Georgia · Private foundation
Birch Island 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.
- $95k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 92%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 12
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 92% of the organizations Birch Island Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $95k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $67k | 92% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $23,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Raise the Children International | $12,500 | 1 | 2% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Strong Towns | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Khan Academy Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Forest Foundation | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Waterkeeper Alliance Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity in Atlanta Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $23,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Raise the Children International | $12,500 | 1 | 2% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Strong Towns | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Khan Academy Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Forest Foundation | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Waterkeeper Alliance Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity in Atlanta Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Bay Park Conservancy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Travis Audubon Society Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Trees Atlanta Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($28k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Birch Island Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Birch Island Foundation
- How much does Birch Island Foundation give?
- Birch Island Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $95,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 12 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Birch Island Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (27%), Environment (20%), Education (19%).
- Who are Birch Island Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ($23k), Folds of Honor Foundation ($15k), Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation ($13k).
- Does Birch Island Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 92% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Birch Island 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 Birch Island Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Birch Island Foundation based?
- Birch Island Foundation is based in GA.
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