Georgia · Private foundation
Equifax Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
54% of Equifax Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Blackbaud Giving Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $890,759
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Equifax Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $757k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $1.3M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.7M | 44% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $1.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prosperity Connection | $2,605,500 | 5 | 51% |
| Westside Future Fund Inc | $425,000 | 5 | 2% |
| United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc | $350,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inclusiv Inc | $293,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Credit Builders Alliance Inc | $180,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Quest Community Development Organization Inc | $175,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Junior Achievement of Georgia | $108,153 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Louisville Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Scholarship Foundation of St Louis | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prosperity Connection | $2,605,500 | 5 | 51% |
| Westside Future Fund Inc | $425,000 | 5 | 2% |
| United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc | $350,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inclusiv Inc | $293,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Credit Builders Alliance Inc | $180,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Quest Community Development Organization Inc | $175,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Junior Achievement of Georgia | $108,153 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Louisville Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Scholarship Foundation of St Louis | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Working Credit NFP | $35,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Urban Strategies Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of Greater St Louis Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Equifax Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 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: Wells Fargo Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Edward Jones Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Equifax Foundation Inc
- How much does Equifax Foundation Inc give?
- Equifax Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $1,647,912 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Equifax Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (40%), Community Improvement (22%), Public Benefit (2%).
- Who are Equifax Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Prosperity Connection ($2.6M), Westside Future Fund Inc ($425k), United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc ($350k).
- Does Equifax Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Equifax Foundation Inc 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 Equifax Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wells Fargo Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Annie E Casey Foundation Inc.
- Where is Equifax Foundation Inc based?
- Equifax Foundation Inc is based in GA.
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