Open Foundations · Georgia

The Peyton Anderson Foundation Inc

Macon, Georgia · EIN 581803562. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $4.3M across 84 grants in 2025, a median of $6K each.

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$4.3M
paid in 2025
84
grants paid
$6K
median grant
11%
to first-time recipients
$92.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
KAREN J LAMBERT
Address
577 MULBERRY STREET SUITE 830, MACON, GA, 31201
Phone
4787435359
Form the request should take
SEE PAF GRANT APPLICATION ATTACHED.
Submission deadline
APRIL 1ST AND SEPTEMBER 1ST
Restrictions on awards
SEE PAF GRANT APPLICATION ATTACHED.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202601339349100240. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

discretionaryscholarshipsmacon

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 84 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1The Corporation of MercerGA$1,000,000MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
2Newtown MaconGA$600,000LEVERAGING LOCAL CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
3Crossroads Christian CounselingGA$250,000FACILITY RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENT
4Forward MaconGA$250,000CHOOSE MACON - TALENT RECRUITMENT
5Museum of AviationGA$225,000IGNITING INNOVATION
6Historic Riverside CemeteryGA$200,000RIVERSIDE CEMETERY HISTORIC
7Middle Georgia State UniversityGA$200,000CENTER FOR MIDDLE GEORGIA STUDIES
8Wesleyan CollegeGA$150,000BRINGING WESLEYAN INTO DT MACON
9The Corporation of MercerGA$100,000SENIOR CIVIC JOURNALISM FELLOW
10United Way of Central GeorgiaGA$100,000COMMUNITY SCHOOLS UNITED
11National Trust for Local NewsCO$95,000GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTER
12Macon AimGA$87,500MACON AIM CASE WORKER
13United Way of Central GeorgiaGA$75,000TO REINSTATE READ UNITED IN THE FALL
14Visit Macon IncGA$75,000CHRISTMAS MART
15The University of GeorgiaGA$74,000SCHOLARSHIPS

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202086$4.6M
202196$5.1M
202293$4.2M
202383$4.6M
202493$4.7M
2025 (partial year)84$4.3M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Georgia91%
Florida2%
Colorado1%
Connecticut1%
Maryland1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Karen J LambertPRESIDENT · 2025
Kathryn H DennisTRUSTEE · 2025
Marc T TreadwellTRUSTEE · 2025
R Kirby GodseyTRUSTEE · 2025
Reid Hanson JrTRUSTEE · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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