Foundations that fund organizations in Atlanta, Georgia
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Atlanta nonprofits
4,856 private foundations gave $1.5B to Atlanta organizations in their latest filings; 34 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
14,474 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Atlanta around $185K. 44 of these funders are based in Georgia; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 4,856
- Accept applications
- 34
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Atlanta
- $1.5B
- latest filings
- Grants
- 14,474
- Typical median grant
- $185K
- Based in GA
- 44%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Atlanta organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert W Woodruff Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 17 | $169M | $2.0M | Yes | $49.1 million campaign to develop Woodruff Scout Camp into…; Completion of the 22-mile trail corridor loop ($75 million)…; Renovation of giant panda habitat to meet conservation stan… |
| The Marcus Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 63 | $87M | $325K | Preselected only | To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization; To support the exempt purpose of the receipient organization; To support research for technology used in removal of cance… |
| The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 129 | $77M | $75K | Preselected only | General operating support; Football player safety; 2025 beloved benefit |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 55 | $74M | $500K | Yes | Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; Vaccine development; Pneumonia & pandemic preparedness |
| Joseph B Whitehead Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 31 | $69M | $500K | Yes | Expansion of SmART Literacy initiative to improve K-3 liter…; Operating support.; Implementation of strategic plan to strengthen and improve… |
| Holland M Ware Charitable Foundation | Eagle, ID | 1 | $53M | $53M | Preselected only | Conservation and protection of granite deposit and natural… |
| J Bulow Campbell Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 57 | $40M | $400K | Yes | Support exempt purpose of the recipient organization |
| James M Cox Foundation of Georgia Inc | Atlanta, GA | 38 | $35M | $375K | Yes | Special project support; Capital campaign support; General operating support |
| The O Wayne Rollins Foundation C/O Rfa Management Co LLC | Atlanta, GA | 12 | $34M | $8,500 | Preselected only | General support; General operating funds; General operating fund |
| The Goizueta Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 76 | $27M | $50K | Yes | Program; Matching; Discretionary |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 7 | $24M | $1.5M | Preselected only | To support economic development; To support drowning prevention; To support data for health |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 8 | $22M | $1.0M | Yes | Pathways for tomorrow initiative; Employee matching gift(s); Capacity building support |
| The Ma-Ran Foundation C/O Rfa Management Co LLC | Atlanta, GA | 14 | $19M | $53K | Preselected only | General support; Annual fund; Swan house ball |
| Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 4 | $17M | $3.5M | Yes | $150 million campaign to expand the Garden by eight acres a…; Pediatric medical residency program conducted by Children's…; $14.5 million campaign to establish a permanent facility at… |
| Abraham J and Phyllis Katz Foundation | Newnan, GA | 27 | $17M | $376K | Preselected only | General operating support; Program support fund; Biomedical equipment and operations |
| Henry and Etta Raye Hirsch Heritage Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 14 | $16M | $2,500 | Preselected only | Education; Community; Religious |
| Southern Company Charitable Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 15 | $15M | $50K | Yes | Ajc atlanta's 2024 national human relations award dinner ho…; Support for atlantans facing housing issues and intimate pa…; Care impact awards 2024 |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 48 | $15M | $146K | Yes | Matching gifts; 81988 rwjf healthy communities -- site visit grant; 82493 supporting atlanta beltline to pilot methods to equit… |
| Loomis Foundation Inc | Overland Park, KS | 1 | $14M | $14M | Preselected only | General charitable purposes |
| The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 43 | $13M | $250K | Yes | 100 Black Men of America Youth Leadership Academy and Colle…; Advancing the Vision: Expanding and Enhancing Greenspace; Transforming the Neighbor Experience Campaign |
| The Kendeda Fund | Wilmington, DE | 36 | $12M | $138K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; Operating Reserve Fund; fund to open up 60 acres of underutilized green space |
| Teach Every Nation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 1 | $11M | $11M | Preselected only | Merger |
| Georgia Power Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 143 | $11M | $25K | Yes | 50th anniversary inaugural day of giving; General operating support; 2024 hurricane helene disaster relief |
| The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation | Ardmore, OK | 4 | $8.4M | $62K | Yes | Operational support; Awake america - phase 2; Noble ministry fund |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 27 | $7.9M | $200K | Yes | General support; Matching gift; General support and core support for institutional strength… |
| The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation | Omaha, NE | 10 | $7.7M | $552K | Preselected only | General operating support; Program support |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | 25 | $7.3M | $185K | Preselected only | General operating support; Advancing racial justice; Advancing racial justice and women's rights |
| Delta Air Lines Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 13 | $7.3M | $250K | Yes | Grant to support the renovation of the delta flight museum…; Grant to support the never settle campaign with support foc…; Grant to zoo capital campaign |
| Tansy Charitable Foundation C/O Eric Wepsic | New York, NY | 1 | $7.0M | $7.0M | Preselected only | General use |
| The Imlay Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 146 | $7.0M | $30K | Preselected only | To fulfill mission; To fullfill mission |
| The Gary W Rollins Foundation C/O Rfa Management Co LLC | Atlanta, GA | 15 | $6.8M | $100K | Preselected only | General support; Support for exhbitions and programs; Grant - mission moment |
| Mastercard Impact Fund | Purchase, NY | 3 | $6.6M | $2.2M | Preselected only | Small business; Data for social impact |
| Annie E Casey Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 108 | $6.5M | $45K | Preselected only | Provide general operating support; Charitable contribution through the matching gifts program; Support an emergency aid grant program for post-secondary s… |
| Fraser-Parker Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 26 | $6.5M | $100K | Preselected only | Capital campaign; In support of disaster relief; Capacity building campaign |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | 9 | $6.4M | $500K | Preselected only | General operating support; American pride rises; Mpu: uniting the country, strengthening communities, and in… |
| Thomas Lyle Williams Trust Bessemer Trust Company Na | New York, NY | 1 | $6.4M | $6.4M | Preselected only | General exempt purpose |
| Chestnut Family Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 21 | $6.0M | $126K | Preselected only | To support the mission of the recipient organization |
| Sall Family Foundation | Cary, NC | 1 | $6.0M | $6.0M | Preselected only | Programmatic support |
| The Seaman Foundation Inc | Seffner, FL | 6 | $5.9M | $350K | Yes | Support civil and human relations, fights anti-semitism and…; The foundation's mission is to continue to grow the atlanta…; Support the prevention of wrongful conviction. |
| Ahimsa Foundation | Niwot, CO | 1 | $5.1M | $5.1M | Preselected only | Advocate for the wellbeing of all animals |
| Luluma Charitable Trust Xxxxx8009 | Chicago, IL | 111 | $5.0M | $25K | Preselected only | General operating |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | 8 | $4.8M | $592K | Yes | To continue support for the implementation of an academic l…; To support an analysis of faculty in higher education in th…; To support succession planning and new business model imple… |
| Norfolk Southern Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 1 | $4.4M | $4.4M | Preselected only | Operational support unless otherwise noted |
| Walter and Frances Bunzl Foundation Inc | Marietta, GA | 3 | $4.3M | $1.6M | Preselected only | Support |
| Alice L Walton Foundation | Bentonville, AR | 8 | $4.3M | $128K | Preselected only | to support salary and benefits costs to host a 2-year pilot…; to provide general operating support; To provide scholarship support |
| Donald and Marilyn Keough Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 1 | $4.2M | $4.2M | Preselected only | See attached statement |
| The Sara Giles Moore Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 38 | $4.1M | $50K | Preselected only | To support the charitable mission of the recipient organiza… |
| The Kelin Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 30 | $3.8M | $25K | Yes | General operating support |
| Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund | Broomfield, CO | 14 | $3.8M | $150K | Yes | Charter school growth; Charter school capacity-building; Impact and innovation |
| The Chantal and Tommy Bagwell Foundation Inc | Cumming, GA | 2 | $3.7M | $1.9M | Preselected only | General fund & hospital construction; Student scholarships |
| The Resslergertz Foundation | Sherman Oaks, CA | 11 | $3.7M | $35K | Preselected only | Contribution |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 22 | $3.5M | $30K | Preselected only | Future$mart: Financial Literacy & Investment Initiative; Home Empowerment Program; Atlanta Land Trust Community Information Sessions |
| Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation | Chevy Chase, MD | 1 | $3.5M | $3.5M | Preselected only | Clark scholars program |
| Tull Charitable Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 151 | $3.5M | $3,000 | Yes | Matching gift for board members & employees; Grant support of recipient organization's exempt purpose; Other contributions to support recipient organization's exe… |
| Suntrust Bank Charitable-Irr Tr(1071 | Orlando, FL | 3 | $3.5M | $1.2M | Yes | General operating |
| The Ray C Anderson Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 15 | $3.4M | $46K | Preselected only | Sustaining grant - to support the charitable environmental…; Grant - to support the charitable environmental mission, ac…; Drawdown georgia grant - to support the charitable environm… |
| Abbvie Foundation | North Chicago, IL | 2 | $3.3M | $1.7M | Preselected only | Advancing health equity through community health workers an…; Week of Possibilities 2025 |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | 8 | $3.3M | $183K | Preselected only | To support a Teacher Fellowship for early-career elementary…; To support a community journalism fellowship program.; To increase support for policies that improve teacher pensi… |
| Margaret a Cargill Foundation | Eden Prairie, MN | 4 | $3.3M | $600K | Preselected only | Planning grant for native club aquatic safety; Promoting disaster ready preparedness towards adaptation; Response and readiness capacity for emergencies |
| The Knobloch Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 11 | $3.3M | $176K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; Crockford Pigeon McCloud fund; Grizzard Tract - Black Rock Mountain Acquisition fund |
| The Ellis Foundation Inc 26-28165 | Atlanta, GA | 21 | $3.2M | $25K | Preselected only | General; Daf gift account for additional contribution to the prospec… |
| The Wallace Foundation | New York, NY | 14 | $3.2M | $211 | Preselected only | Employee Matching Gift-General support; To study challenges facing ring shout traditions and their…; To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Art… |
| Truist Foundation Inc | Orlando, FL | 16 | $3.1M | $63K | Yes | Strengthening small; Building career pathways to; Thriving communities |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | 14 | $3.1M | $200K | Yes | For general operating support; To support gender transformative change in ethiopia water g…; For the barton child law and policy center at emory univers… |
| John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy | Lake Forest, IL | 1 | $3.0M | $3.0M | Preselected only | Program |
| The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $3.0M | $1.5M | Preselected only | America's portable teacher pension plan; National charter school retirement system |
| Fidelity Foundation | Boston, MA | 23 | $2.8M | $5,000 | Yes | Fidelity matching gifts to education; Construction; Planning |
| Southern Company Gas Charitable Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 65 | $2.8M | $25K | Preselected only | Provides homelessness prevention and supportive services; Provides services for survivors of trafficking and exploita…; Provides philanthropic support focused on women and girls |
| The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 61 | $2.7M | $25K | Yes | To support the mission of the recipient organization; To support the centre for dance education; To support the @promise youth development centers |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 21 | $2.7M | $60K | Preselected only | Simons investigator in theoretical physics in life sciences; 2024 incentive funding; Sparking engagement to build a more inclusive community |
| Publix Super Markets Charities Inc | Lakeland, FL | 97 | $2.7M | $5,000 | Yes | Organization's charitable purpose |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 18 | $2.6M | $105K | Yes | For general operating support; For strategic planning and wellness; For support of brown's promise |
| The Daniel P Amos Family Foundation | Columbus, GA | 11 | $2.6M | $20K | Preselected only | Financial support |
| Elevance Health Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 7 | $2.5M | $100K | Yes | BCBSA BGCA National Youth Mental Health Partnership; Produce Prescriptions: Improving Health Outcomes for Indivi…; Expanding the Impact of Ascensa Health's Treatment Programs… |
| Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Incorporated | Winstonsalem, NC | 6 | $2.5M | $288K | Yes | General operating/regranting/ organizational development; General operating; General operating/ organizational development |
| The Argo Family Fund C/O Robert Arogeti Trustee | Atlanta, GA | 1 | $2.5M | $2.5M | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| Blake Family Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 13 | $2.5M | $50K | Preselected only | Operational support |
| John E Fetzer Institute Inc | Kalamazoo, MI | 4 | $2.5M | $225K | Preselected only | General operating support; General operating support for the coalition for faith & med… |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 7 | $2.4M | $175K | Yes | Environment and Science; Just Societies; Special Initiatives |
| Tr W I H Pitts Memorial Fund | Orlando, FL | 1 | $2.3M | $2.3M | Preselected only | General operating |
| Jpmorgan Chase Foundation | New York, NY | 87 | $2.3M | $625 | Preselected only | Matching contribution (general operating support); In support of neighborhood revitalization; In support of underserved small business expansion |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $2.3M | $2.3M | Preselected only | Science: precision health |
| The James and Sarah Fries Foundation | Longmont, CO | 1 | $2.3M | $2.3M | Preselected only | Education |
| Trailsend Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 13 | $2.2M | $50K | Preselected only | General operating support; Program support; Special project support |
| Santander Consumer USA Inc Foundation | Dallas, TX | 4 | $2.2M | $501K | Preselected only | To improve the financial knowledge, security and stability… |
| Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main | St Louis, MO | 32 | $2.2M | $50K | Yes | General operating |
| William Josef Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 24 | $2.2M | $100K | Preselected only | General fund; Unrestricted operating; Capital campaign |
| The Correll Family Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 14 | $2.2M | $50K | Preselected only | General |
| Covenant Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 29 | $2.2M | $10K | Preselected only | General |
| Wk Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | 16 | $2.2M | $100K | Yes | Promise of an Equitable Future; Matching Grant; Jobs and Family Economic Security |
| Teague Family Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 5 | $2.1M | $300K | Preselected only | Funding the charitable purpose of the donee organization |
| Georgia Health Initiative Inc | Atlanta, GA | 64 | $2.1M | $31K | Yes | To support the charitable mission of the recipient organiza…; Directed/matching gift - to support the charitable mission… |
| The John and Rosemary Brown Family Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 66 | $2.1M | $15K | Preselected only | General |
| Kauffman Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 9 | $2.0M | $150K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | 3 | $2.0M | $500K | Preselected only | To support narrative building consistent with the ideals of…; In support of general operations; In support of the midwest landscape study |
| The Starr Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | Maurice r. greenberg school of risk science |
| Bill and Carol Latimer Charitable Foundation | Union City, TN | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | Religious |
| Je and Le Mabee Foundation Inc | Midland, TX | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | Healthcare |
| Mathworks Foundation Inc | Natick, MA | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | Exempt purpose |
| R Howard Dobbs Jr Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 32 | $2.0M | $50K | Yes | To support the charitable mission of the recipient organiza… |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Atlanta, Georgia?
Robert W Woodruff Foundation Inc, The Marcus Foundation Inc, The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation, Gates Foundation, Joseph B Whitehead Foundation and 95 others reported grants to Atlanta organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Atlanta. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.