New York · Private foundation
Achilles Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $169k
- Granted FY2023
- 17
- Grants FY2023
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
92% of Achilles Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Achilles Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $169k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 7
- Total assets, FY2023
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Achilles Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 16 | $159k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $186k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $152k | 92% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $167k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Lee Ball Foundation | $81,213 | 4 | 61% |
| The Gurdjieff Foundation Inc | $72,000 | 4 | 4% |
| One to One Learning Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Trident Academy Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Overtone Industries | $40,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Ben's Friends | $36,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Pup Culture Rescue | $25,000 | 2 | 6% |
| University of Limerick Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mental Health Coalition Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Nurses Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($337k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Achilles Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Achilles Foundation
- How much does Achilles Foundation give?
- Achilles Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $169,100 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Achilles Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (72%), Health (6%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Achilles Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Casey Lee Ball Foundation ($81k), The Gurdjieff Foundation Inc ($72k), One to One Learning Inc ($60k).
- Does Achilles Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Achilles Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Achilles Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Achilles Foundation based?
- Achilles Foundation is based in NY.
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