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Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta Georgia co Frances Davis

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$121k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2025
40
Organizations funded FY2024
20%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,070
Largest grant, FY2025
$7,541
Organizations funded a year
36 to 40
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$966k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta Georgia co Frances Davis funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
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 arriving38$121k0%
FY202440$116k20%
FY202336$94k17%
FY202237$108k3%
FY202137$115k0%
FY202038$103k5%
FY201936$100k3%
FY201836$96k19%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$229kEnvironment$131kHuman Services$130kEducation$100kHealth$59kHousing & Shelter$59kFood & Nutrition$55kYouth Development$53kOther$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 38 grantees
All grantees of Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta Georgia co Frances Davis by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fernbank Inc$66,12190%
Clifton Sanctuary Ministries Inc$42,50092%
Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc$42,47080%
The Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc$38,06590%
Women Moving on Inc Womens Resource Center to End Dv$36,71890%
Georgia Organics Inc$34,78170%
Breakthru House Inc$34,33092%
Trees Atlanta Inc$29,17780%
The Atlanta Opera Inc$25,52490%
Historic Oakland Foundation Inc$25,42790%
Georgia Conservancy Inc$23,84290%
Wylde Center Inc$23,33781%
Agape Community Center$21,79080%
Create Your Dreams Inc$21,00091%
Everybody Wins Atlanta Inc$16,26091%
Cool Girls Inc$15,53670%
Aviation Career Enrichment Inc$15,50031%
Atlanta Speech School Inc$14,10570%
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc$14,00060%
East Atlanta Kids Club Inc$14,00060%
youthSpark Inc$13,57090%
The Trust for Public Land$13,00490%
Atlanta Partnership of Business and Education Inc$12,00030%
Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc$11,00360%
Buckhead Heritage Society Inc$10,40031%
The Westminster Schools Inc$8,22560%
Whitefield Academy Inc$7,83430%
The Boyce L Ansley School Inc$7,00050%
Atlanta Community Tennis Foundation$6,14821%
Bagel Rescue Inc$6,10030%
Our House Inc$6,00020%
Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Inc$3,00020%
GreenLaw Inc$2,5001n/a
Dekalb Library Foundation Inc$2,50011%
Atlanta Ballet Inc$2,14210%
Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities Inc$2,00010%
Livable Buckhead Inc$2,00020%
Covenant House$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($264k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta Georgia co Frances Davis supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFernbank Inc: $66,121 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetClifton Sanctuary Ministries Inc: $42,500 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetRobert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc: $42,470 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc: $38,065 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWomen Moving on Inc Womens Resource Center to End Dv: $36,718 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetGeorgia Organics Inc: $34,781 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBreakthru House Inc: $34,330 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetTrees Atlanta Inc: $29,177 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Atlanta Opera Inc: $25,524 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHistoric Oakland Foundation Inc: $25,427 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGeorgia Conservancy Inc: $23,842 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetWylde Center Inc: $23,337 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetAgape Community Center: $21,790 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCreate Your Dreams Inc: $21,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetEverybody Wins Atlanta Inc: $16,260 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetCool Girls Inc: $15,536 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetAviation Career Enrichment Inc: $15,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetAtlanta Speech School Inc: $14,105 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Community Food Bank Inc: $14,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEast Atlanta Kids Club Inc: $14,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetyouthSpark Inc: $13,570 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $13,004 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Partnership of Business and Education Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $11,003 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBuckhead Heritage Society Inc: $10,400 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc: $8,225 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWhitefield Academy Inc: $7,834 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Boyce L Ansley School Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAtlanta Community Tennis Foundation: $6,148 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBagel Rescue Inc: $6,100 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetOur House Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGeorgia Trust for Historic Preservation Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDekalb Library Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAtlanta Ballet Inc: $2,142 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLivable Buckhead Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 37.

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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.

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA43.1× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · AEC Trust · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Tw Price Gilbert Jr Charitable Fund · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Zeist 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 Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta Georgia co Frances Davis

How much does Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta Georgia co Frances Davis give?
Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta Georgia co Frances Davis reported 45 grants totaling $120,604 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 40 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta Georgia co Frances Davis fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (24%), Environment (14%), Human Services (14%).
Who are Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta Georgia co Frances Davis's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fernbank Inc ($66k), Clifton Sanctuary Ministries Inc ($43k), Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc ($42k).
Does Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta Georgia co Frances Davis fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta Georgia co Frances Davis accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta Georgia co Frances Davis?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, The Imlay Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc.
Where is Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta Georgia co Frances Davis based?
Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta Georgia co Frances Davis 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 58 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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