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Foundation for Atlanta Veterans Education and Research Inc

To serve Georgia's Veterans by enabling and supporting partnerships in research and education between Atlanta Veterans' Affairs Health Care System, Academic Institutions, government research organizations and private companies.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$987k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$31MScience & Tech$993kEducation$85k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $1,537,291, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,212,731 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $675,440 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $96k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $448k
  • $250k+1 grant · $987k
$90,200
Median grant
5
States reached
$9.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Emory University$987,450
New York University Grossman School of Medicine$138,566
Lowcountry Center for Veterans Research$134,114
Atlanta VA Medical Center$90,200
University of Rochester$85,011
Boston VA Research Institute Inc$48,757
VISTAR Inc$47,534
Rochester Institute of Technology$5,659
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Boston VA Research Institute Inc: $49k → 16%PALO ALTO VETERANS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $558k → 8%GREATER LOS ANGELES VETERANS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $513k → 14%Rochester Institute of Technology: $6k → 14%New York University Grossman School of Medicine: $139k → 17%BRONX VETERANS' MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $358k → 28%BAYLOR SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $1.2M → 16%Lowcountry Center for Veterans Research: $134k → 12%VISTAR Inc: $48k → 16%MIDDLE TENNESSEE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $10k → 14%Morehouse School of Medicine: $238k → 13%EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $7.6M → 14%PALO ALTO VETERANS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $513k → 8%GREATER LOS ANGELES VETERANS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $465k → 14%University of Rochester: $85k → 14%BRONX VETERANS' MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $344k → 28%BAYLOR SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $816k → 16%MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $99k → 13%EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $5.4M → 14%PALO ALTO VETERANS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $257k → 8%GREATER LOS ANGELES VETERANS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $449k → 14%BRONX VETERANS' MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $244k → 28%BAYLOR SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $655k → 16%EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $2.6M → 14%PALO ALTO VETERANS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $248k → 8%BRENTWOOD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $246k → 14%BRONX VETERANS' MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $202k → 28%Baylor School of Medicine: $471k → 16%EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $2.1M → 14%PALO ALTO VETERANS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $202k → 8%Brentwood Biomedical Research Institute: $245k → 14%BRONX VETERANS' MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $72k → 28%BAYLOR SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $236k → 16%Emory School of Medicine: $1.6M → 14%GREATER LOS ANGELES VETERANS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $133k → 14%BAYLOR SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $223k → 16%EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $1.1M → 14%Emory University: $987k → 14%EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $934k → 14%ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER: $116k → 14%Atlanta VA Medical Center: $90k → 14%ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER: $83k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
CA
TN
SC
AL
GA
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $675k on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Middle East and North Africa$675k · 100% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Collaboration in Research

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$31M · 7 repeat orgs$941k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
2

Total granted

$31M
$481k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+88%

Still filing today

57%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $460k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthOther
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

  • EU
    Emory University
    8× · 2017–2025 · $22M · revenue +80%
  • PA
    PALO ALTO VETERANS INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH
    5× · 2018–2023 · $1.8M · revenue +27%
  • TB
    THE BRONX VETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2018–2023 · $1.2M · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • BC
    Baylor College of Medicinegraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $471k · revenue +67%
  • MT
    MIDDLE TENNESSEE RESEARCH INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +88%
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
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

The mission of the edward via college of osteopathic medicine (vcom) is to prepare globally-minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health.

Education
2
Baylor Research Institute

To improve the care and well being of our community, nationally and internationally, through innovative clinically relevant research that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).

Health
3
The Cardiovascular Medical Research and Education Fund Inc
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4
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
5
Medstar Health Research Institute Inc

See schedule omedstar health research institute is dedicated to supporting the academic platform of medstar health by conducting high quality translational and health sciences research throughout the medstar system.

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6
Van Andel Research Institute

Medical research organization van andel research institute is an independent biomedical research organization committed to improving the health and enhancing the lives of current and future generations.

Health
7
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
8
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
9
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
10
The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research

The graduate school of the stowers institute for medical research ("gssimr") exempt purpose is to provide graduate education that will prepare scholars for scientific research in the biological sciences.

Education
11
Richmond Institute for Veterans Research

Medical research, education and patient care.

Health
12
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Middle Tennessee Research Institute; the most unlike its peers is Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research. 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

12 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. 12 of the 15 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
6/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Emory University: $22,262,323 · EducationEmory University+4 more: $898,930 · EducationBAYLOR SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $3,082,379 · OtherBAYLOR SCHOOL OF MEDICIN…BRENTWOOD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $2,050,144 · OtherBRENTWOOD BIOMEDICAL RES…THE BRONX VETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $1,220,112 · OtherTHE BRONX VETERANS MEDIC…ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER: $288,612 · Other+2 more: $186,100 · OtherPALO ALTO VETERANS INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH: $1,778,339 · HealthLOWCOUNTRY CENTER FOR VETERANS RESEARCH: $134,114 · Health+2 more: $58,757 · Health
Education$23,161,253Other$6,827,347Health$1,971,210

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEmory University: $22,262,323 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBRENTWOOD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $2,050,144 over 6y, 94% of budgetPALO ALTO VETERANS INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH: $1,778,339 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTHE BRONX VETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $1,220,112 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $471,098 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $337,162 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY CENTER FOR VETERANS RESEARCH: $134,114 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $85,011 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $48,757 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVISTAR INC: $47,534 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetMIDDLE TENNESSEE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $5,659 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Fred Hutchinson Cance…Trustees of Boston Un…
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterWA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Foundation for Atlanta Veterans Education and Research Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Foundation for Atlanta Veterans Education and Research Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Boston Va Research Institute Inc: 15% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Foundation for Atlanta Veterans Education and Research 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 15 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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