Georgia · Private foundation
Gray Matters Charitable 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.
- $15k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 15
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Gray Matters Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $1.2M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $25k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $15M | 58% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $3.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Matters Capital Inc | $20,773,008 | 4 | 96% |
| First Followers | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Georgia Center for Nonprofits | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls Going Global | $9,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Reimagine Atl | $5,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Love Beyond Walls Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Fly Life Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chopart Corporation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Plywood People Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Refugees Inc | $75 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($263k), not named here.
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 · AEC Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Gray Matters Charitable Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Gray Matters Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does Gray Matters Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- Gray Matters Charitable Foundation Inc reported 1 grants totaling $15,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 15 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Gray Matters Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (98%), Education (1%), Community Improvement (0%).
- Who are Gray Matters Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Gray Matters Capital Inc ($21M), First Followers ($30k), The Georgia Center for Nonprofits ($10k).
- Does Gray Matters Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gray Matters Charitable 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 Gray Matters Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, AEC Trust, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Gray Matters Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- Gray Matters Charitable Foundation Inc is based in GA.
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