Georgia · Public charity
Forward Arts Foundation Inc
To provide support to the visual arts in the atlanta, ga area.
- $245k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $240k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Forward Arts Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 | 4 | $240k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $180k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $215k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $585k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $110k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc | $714,300 | 5 | 1% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Emory University | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Atlanta Contempory Art Center Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 5% |
| The Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Atlanta Beltline Partnership Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blue Heron Nature Preserve Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Atlanta Historical Society Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc | $714,300 | 5 | 1% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Emory University | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Atlanta Contempory Art Center Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 5% |
| The Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Atlanta Beltline Partnership Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blue Heron Nature Preserve Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Atlanta Historical Society Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgia Committee of the National Museum of Women | $15,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Dashboard Co-Op Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Agnes Scott College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arts Critic Atl Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($235k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Forward Arts Foundation Inc 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: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Tim & Lauren Schrager Family Foundation · The Imlay Foundation Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Forward Arts Foundation Inc
- How much does Forward Arts Foundation Inc give?
- Forward Arts Foundation Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $240,000, out of $245,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Forward Arts Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (93%), Environment (5%), Community Improvement (2%).
- Who are Forward Arts Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc ($714k), The University of Georgia Foundation ($100k), Emory University ($100k).
- Does Forward Arts Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Forward Arts Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, Tim & Lauren Schrager Family Foundation, The Imlay Foundation Inc.
- Where is Forward Arts Foundation Inc based?
- Forward Arts Foundation Inc is based in GA.
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