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Charles Loridans Foundation Inc at a glance

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Charles Loridans Foundation Inc

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.

$650k
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$207k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.9MEducation$299kCrime & Legal$91kEnvironment$61kRecreation & Sports$58kHuman Services$24kYouth Development$15kReligion$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $138k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $460k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART$207,000
TERMINUS MODERN BALLET THEATRE$100,000
ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER$52,500
ATLANTA OPERA$50,000
CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY FBO FRIENDS OF SPIVEY HALL$50,000
ARTS ATL$27,500
CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS$25,000
ACTORS EXPRESS$25,000
SYNCHRONICITY THEATRE$25,000
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW$15,000
ALLIANCE THEATRE$10,000
COMMON GOOD ATLANTA$10,000
EMORY CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF ATLANTA$7,500
WOODWARD ACADEMY$5,000
LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION$5,000
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 (FY18–24, $40k) 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%GEORGIA NATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION: $1k → 14%LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $10k → 13%LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $5k → 13%LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $5k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $2k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $2k → 13%MOVING IN THE SPIRIT: $15k → 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.
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 32 repeat orgs$559k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
21

Total granted

$3.0M
$540k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+1%

Still filing today

66%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEnvironmentPublic BenefitOther
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

  • TA
    THE ATLANTA OPERA INC
    4× · 2018–2024 · $157k · revenue +260%
  • AC
    ARTS CRITIC ATL INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $148k · revenue +33%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTSINC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $110k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • HT
    HORIZON THEATRE COMPANY INC
    one grant, 2018 · $115k · revenue +1%
  • GA
    GT ARTS
    one grant, 2020 · $75k
  • RD
    RIALTO DANCE THEATRE INITIATIVE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $75k
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
Atlanta Contempory Art Center Inc

Dedicated to the creation, presentation and advancement of contemporary art through its exhibitions, educational programming and studio art program.

Arts & Culture
2
Georgia Symphony Orchestra

The Georgia Symphony Orchestra GSO is a non-profit corporation organized for the purposes of providing significant cultural and educational value to the north-metro Atlanta community. The organization performs public concerts through our…

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3
Onstage Atlanta Inc

The mission of the organization is to educate individuals on theatrical art and support the less-fortunate.

Arts & Culture
4
Aurora Theatre Inc

The aurora theatre is committed to producing quality, professional theatre for the southeast, north georgia, and our most ardent supporters, the residents of gwinnett county. we will serve these communities by offering entertainment that…

Arts & Culture
5
Athens Film Arts Institute Inc Dba Cine

Cine enriches the quality of life in Athens, GA and the surrounding region by presenting film and arts that inspire, educate and sustainably build community.

Arts & Culture
6
The African Diasporic Art Museum of Atlanta Inc

to showcase contemporary art and culture of the African Diaspora

Arts & Culture
7
South Fulton Institute Inc

South Fulton Arts is a regional catalyst for the advancement of the arts, education, and environment that enriches lives and communities.

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8
Atlanta Celebrates Photography Inc

Atlanta celebrates photography (dba atlanta center for photography) (acp) advances new perspectives in lens-based media from the american south. through artwork commissions, community collaborations, and dynamic programs, acp supports…

Arts & Culture
9
Atlanta Music Project Inc

Operating in under-resourced communities, amp empowers youth to realize their possibilities through music.

Arts & Culture
10
Georgia Ensemble Theatre Company

Professional theatre company that provides theatre productions and educational programs in roswell, ga

Arts & Culture
11
SouthEastern Young Artists Inc

The SouthEastern Young Artists brings artists and community together by putting on performances for the public. Additionally artists will go into local schools and education institutions to do workshops around music and social emotional…

Arts & Culture
12
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc

ACP is a group committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues important to driving the economic development of the city of Atlanta and for which the ACP's active involvement will make a major difference. The ACP has a…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Ballet Inc; the most unlike its peers is Horizon Theatre Company Inc. 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

34 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. 34 of the 58 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
25/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $876,500 · OtherMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER: $517,500 · OtherATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTERTERMINUS MODERN BALLET THEATRE: $301,000 · OtherTERMINUS MODERN BALLET THEATREALLIANCE THEATRE: $150,000 · OtherALLIANCE THEATREARTS CRITIC ATL INC: $147,500 · OtherARTS CRITIC ATL INC+27 more: $638,522 · Other+27 moreTHE ATLANTA OPERA INC: $157,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ATLANTA OPERA …HORIZON THEATRE COMPANY INC: $115,000 · Arts & CultureHORIZON THEATRE CO…CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTSINC: $110,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR PUPPETR…Franklin Pond Chamber Music Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CultureFranklin Pond Cham…ATLANTA BALLET INC: $48,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA BALLET INCActors Express Inc: $45,000 · Arts & CultureActors Express Inc+6 more: $47,500 · Arts & Culture+6 moreGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $42,081 · EducationCOMMON GOOD ATLANTA: $40,000 · EducationThe Westminster Schools Inc: $25,500 · EducationWOODWARD ACADEMY INC: $17,500 · Education+1 more: $3,000 · EducationTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $60,000 · EnvironmentPATH FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 · Recreation & SportsChastain Park Conservancy Inc: $27,000 · Recreation & SportsLATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesMOVING IN THE SPIRIT INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $3,500 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$2,631,022Arts & Culture$572,500Education$203,081Environment$60,000Recreation & Sports$58,000Human Services$39,500Food & Nutrition$5,000

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 budgetTHE ATLANTA OPERA INC: $157,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetARTS CRITIC ATL INC: $147,500 over 7y, 6.3% of budgetHORIZON THEATRE COMPANY INC: $115,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetCENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTSINC: $110,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFranklin Pond Chamber Music Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetATLANTA BALLET INC: $48,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetActors Express Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetTHE ATLANTA GIRLS' SCHOOL INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $42,081 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON GOOD ATLANTA: $40,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetPATH FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA CHAMBER PLAYERS INC: $30,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetChastain Park Conservancy Inc: $27,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc: $25,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWOODWARD ACADEMY INC: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMOVING IN THE SPIRIT INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAtlanta Shakespeare Company Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE PAIDEIA SCHOOL INC: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORWARD ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Howard School Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWarren T Jackson Education Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 16% of budgetSTAGE DOOR THEATRE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSOMEONE CARES INC OF ATLANTA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA NATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

  • Who funds THE ATLANTA OPERA INC ↗
  • Who funds ARTS CRITIC ATL INC ↗
  • Who funds HORIZON THEATRE COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTSINC ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Franklin Pond Chamber Music Inc ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA BALLET INC ↗
  • Who funds Actors Express Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ATLANTA GIRLS' SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMON GOOD ATLANTA ↗
  • Who funds PATH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA CHAMBER PLAYERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Chastain Park Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Westminster Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds WOODWARD ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds MOVING IN THE SPIRIT INC ↗
  • Who funds The Theatrical Outfit Inc ↗
  • Who funds Atlanta Shakespeare Company Inc ↗
  • Who funds Georgia Lawyers for the Arts Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE PAIDEIA SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…The Arthur M Blank Fa…The Imlay Foundation …Jewish Federation of …The John and Rosemary…Lettie Pate Evans Fou…Tw Marian W Ottley At…THDF II Inc DBA The H…Georgia Power Foundat…Mark and Evelyn Tramm…The Sara Giles Moore …Roy and Janet Dorsey …
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA44.7× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · The John and Rosemary Brown Family Foundation · Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation Inc · The Sara Giles Moore Foundation · Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Inc

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 Charles Loridans Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles Loridans Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Charles Loridans Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Charles Loridans Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 58 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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