· Private foundation
Luther and Claire Griffith Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k24 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL | $3,500 |
| ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN | $3,000 |
| FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ATLANTA | $2,000 |
| TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| ST STEPHENS SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| ATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN | $500 |
| GLADNEY CENTER | $500 |
| FRAZER CENTER | $500 |
| PATH FOUNDATION | $250 |
| ATLANTA CHILDREN'S SHELTER | $200 |
| COMMUNITY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH | $200 |
| PEACHTREE GARDEN CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $150 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against -31% for those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $900 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SBSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE5× · 2020–2024 · $50k · revenue +17%
- TATHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC5× · 2020–2024 · $14k · revenue +154%
Vanderbilt University5× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +65%
Funded once
- FOFRIENDS OF REEVES COUNTY LIBRARYone grant, 2023 · $300
- SAStudent Aid Foundation Incone grant, 2020 · $200 · revenue -31%
- MMMCLEOD MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHone grant, 2023 · $100
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.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
To expand on the mission statement made on page 1, trinity's core mission values and characteristics emphasize: 1)commitment to the education of women in a particular way through the design and pedagogy of the historic undergraduate…
Spelman college, a historically black college and global leader in the education of women of african descent, is dedicated to the academic excellence of its students.
Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.
Woodward academy provides college preparatory education for students in pre-k through grade 12. woodward intentionally brings together students from diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, creating a richer learning community…
The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 31 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 SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA FAMILIES AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE I ↗
- Who funds THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
- Who funds TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds THE FRAZER CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PATH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA CHILDREN'S SHELTER INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds PEACHTREE GARDEN CLUB COMMUNITY FUND IN ↗
- Who funds ANSLEY PARK BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Piedmont Park Conservancy Inc ↗
- Who funds HEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE RECTORY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds CHRIST SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds Student Aid Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds THE MCCALLIE SCHOOL ↗
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 · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Luther and Claire Griffith Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Luther and Claire Griffith Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Rectory School Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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