The John And Mary Neff Foundation
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to enhancing community well-being and addressing various social issues. Its mission focuses on promoting health equity, improving access to quality healthcare, supporting educational initiatives for underserved youth, and fostering environmental conservation. The foundation prioritizes funding projects that connect local growers with communities to create equitable food systems and enhance the quality of life in Atlanta. Additionally, it supports efforts in science education and public policy aimed at increasing diversity in mathematics and related fields. Through its grants, the foundation serves a broad range of causes, including health, education, environmental sustainability, and community development.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Organizations working in science education, food access/local agriculture, youth development, environmental conservation, or community-focused services — especially established nonprofits with an existing local or national profile and prior connections to regional intermediaries or national science/health organizations.
Good Fit
- • Work aligns with science education, food access, health equity, youth development, or urban environmental projects.
- • Established track record or prior relationship with the foundation or with intermediaries the foundation funds (for example, community foundations or national science organizations).
- • Capacity to manage mid-to-large grants and demonstrate measurable program impact.
- • Located in or serving the Atlanta/Georgia ecosystem or partnered with recognized national science/food organizations.
Geography
Observed grants span three states rather than a single city, but giving is concentrated: half of the latest year’s dollars went to recipients in the DC area while the foundation is based in Georgia.
Recipient Variety
Twelve distinct recipients were funded in the latest year, indicating a moderately broad recipient set, but the portfolio is financially concentrated (the top five received 97% of dollars) and most recipients are repeat grantees.
New Applicants
The foundation explicitly limits support to preselected applicants and added only one new grantee in the latest year; combined with a high repeat rate across years, this suggests unsolicited new entrants are unlikely to be funded.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
