Georgia · Community foundation
Optima Giving Foundation
To provide funding to charities in fulfillment of the exempt purposes of national christian charitable foundation, inc. ("nccf")
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $939k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $900,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $900,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Optima Giving Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $465k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $900k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $940k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $344k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $200k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Life | $1,244,000 | 4 | 0% |
| We Take It for Charity Inc | $900,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Midwest Food Bank Nfp | $350,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sun Valley Community Church | $200,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Youth for Christusa Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Midwest Food Bank | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Joni and Friends Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| YWCA EvanstonNorth Shore | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Spread Truth Ministries Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Life | $1,244,000 | 4 | 0% |
| We Take It for Charity Inc | $900,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Midwest Food Bank Nfp | $350,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sun Valley Community Church | $200,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Youth for Christusa Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Midwest Food Bank | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Joni and Friends Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| YWCA EvanstonNorth Shore | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Spread Truth Ministries Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth For Christ Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Institute for Affordable Transportation | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Parents of Children With All Special Needs | $20,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Tse Ee Gai House of Joy | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Valley Athletes for Christ Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Optima Giving Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Optima Giving Foundation
- How much does Optima Giving Foundation give?
- Optima Giving Foundation reported 2 itemized grants totaling $938,993, out of $1,047,384 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Optima Giving Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (37%), Philanthropy (32%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
- Who are Optima Giving Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Young Life ($1.2M), We Take It for Charity Inc ($900k), Midwest Food Bank Nfp ($350k).
- Does Optima Giving Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Optima Giving Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Optima Giving Foundation based?
- Optima Giving Foundation is based in GA.
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