The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc is a public charity based in Augusta, Georgia. Founded in 1995, it connects donors with nonprofits and community initiatives and supports charitable work in the Central Savannah River Area.
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc at a glance
In short: The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc gave $20.1M across 256 grants in 2025 (avg $78K), mostly in Georgia. 28% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $20,077,238
- +24.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 256
- +30.6% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $78,427
- -4.6% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $30,330
- Total assets
- $202,139,475
- +10.7% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 28% first-time grantees (71 of 255, 2025)
- Primary geography
- Georgia (80% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated November 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc
- Contact
Mailing address: PO Box 31358, Augusta, GA 30903
Phone: (706) 724-1314
Website: https://cfcsra.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
14 open opportunities from The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc
Augusta Bar Foundation Grant Program
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc
Amount
US $5,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Border Bash Foundation Grant
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
CFCSRA: Community Grants
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc
Amount
Up to US $15,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Augusta ($1.3M). Together the top 10 received $6.9M.
Organizations only. It also paid 2 grants to individuals ($49,512), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
972 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 726 grants of 972 (75%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The foundation describes its regional service area as Richmond, Columbia, McDuffie, and Burke counties in Georgia, and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina. Its 2024 grant dollars went primarily to recipients in Georgia (83%), followed by South Carolina (7%), Ohio (3%), North Carolina (3%), and California (2%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 256 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc open to new grantees?
28%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 71 of 255 grantees (28%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $48K; repeat grants $91K. How we count
Medians: $25K first-time, $36K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $6.0M (2019) to $20.1M (2025). In 2025 it made 256 grants totaling $20.1M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Augusta Augusta, GA | Charitable Purpose | $1,335,644 |
| Hub for Community Innovation Inc Augusta, GA | Charitable Purpose | $1,150,585 |
| Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church Augusta, GA | Charitable Purpose | $1,150,411 |
| Block by Block Cincinnati, OH | Charitable Purpose | $554,805 |
| Augustacsra Habitat for Humanity Inc Augusta, GA | Charitable Purpose | $552,500 |
| Home Builders of Greater Aiken-Augusta Region Inc Augusta, GA | Charitable Purpose | $508,652 |
| Bridge Builder Communities International Inc Evans, GA | Charitable Purpose | $462,500 |
| Augusta Preparatory Day School Martinez, GA | Charitable Purpose | $393,803 |
| Augusta Heritage Academy Inc Augusta, GA | Charitable Purpose | $388,240 |
| Medical College of Georgia Foundation Inc Augusta, GA | Charitable Purpose | $364,116 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $202,139,475 | $35,031,994 | $22,601,110 | $20,077,238 | 256 | $9,211,541 |
| 2024 | $182,590,923 | $32,827,191 | $19,148,159 | $16,120,883 | 196 | $7,089,887 |
| 2023 | $160,175,077 | $19,377,290 | $14,394,085 | $11,501,680 | 188 | $2,034,954 |
| 2022 | $140,234,965 | $21,653,699 | $10,287,079 | $7,854,993 | 183 | $2,833,627 |
| 2021 | $142,981,044 | $36,009,500 | $9,745,908 | $7,318,058 | 149 | $7,207,520 |
| 2020 | $104,773,368 | $16,442,862 | $8,662,423 | $7,349,849 | 160 | $2,636,168 |
| 2019 | $90,651,028 | $9,908,334 | $7,336,466 | $6,046,402 | 542 | $2,498,508 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The organization’s mission is to engage, inform and inspire donors and nonprofits to build a stronger and more vibrant community. Its stated work includes competitive grants, the Harrisburg Literacy Initiative, scholarships, and grantmaking in partnership with local funds.
The Community Grants Program supports programs and projects in Arts, Culture & Heritage; Education, Opportunity & Workforce Readiness; Health, Wellness & Resilience; and Basic Needs & Stability. The foundation’s website identifies the program’s service area as Burke, Columbia, McDuffie and Richmond counties in Georgia, and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina.
Examples of grantees’ work include the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Augusta, whose mission is to help young people reach their full potential; Golden Harvest Food Bank, whose mission is “Feeding Lives Together”; and the Hub for Community Innovation, which describes its work as pursuing collaborative solutions to improve equitable access to essential community resources. These are the grantees’ stated missions, not the foundation’s.
Grantmaking
The 2024 filing reports 196 grants totaling $16,120,883. Grant amounts ranged from $5,002 to $1,434,819, with a median of $21,250. Separately, the foundation’s website reports that donors at the foundation granted more than $18 million in 2025, and that $735,000 was awarded to 59 area nonprofit agencies that year. Its 2025 filing, the latest on this page, reports 256 grants totaling $20.1 million.
Among the largest grants reported for 2024 were $1,434,819 to Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Augusta, $1,311,724 to the Medical College of Georgia Foundation, $797,500 to the American Red Cross of Georgia, $761,043 to Hub for Community Innovation, and $657,871 to Golden Harvest Food Bank. The filing lists each grant’s purpose as “charitable purpose.”
The foundation also manages the Women in Philanthropy, Mary Warren Foundation, and Porter Fleming Foundation grant programs. The Women in Philanthropy Grant supports organizations enhancing the lives of women and children in Georgia and South Carolina; its stated restrictions include no individual grants, capital campaigns, or projects typically funded by government sources. The Mary Warren Foundation Grant supports charitable organizations focused on women, children, and older adults, with a stated award range of $5,000–$7,500. Its listed deadline is December 31, 2026. The Porter Fleming Foundation Grant supports local 501(c)(3) organizations advancing education, arts, and culture in the Greater Augusta community; its program description says grants are not intended for usual operating expenses or expenses covered by government funding.
For the 2027 Community Grants Program, eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) organizations, public entities, and other qualifying charitable, educational, or cultural organizations serving residents of the specified six-county area. Applications must support a program, project, or initiative aligned with the program priorities and show meaningful community impact. First-time applicants and organizations without a Community Grants award in at least one of the 2024, 2025, or 2026 cycles were required to attend a Grant Seeker Session held in June. Applications are submitted through the foundation’s Grants Portal. No general application deadline is stated in the available program information.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
Officers and directors listed on the 2024 filing include Shell Knox Berry, president and CEO; Elizabeth Finch, vice president of finance; Rebecca Wallance, vice president of programs; James B. Trotter, chair; Susan E. Nicholson, vice elect; Faye Hargrove, vice chair; John Cates, secretary/treasurer; Charles G. Caye Jr., past chair; and directors Frank Anderson and James Jim Houston Armstrong.
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc is led by Shell Knox Berry, President & CEO on every filing since 2019; 2 of 26 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Shell Knox Berry
President & CEO
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$150K (2019) → $234K (2025)
James B. Jim Trotter
Chair
Vice Chair → Chair Elect, 2022
Chair Elect → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barry L. Storey
Director
Board of Directors → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Braye C. Boardman
Director
Board of Directors → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brian J. Marks
Director
Chair → Past Chair, 2022
Past Chair → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Clayton P. Boardman III
Director
Board of Directors → Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Duncan N. Johnson Jr.
Director
Board of Directors → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eddie Bussey
Director
Board of Directors → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
H. Montague Osteen Jr.
Director
Board of Directors → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Jim Houston Armstrong
Director
Board of Directors → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James M. Hull
Director
Board of Directors → Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
N. Turner Simkins
Director
Board of Directors → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William H. Tucker
Director
Board of Directors → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Zack O. Daffin
Director
Board of Directors → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Natalie Schweers Coghill
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William H. Barrett Jr.
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ruth A. Knox
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Fran Felton Hickman
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kelley D. Mobley
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Phillip Frank Anderson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tom Wyatt
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Finch
CFO
Vice President of Finance → CFO, 2025
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$120K (2022) → $157K (2025)
Charles Pete G. Caye Jr.
Past Chair
Chair Elect → Chair, 2022
Chair → Past Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan E. Nicholson
Chair Elect
Vice Chair → Vice Elect, 2024
Vice Elect → Chair Elect, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carolyn Lafaye Hargrove
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Cates
Secretary & Treasurer
Director → Secretary & Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (12)
- Former: James J. Jim Bernstein (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Thomas M. Blanchard Jr. (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Faye Hargrove (2020–2024) — Vice Chair
- Former: Frank Anderson (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Rebecca Wallance (2024) — Vice President of Programs
- Former: Joann Herbert (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Eg Meybohm (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Kenneth L. Usry (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Mason H. McKnight III (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Cp Boardman III (2020) — Director
- Former: James M. Hull Chairman (2020) — Director
- Former: Russell V. Mobley Esq. (2019) — Board of Directors
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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $234K, to Shell Knox Berry (President/CEO). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc
How much does The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc give each year?
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc gave $20.1M across 256 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $16.1M across 196 grants.
What is The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc's typical grant size?
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc's median grant in 2025 was $30,330, and its average grant was $78,427, across 256 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc that year got $48K on average.
Where does The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc give grants?
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc gives mostly in Georgia: 80% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was South Carolina (11%). The most frequent recipient cities were Augusta, GA (126 grants), Aiken, SC (28 grants), Evans, GA (13 grants) and Atlanta, GA (9 grants).
Who are The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc's largest grantees?
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Augusta ($1,335,644), Hub for Community Innovation Inc ($1,150,585) and Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church ($1,150,411), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. It also paid 2 grants to individuals ($49,512), which are not listed by name. Together they received 18% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc?
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc reported $202.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $35.0M.
What does The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc fund?
The organization’s mission is to engage, inform and inspire donors and nonprofits to build a stronger and more vibrant community. Its stated work includes competitive grants, the Harrisburg Literacy Initiative, scholarships, and grantmaking in partnership with local funds. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc?
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check cfcsra.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc's EIN?
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 58-2184345. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated November 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS September 22, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 24, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 9, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 27, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 1, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS September 19, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 3, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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