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Atkinson Family Foundation at a glance

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Atkinson Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$3.8MArts & Culture$2.7MPhilanthropy$1.1MYouth Development$1.0MPublic Benefit$591kCrime & Legal$216kHealth$190kHuman Services$146kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $326k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $225k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.8M
$11,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INDIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$1,200,000
VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC$298,000
US NAVAL SEA CADET CORPS$285,000
UCSD FOUNDATION$225,000
NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES FORT LAUNDERDALE COUNCIL INC$45,000
UC PRESS FOUNDATION$45,000
VOICES FOR CHILDREN$25,000
PEREZ ART MUSEUM OF MIAMI$25,000
FULL BELLIES INC$25,000
POST OAK SCHOOL$25,000
GABLESTAGE INC$20,000
ROYAL DAMES OF CANCER RESEARCH$15,000
NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES$11,000
FRIENDS OF BIRCH STATE PARK INC$10,000
EDEN CALHOUN CHARITABLE FUND$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $106k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%FULL BELLIES INC: $25k → 13%FULL BELLIES INC: $20k → 13%FULL BELLIES INC: $20k → 13%FULL BELLIES INC: $20k → 13%FULL BELLIES INC: $20k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
IN
PA
RI
CA
NE
VA
MD
TN
SC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.5M · 33 repeat orgs$451k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
32

Total granted

$8.5M
$325k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+24%

Still filing today

76%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $126k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureAnimalsHealthCivil RightsInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Indiana University Foundation
    4× · 2019–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +93%
  • UN
    US Naval Sea Cadet Corps
    6× · 2019–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +1%
  • VM
    VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $697k · revenue +290%

Funded once

  • Vanderbilt University
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue -1%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -95%
  • MF
    MCV FOUNDATION FUNDACION MANOS CON VIDA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
4
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
5
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
8
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
9
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
10
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
11
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
12
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

59 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 59 of the 78 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/59
Grantees still filing
43/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $1,100,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAUS Naval Sea Cadet Corps: $1,001,168 · OtherUS Naval Sea Cadet CorpsNAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES: $344,200 · OtherNAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATESUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $265,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDANAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES FORT LAUNDERDALE COUNCIL INC: $245,000 · OtherNAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES FORT LA…+38 more: $650,650 · Other+38 moreLA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY: $1,160,450 · Arts & CultureLA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETYVIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC: $696,500 · Arts & CultureVIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TR…THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $549,681 · Arts & CultureTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHES…+6 more: $175,000 · Arts & Culture+6 moreIndiana University Foundation: $1,365,000 · EducationIndiana University Founda…UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $541,900 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $132,500 · EducationUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATI…The Post Oak School: $90,000 · Education+8 more: $161,100 · Education+8 moreJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO: $942,112 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMU…THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $184,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN DIEG…+3 more: $23,000 · PhilanthropyVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $215,000 · Civil RightsLEGAL INSURRECTION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $1,000 · Civil RightsFULL BELLIES INC: $105,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesROYAL DAMES OF CANCER RESEARCH INC: $73,265 · HealthHEROES FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthMEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE: $10,000 · HealthJOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $7,143 · Health
Other$3,606,018Arts & Culture$2,581,631Education$2,290,500Philanthropy$1,149,112Civil Rights$226,000Human Services$106,000Health$100,408

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIndiana University Foundation: $1,365,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY: $1,160,450 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetUS Naval Sea Cadet Corps: $1,001,168 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO: $942,112 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetVIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC: $696,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $549,681 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $541,900 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES: $344,200 over 7y, 7.4% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $215,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $184,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $132,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFULL BELLIES INC: $105,000 over 5y, 26% of budgetThe Post Oak School: $90,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FACULTY CLUB UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO INC: $75,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetVanderbilt University: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROYAL DAMES OF CANCER RESEARCH INC: $73,265 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHOPIN FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $45,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetUC PRESS FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $40,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF BIRCH STATE PARK INC: $30,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetGABLESTAGE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EDEN CALHOUN CHARITABLE FUND INC: $20,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $15,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE OF WOMEN EXECUTIVES: $10,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetTRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEGAL INSURRECTION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity Of Dublin Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPELICAN HARBOR SEABIRD STATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VETERANS TRUST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetHAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $7,143 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLLYWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetPHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMIDWAY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE MIGHTY EIGHTH AIR FORCE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Mightycause Charitabl…Jewish Community Foun…The San Diego Foundat…The Arthur & Barbara …Colegato FoundationJohn S and James L Kn…Donors Trust IncThe Miami Foundation …National Philanthropi…Jewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…
Mightycause Charitable FoundationFL14.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation · Colegato Foundation · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · The Miami Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Atkinson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Atkinson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 78 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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