Savannah Community Foundation Immediate Needs Grants

The Savannah Community Foundation Immediate Needs Grants support vital emergency and unanticipated expenses for local organizations, with grants typically not exceeding $5,000. Established as a nonprofit in 1956, this foundation aims to enhance community welfare by distributing over $7 million annually to more than 250 charities. Eligible projects must focus on immediate needs, excluding capital expenditures and routine expenses, thus ensuring rapid response in times of crisis.

The Savannah Community Foundation, Inc. benefits donors, donees and the community by providing a safe, simple, inexpensive and tax efficient vehicle for philanthropic capital formation, investment and distribution to public charities.
The Community Foundation is a nonprofit Georgia corporation classified as a Section 501(c)(3) public charity by the IRS and invests in solutions to the area's civic, educational, health and human services, and charitable needs as suggested by it donors and determined by its Board of Directors. Typically, the Community Foundation grants over $7,250,000 to more than 250 charitable organizations and awards over $200,000 in scholarships each year.
Immediate Needs Fund
Grants from this fund may be made only for "Immediate Needs."
"Immediate Needs" includes emergency needs, as well as other unanticipated expenses. "Immediate Needs" does not include capital expenditures, capital campaigns, routine recurring expenses or normal program expenses. Normally grants will not exceed $5,000 per grant (typical amounts granted are less than $1,500), and normally no organization will be granted more than $5,000 total within any twelve (12) month period.

Ineligibility

“Immediate Needs” does not include capital expenditures, capital campaigns, routine recurring expenses or normal program expenses.