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Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Lawrenceville, GA EIN: 58-2106879 Website

The Gwinnett Tech Foundation exists for the sole purpose of helping gwinnett technical college and its students succeed through financial support including scholarships.

Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc at a glance

In short: Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc gave $616K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $616K), mostly in Georgia. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$616,010
+40.6% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$616,010
+40.6% vs 2024
Median grant
$616,010
Total assets
$9,946,192
+5.5% vs 2024
Primary geography
Georgia (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Gwinnett Technical College: $616KGwinnett Technical College$616K

The largest 2025 recipient was Gwinnett Technical College ($616K).

Grant Size Distribution

8 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K2$100–250K4$250–500K1$500K–1M1$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 4 grants of 8 (50%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Lawrenceville

How Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−19%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M2 grants2019 2 grants2020 2 grants2021 2 grants2022 2 grants2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $438K (2024) to $1.6M (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $616K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Gwinnett Technical College Lawrenceville, GATo support the academic pursuits of gwinnett technical college$616,010
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$9,946,192$1,013,881$960,805$616,0101$600,525
2024$9,431,990$1,845,648$1,614,899$438,0781$766,596
2023$9,093,505$401,820$776,571$603,6622$72,433
2022$8,861,749$1,285,879$910,788$760,6722$284,950
2021$9,905,096$1,635,986$1,551,542$1,456,0862$532,080
2020$8,778,014$1,498,034$1,186,187$1,124,2582$399,883
2019$8,810,770$1,623,738$1,710,578$1,636,6062$232,791

About Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc

Based on IRS filings

Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc is a public charity, based in Lawrenceville, GA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $9.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $616K. Net investment income was $601K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc is led by Darcie Johnson, Executive Director on every filing since 2024; 1 of 14 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Darcie Johnson

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $100K (2025)

  • Kali Boatright

    Chair

    Trustee & Secretary → Vice Chair, 2024

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cliff Clark

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cole Porter

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Depriest Waddy

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelley Balkcom

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kim Anker

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Larry Ebert

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Carrigan

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nancy Du

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paula Levesque

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Bridwell

    Vice Chair

    Trustee → Secretary, 2024

    Secretary → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Max Chip Coberly

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2024

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jason Etheridge

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (42)
  • Former: Herb Hoffman (2019–2024) — Chair
  • Former: Judith Martinez-Sadri (2021–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Anthony Chen (2022–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Norma Hepburn-Brown (2022–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Leigh Gant (2023–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Dan King (2019–2023) — Trustee & Emeritus
  • Former: J. Alvin Wilbanks (2019–2023) — Trustee & Emeritus
  • Former: Mac Peden (2019–2023) — Trustee & Emeritus
  • Former: Sean Murphy (2019–2023) — Trustee & Emeritus
  • Former: Glen Cannon Gwinnett Technical C. (2020–2023) — Trustee & Ex-Officio
  • Former: Charan Shikh (2022–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Sophia Pittman (2022–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Elizabeth Quick (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Jonna Kirkwood (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Kent Davies (2019–2022) — Trustee & Chair
  • Former: Marshall Boutwell (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Chuck McKinnon Gwinnett Tech Founda (2020–2022) — Trustee & Ex-Officio
  • Former: Tracey Smithson (2021–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Amy Bessemer (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Jon-Paul Croom (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Mikhail Britt (2019–2021) — Trustee & Treasurer
  • Former: Ebony Starks Gwinnett Tech Foundati (2020–2021) — Executive Director & Ex-Officio
  • Former: Latabia Woodward (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Charanjit Shikh (2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Mike Sweeney (2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Angie Woo (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Jim McGean (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Mark Sweeney (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Matthew Holtkamp (2019–2020) — Trustee & Chair
  • Former: Prince Niyyar (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Russell Smith (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Steve Flynt Ded (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Chuck McKinnon (2019) — Trustee & Ex-Officio
  • Former: Glen Cannon (2019) — Trustee & Ex-Officio
  • Former: Jennifer Hendrickson (2019) — Interim Executive Director & Retd Jan2019 Ex-Officio Non-Vot
  • Former: Joelle Nazaire (2019) — Trustee & Retd May2019
  • Former: Karen Fine Saltiel (2019) — Trustee & Retd Feb2019
  • Former: Liz Siegrist (2019) — Trustee & Retd Feb2019
  • Former: Martin Hollis (2019) — Trustee Emeritus
  • Former: Shane Froman (2019) — Trustee & Retd May2019
  • Former: Terry McGraw (2019) — Trustee & Retd Feb2019
  • Former: Trent Lind (2019) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Darcie Johnson — Executive Director: $100KDarcie JohnsonExecutive Director$100K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $100K, to Darcie Johnson (Executive Director).

Frequently asked questions about Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc

How much does Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc give each year?

Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc gave $616K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $438K across 1 grant.

How large is Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc?

Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc reported $9.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.0M.

Where does Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc operate?

Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc has awarded grants in Georgia.

What is Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc's EIN?

Gwinnett Tech Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 58-2106879. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 18, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 26, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 9, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 9, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 25, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS November 14, 2025)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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