Southern Company Gas Charitable Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 58-2399946 · since 1998·Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$6.3M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$4,000 to $75,000

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$15,000

Typical grant (median)

181 grants in the latest filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is not the route; the filing does not say how an invitation is arranged, so do not assume one will follow an approach.
Its stated priority areas are Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee and Virginia, and its themes are social justice, economic mobility, environmental stewardship and community enrichment, so a charity working in those places and on those themes is the fit to check.
Its typical grants fall between $4,000 and $75,000, with a median of $15,000, so a modest request sits within that band, though its largest grant was $1,000,000 and the band is not a ceiling.
Repeat funding is significant: 44% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in the two earlier filings, so an existing link may count for a good deal, and the filing gives no deadlines from which timing could be judged.

Overview

Southern Company Gas Charitable 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 (prnewswire.com), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 12 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Southern Company Gas Foundation directs giving to nonprofit organisations aligned with social justice, economic mobility, environmental stewardship and community enrichment. Its gifts support local efforts in communities across Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee and Virginia. It partners with organisations to address local challenges and provide holistic support, often driving programming, making connections to resources and volunteering to support projects and initiatives across its service footprint. It combines financial contributions with the time and talent of its people. The foundation describes its role as being citizens where the company lives, works and serves.

Themes

Social justice
Economic mobility
Environmental stewardship
Community enrichment

Geographic Focus

Priority: Georgia; Illinois; Tennessee; Virginia. (as reported in other published sources)

How to apply

The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 44% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 454 grants to organisations were $15,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

The foundation favours nonprofit organisations whose work aligns with social justice, economic mobility, environmental stewardship and community enrichment. (as reported in other published sources)

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

Georgia47%

Illinois24%

Virginia14%

Tennessee4%

District of Columbia3%

Minnesota2%

6 other states: 5%

Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 1%

The largest single recipient received 7% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 44% of grant dollars went to organisations Southern Company Gas Charitable Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
10% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

181 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $15,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 181 grants in tax year 2024 by size

Under $1k2%

$1k–$2.5k3%

$2.5k–$5k1%

$5k–$10k31%

$10k–$25k24%

$25k–$50k19%

$50k–$100k12%

$100k–$250k6%

$250k–$500k1%

$500k–$1M1%

$1M and over1%

Median $15,000 (tax year 2024)

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

American National Red Cross · Economic mobility
$1,000,0002024 tax year
Nature Conservancy · Environmental stewardship
$500,0002024 tax year
United Way of Metro Chicago · Community enrichment
$250,0002024 tax year
Top Box Foods · Economic mobility
$200,0002024 tax year
Georgia Justice Project · Social justice
$200,0002024 tax year
Scholarship America · Community enrichment
$152,5002024 tax year
Atlanta Technical College Foundation · Signature
$150,0002024 tax year
CitySwing Foundation · Signature
$150,0002024 tax year

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

Officers and directors

H Bryan Batson — Director
Javier Montalvo — Director
Erin Harris — Director
Grace Kolvereid — Director
Jack D Sutton Jr — Director
Robert S Duvall — Director
Wendell Dallas — Director
Pedro P Cherry — Director
Michael A Braswell — Director
Marcia Demar — Secretary
James D Anderson — Treasurer
Serena Levy — President And Executive Director
Jim Kerr — Chair

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$4,320,182	$3,850,200	$96,160,544	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$5,024,349	$4,628,617	$106,899,977	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$6,885,155	$6,282,600	$119,615,980	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.