a US private foundation based in Atlanta, GA.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (norfolksouthern.investorroom.com), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Foundation supports programmes that benefit nonprofit organisations in four principal areas: educational programmes; community enrichment, focusing on cultural and artistic organisations; environmental programmes; and health and human services.
Themes
- Education
- Community enrichment
- Environmental programmes
- Health and human services
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Officers and directors
- Kristin N Hoffman — Treasurer
- Shannon L Eppers — Assistant Treasurer
- Wendy Y Bowles — Assistant Secretary
- Jeffrey C Behymer — Assistant Secretary
- Joseph C Wolfe — Secretary
- Jason A Zampi — Vice President, Trustee
- John F Orr — Vice President, Trustee
- Suzanne Zenoni — Assistant Treasurer
- Erica S Harvey — Assistant Treasurer
- Dammie T Meduoye — Assistant Treasurer
- Marcus R Tower — Assistant Treasurer
- Robert S Sumwalt — Assistant Treasurer
- William T Carter — Assistant Treasurer
- Randy L Shilling — Assistant Treasurer
- Austin L Palmer — Assistant Treasurer
- Kristen A Kohler — Assistant Treasurer
- Claude E Elkins — Vice President, Trustee
- J Jeremy Ballard — Vice President, Trustee
- Elizabeth J Talton-Buck — Vice President, Executive Officer
- Mark R George — Chairman, President and CEO
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,907,253 | $2,037,964 | $949,725 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $7,898,180 | $7,452,070 | $1,003,615 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $4,397,614 | $4,318,992 | $730,143 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
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.
Sources
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Contact
- Atlanta, GA