The Ma-ran Foundation
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to providing financial support primarily in the areas of mental health, education, and health-related initiatives. Its mission focuses on enhancing community well-being through grants that support general operations, educational programs, and health research, including significant contributions to the Goizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and various educational institutions. The foundation serves a diverse range of beneficiaries, including mental health organizations, educational nonprofits, and health charities, with a notable emphasis on community service and faith-based organizations. It predominantly supports initiatives within Georgia, reflecting a strong commitment to local community development.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Established, Georgia-based nonprofits working in education, child development, health research, or mental-health/community services with capacity to manage large general-support or campaign grants and with an existing relationship or warm introduction to the foundation.
Good Fit
- • Organization is based in Georgia or runs substantial programs in Georgia.
- • Work aligns with education, child development, health, or mental-health services.
- • Capacity to manage mid- to multi-hundred-thousand dollar grants (and occasionally multi-million dollar gifts).
- • Existing relationship, board-level connection, or warm introduction to trustees or the executive director.
- • Track record of steady operations and use of general support or capital campaign funding.
Geography
Observed grants span four states in the latest year but about 82% of dollars were distributed to organizations in the foundation's home state (Georgia), indicating a strongly state-focused footprint.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 24 distinct independent recipients (and 21–33 distinct recipients in prior years) across education, health, mental-health, and community organizations, demonstrating a broad recipient set for this funder's scale.
New Applicants
Although new grantees appear (eight new recipients in the latest year and four in the prior year), the foundation explicitly funds only preselected organizations and provides no visible application or contact route, so unfamiliar applicants are unlikely to enter the portfolio without introductions.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
