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Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
131
Grants FY2025
160
Organizations funded FY2024
93%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
125 to 160
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$45M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 93% of the organizations Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’21’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’21’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving131$1.9M53%
FY2024160$1.9M93%
FY2021125$1.4M30%
FY2019139$1.6M31%
FY2017142$1.4Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Community Improvement$7.5MEducation$2.3MHealth$1.6MHuman Services$959kArts & Culture$726kReligion$614kYouth Development$423kHousing & Shelter$336kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 152 grantees
All grantees of Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Extra Special People Inc$125,00021%
Fernbank Inc$115,00020%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Athens Georgia$100,0001n/a
The University of Georgia Foundation$94,00010%
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$75,00020%
Young Life$50,00010%
Food Bank of Northeast Georgia Inc$50,00020%
Shepherd Center Inc$50,00010%
Shepherd Center Foundation Inc$50,0001n/a
Mercy Health Center Inc$50,00015%
Emory University$50,00020%
Ashton Hope Keegan Foundation Inc$45,00028%
Family Heritage Foundation Inc$45,00025%
Morehouse School of Medicine$44,00020%
Foundation of Wesley Woods Inc$40,00020%
Emanuel Co Child Abuse Prevention Ctr$35,00023%
St Mary's Independent Living Extension$35,0001n/a
Nsoro Educational Foundation Inc$35,00021%
Camp Kudzu Inc$30,00021%
Wesleyan College$30,00020%
Berry College Inc$30,00020%
The Salvation Army$30,0001n/a
Family Promise of Athens Inc$25,00021%
Rainbow Village Inc$25,00020%
Friends of Disabled Adults & Children Too Inc$25,00010%
Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association$25,00020%
Prevent Child Abuse Habersham Inc$25,0001n/a
North Gwinnett Cooperative Inc$20,00020%
Kidz2leaders Inc$20,00021%
Young Harris College$20,00020%
Piedmont University Inc$20,00020%
LaGrange College$20,00020%
Family Promise of Hall County$20,00021%
Must Ministries Inc$20,00020%
Mercy Care Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Kids Doc on Wheels$20,00022%
Brenau University Inc$20,00020%
Agnes Scott College$20,00020%
Status Home Inc F/K/A Jerusalem House Inc$20,00020%
Morgan County Foundation Inc$17,50021%
Street Grace Inc$17,50020%
Twin Cedars Youth and Family Services Inc$17,0001n/a
Athens Tech Foundation Inc$15,0001n/a
Professional Association of Georgia Educators Foundation Inc$15,00028%
Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation Inc$15,00011%
Atlanta Union Mission Corporation$15,00010%
The Elaine Clark Center Inc$15,00021%
Camp Twin Lakes Inc$15,00020%
Dekalb Library Foundation Inc$15,00022%
Morning Light Foundation Inc$15,00016%
Christian City Inc$15,00020%
Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc$15,00010%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Georgia Inc$15,00010%
Paul Anderson Youth Home Inc$15,00020%
The Classic Center Cultural Foundation$15,00011%
The Quinn House Inc$15,0001n/a
Spelman College$14,00020%
Clark Atlanta University Inc$14,00020%
Reinhardt University$14,00020%
The Good Samaritan Health Center Inc$13,0001n/a
City of Refuge$12,50020%
The Summit Counseling Center Inc$12,50020%
College of Athens Inc$12,50021%
Georgia Southern University Foundation Inc$12,00010%
Atlanta Historical Society Inc$10,00010%
Helping Mamas Inc$10,00020%
Open Hand Atlanta Inc$10,00010%
Camp Trach Me Away$10,000114%
Trinity Community Ministries Inc$10,00012%
Buckhead Christian Ministry Inc$10,00020%
Rehab and Beyond Inc$10,00024%
Wellspring Living Inc$10,00010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Lanier Inc$10,00010%
Construction Education Foundation of Ga$10,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc$10,00010%
Union Mission Inc$10,00010%
Southwest Christian Hospice & Hope House Inc$10,00010%
Prevent Blindness Georgia$10,00011%
Nothing But the Truth Inc$10,00012%
Tommy Nobis Center Inc$10,0001n/a
Georgia Center for Child Advocacy Inc$10,00020%
Chris 180 Inc$10,00010%
Senior Services North Fulton Inc$10,0001n/a
Arthritis Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Streetwise Georgia Inc$10,0001n/a
Women in Technology Inc$10,00011%
Metro Atlanta Recovery Residences Inc$10,00010%
Special Olympics Georgia Inc$10,00010%
University of West Georgia Foundation Inc$10,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,00010%
Oconee Area Resource Council Inc$10,00012%
The Joseph Sams School Inc$10,00010%
CaringWorks Inc$10,00010%
Sunshine on a Ranney Day Incorporated$10,00010%
Aid Atlanta Inc$10,00020%
Camp Sunshine Inc$10,00020%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta Inc$7,5001n/a
Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Inc$7,50010%
Foster Siblings Reunited Inc$7,50013%
Steffen Thomas Museum & Archives Inc$7,5001n/a
Queen Academy$7,500115%
Wesley Glen Ministries Inc$7,50010%
Visiting Nurse Health System Inc$7,5001n/a
Gilgal Inc$7,50011%
Atlanta Hospital Hospitality House Inc$7,5001n/a
Odyssey Family Counseling Centerin$7,50010%
Rape Response Inc$7,50011%
Automotive Training Center Corporation$7,50011%
The Grady Health Foundation Inc$7,5001n/a
Georgia Organics Inc$7,5001n/a
Drawchange Inc$7,50014%
Nobis Works Inc$7,50010%
Georgia Southwestern Foundationinc$7,00010%
Valdosta State University Foundation Inc$7,00010%
Interdenominational Theological Center Inc$7,00010%
Boy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council$7,00020%
Leap for Literacy$5,00018%
Atlanta Beltline Partnership Inc$5,00010%
Agape Community Center$5,00010%
Kate's Club Inc$5,00010%
No Longer Bound Inc$5,00010%
Bobby Dodd Institute Inc$5,00010%
Center for the Visually Impaired Inc$5,00010%
Star C Corporation$5,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Athens Inc$5,00010%
Crossroads Christian Counseling Center Inc$5,0001n/a
Piedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Top Dogg K9 Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Reach for Excellence Inc$5,00011%
Reflections of Trinity Inc$5,00010%
Neighborhood Cooperative Ministries Inc$5,00010%
Art Station Inc$5,0001n/a
The Children's Museum of Atlanta Inc$5,00010%
Lift Up Atlanta Inc$5,00012%
Networks Cooperative Ministry Inc$5,00010%
Encourage HER Academy Inc$5,000110%
Children's Development Academy Inc$5,00010%
Georgia Justice Project Inc$5,00010%
Cool Girls Inc$5,00010%
Ministries of Grace Inc - Ga$5,00010%
Midtown Assistance Center Inc$5,00010%
The Sheltering Arms Inc$5,00010%
Champions Community Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Special Needs Cobb Inc$5,00011%
Lekotek of Georgia Inc$3,00010%
The Drake House Inc$3,00010%
3keys Inc$3,0001n/a
Lilburn Cooperative Ministry Inc$3,0001n/a
I Care America Inc$2,5001n/a
Hands on Atlanta Inc$2,50010%
Juvenile Outreach Advocate INC$2,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 289 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetExtra Special People Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFernbank Inc: $115,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe University of Georgia Foundation: $94,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Tech Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Life: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Northeast Georgia Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetShepherd Center Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Health Center Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetEmory University: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAshton Hope Keegan Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetFamily Heritage Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetMorehouse School of Medicine: $44,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation of Wesley Woods Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEmanuel Co Child Abuse Prevention Ctr: $35,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetNsoro Educational Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCamp Kudzu Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWesleyan College: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBerry College Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Promise of Athens Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetRainbow Village Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Disabled Adults & Children Too Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChestnut Hill Benevolent Association: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Gwinnett Cooperative Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKidz2leaders Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetYoung Harris College: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPiedmont University Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLaGrange College: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Promise of Hall County: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMust Ministries Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Care Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKids Doc on Wheels: $20,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetBrenau University Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAgnes Scott College: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStatus Home Inc F/K/A Jerusalem House Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMorgan County Foundation Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetStreet Grace Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetProfessional Association of Georgia Educators Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetPiedmont Athens Regional Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAtlanta Union Mission Corporation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Elaine Clark Center Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCamp Twin Lakes Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDekalb Library Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMorning Light Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetChristian City Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSunrise Day Camps Association Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul Georgia Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPaul Anderson Youth Home Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Classic Center Cultural Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 126.

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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.

Georgia Power Foundation IncGA105.9× affinity64 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation Inc · Tuw Thomas H Pitts · Ryan Ida Alice Tuw Main · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · The Waterfall 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.

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About Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc

How much does Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc give?
Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc reported 131 grants totaling $1,916,097 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 125 and 160 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (46%), Education (14%), Health (10%).
Who are Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Extra Special People Inc ($125k), Fernbank Inc ($115k), The Young Men's Christian Association of Athens Georgia ($100k).
Does Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 93% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Georgia Power Foundation Inc, Tr Uw Charles I Branan, The Imlay Foundation Inc.
Where is Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc based?
Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc is based in GA.

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 441 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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