· Private foundation
Helen a Carlos 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k26 grants · $68k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| CHRISTIAN CITY | $10,000 |
| PROJECT MEXICO | $10,000 |
| ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| MAKE A WISH | $5,000 |
| ST JUDE | $5,000 |
| METROPOLIS OF ST PHILOPTOCHOS | $5,000 |
| HOLY TRANSFIGURATION GREEK ORTHODOX | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN HELLENIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| CHASTAIN HORSE PARK | $4,000 |
| FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS (FOCUS) | $3,500 |
| OPEN HAND | $3,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
46 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ACATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC3× · 2022–2025 · $25k · revenue +31%
- MFMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC3× · 2022–2025 · $16k · revenue +10%
- ESEmpty Stocking Fund Inc4× · 2022–2025 · $11k · revenue +125%
Funded once
- APARCHDIOCESE PRESBYTERS COUNCILone grant, 2023 · $35k
- GOGREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICAone grant, 2024 · $25k
- FOFELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTSone grant, 2023 · $6k
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.
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.
To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.
Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
Improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.
Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater washington, dc (rmhcdc) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.
Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…
Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…
Kidspeace, founded in 1882, is a healthcare nonprofit that is dedicated to providing hope, help, and healing to children, adults, and those who love them.continued on schedule o.with 40 offices and facilities across seven states, this…
Atlanta habitat for humanity transforms communities by acting as a catalyst for neighborhood revitalization through education, innovative development, partnerships, and long term relationships with families.
To enhance the health status of those we serve in partnership with medical staff and other community organizations by providing wellness services, health education, training, and access to safe high quality health care services.
Nach supports children's hospitals by addressing public policy issues that affect their ability to fulfill their missions to serve children and their families. nach fulfills its mission and vision through federal advocacy, collaboration…
ACP is a group committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues important to driving the economic development of the city of Atlanta and for which the ACP's active involvement will make a major difference. The ACP has a…
How this is measured
23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 63 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS INC ↗
- Who funds Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc ↗
- Who funds Christian City Inc ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC ↗
- Who funds OPEN HAND ATLANTA INC ↗
- Who funds Empty Stocking Fund Inc ↗
- Who funds CHASTAIN HORSE PARK LTD ↗
- Who funds SUNSHINE ON A RANNEY DAY INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION ↗
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: Andrew & Eula Carlos Foundation Inc · The Katsaros Family Foundation · The Imlay Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Joannides Family Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Helen a Carlos Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Helen a Carlos Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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