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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 58-2011000

The Sweetgrass Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Atlanta, GA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $150,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Aulbrey F Drisaldi Co BNY Mellon
3050 Peachtree Road NW Ste 300
Atlanta, GA 30305
(678) 538-2000
Form and materials
No specific forms or materials are required.
Deadlines
Applications should generally be submitted by march 15.
Restrictions
Awards are restricted to individuals and organizations working directly for ecological health and cultural diversity and preservation. The foundation has a special interest in the protection of pristine wilderness areas and in work that supports young people in gaining respect for the earth.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,610,277

  • Tax year 2023

    $292,703

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $2,447,009

  • Tax year 2022

    $157,900

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,231,571

  • Tax year 2021

    $162,458

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $2,232,973

  • Tax year 2020

    $214,080

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $2,064,579

  • Tax year 2019

    $185,270

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $2,146,207

  • Tax year 2018

    $184,400

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,235,813

  • Tax year 2017

    $171,900

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $2,168,365

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Escudilla International ConservationSalt Lake Cty, UT

    General support for organization

    $50,000
  2. Wellkind GuatemalaCazadero, CA

    General support for organization

    $50,000
  3. Okefenokee Swamp Park IncWaycross, GA

    General support for organization

    $25,000
  4. The Mom Foundation - NepalKathmandu, Nepal

    Continued support for educational programs, etc.

    $25,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Environment1 grant $50,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $50,000
  2. Utah1 grant $50,000
  3. Georgia1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Aulbrey F DrisaldiPRESIDENT Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Dana H HalbergTREASURER Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Thomas J Fuller VDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Kenneth R MargolisDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Dr Sarah G CandlerDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Jonathan FullerDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Blythe LangDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Sristi KamalDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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