· Private foundation
Brian G Dyson Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $1k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EMORY UNIVERSITY | $50,000 |
| THE UNITED WAY | $15,000 |
| TELLURIDE FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| MAYO CLINIC | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +198% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- EUEMORY UNIVERSITY4× · 2021–2024 · $167k
- PFPORTAL FOR INVESTMENT IN THE LATIN AMERICAN SOCIAL SECTOR5× · 2017–2021 · $109k · revenue +182%
- TUTHE UNITED WAY4× · 2020–2024 · $60k
Funded once
- CECOLE EYE INSTITUTE CLEVELAND CLINICone grant, 2017 · $25k
- TLTHE LOVE & LIGHT INSTITUTEone grant, 2018 · $25k
- UWUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INCone grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue -17%
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.
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.
Atlanta is #1 for income inequality in the nation. as such, the needs in our community are pressing and we need to move with the urgency of now to address those needs. the community foundation has unequivocally embraced equity as our #1…
Vision: deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. mission: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. values: we serve with compassion. we pursue excellence. we honor every voice. form 990, part iii,…
Vision: deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. mission: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. values: we serve with compassion. we pursue excellence. we honor every voice. form 990, part iii,…
The mission of Intown Cares is to prevent and reverse homelessness and hunger in Intown Atlanta. We envision a thriving community equipped to provide prompt and effective support for those experiencing homelessness and hunger. Our work is…
Atlfamilymeal inc.'s mission is to feed, nourish and support hospitality workers and their families experiencing hunger and joblessness in the metro atlanta community.
We cook. we deliver. we teach. we care.
Second helpings atlanta is a non-profit food rescue organization whose mission is to reduce hunger and food waste in the metro atlanta area by rescuing surplus food and delivering it to those in need.
Vision: deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. mission: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. values: we serve with compassion. we pursue excellence. we honor every voice. form 990, part iii,…
Good mews offers an alternative to traditional animal shelters in the metro-atlanta area by providing a limited admission haven for homeless, abused, or abandoned cats until placing them in permanent, loving homes. good mews promotes…
Vision: deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. mission: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. values: we serve with compassion. we pursue excellence. we honor every voice. form 990, part iii,…
Vision: deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. mission: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. values: we serve with compassion. we pursue excellence. we honor every voice.
How this is measured
5 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 5 of the 14 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Brian G Dyson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brian G Dyson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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