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Robert & Judith Atlas Family Foundation at a glance

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Robert & Judith Atlas Family 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.

$897k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$533k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$1.1MHealth$709kArts & Culture$273kReligion$56kScience & Tech$20kHuman Services$17kInternational$15kRecreation & Sports$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $19k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $300k
  • $250k+1 grant · $533k
$5,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$9.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PURDUE FOR LIFE FOUNDATION$532,500
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO FOUNDATION$150,000
JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY$75,000
JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY$75,000
CONGREGATION OF BET JUDEA$18,500
MIDDLETON BAND BOOSTERS$7,500
DARE2TRI PARATRIATHLON CLUB$5,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATIONS$5,000
CLARA BROWN ENTREPRENEURIAL ACADEMY$4,500
MARK SCHONWETTER HOLOCAUST FOUNDATION$3,000
CREW LIFE INC$3,000
RALSTON HOUSE$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CONSTRUCTION ANGELS: $500 → 13%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $3k → 5%ORGANIC ONENESS: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
NV
IN
PA
NJ
CO
MD
AZ
TN
SC
MS
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 12 repeat orgs$656k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
13

Total granted

$1.5M
$647k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+18%

Still filing today

58%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CH
    Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation
    2× · 2023–2024 · $158k · revenue +1%
  • DP
    DARE2TRI PARATRIATHLON CLUB
    4× · 2021–2024 · $14k · revenue +18%
  • RH
    Ralston House
    4× · 2021–2024 · $10k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • PF
    PEDUE FOR LIFE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $533k
  • AJ
    Arizona Jewish Historical Societygraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue +854%
  • MH
    Middleton High School Band Parents Association
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue -37%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
2
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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3
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
4
Mila's Miracle Foundation

The mission of mila's miracle foundation is to find and fund paths to a cure for batten and other life-threatening neurological disorders. families in this community have been pivotal in raising the necessary funds and awareness. together,…

Health
5
The Marfan Foundation Inc

See schedule o.the marfan foundation drives research, education and support and builds community to improve outcomes, save lives and empower all people to thrive who are living with marfan, loeys-dietz, vascular ehlers-danlos syndromes,…

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6
Frontline to Field Foundation

Frontline to field is a nonprofit organization founded from the hearts of two individuals deeply committed to the well-being of those who serve and sacrifice for others. inspired by their personal connections to the military, first…

Recreation & Sports
7
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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8
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

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9
Special Ops Survivors

Special ops survivors advances the mission "to embrace and empower surviving spouses of fallen special operations heroes to build healthy post-loss futures as they transition and rebuild their new lives." the foundation provides programs…

Human Services
10
Medtech Innovator

Medtech innovator organizes and runs a global competition and virtual accelerator for medical device, digital health, and diagnostic startup companies.

Education
11
American Neuromuscular Foundation

The american neuromuscular foundation was established to improve the quality of care for people with disorders of skeletal muscle, neuromuscular function, and central and peripheral nervous systems through the promotion of research and…

Health
12
Lead the Way Fund Inc

Army ranger lead the way fund is an active duty, casualty assistance, recovery, transition and veterans organization that provides financial support to u.s. army rangers and the families of those who have died, have been disabled or who…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gary Sinise Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Middleton High School Band Parents Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 29 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Purdue Research Foundation: $1,085,000 · EducationPurdue Research Foundation+1 more: $5,000 · EducationPEDUE FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $532,500 · OtherPEDUE FOR LIFE FOUNDATIONJEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $162,000 · OtherJEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETYArizona Jewish Historical Society: $75,000 · OtherArizona Jewish Historical SocietyCONGREGATION OF BET JUDEA: $55,500 · OtherCONGREGATION OF BET JUDEA+15 more: $63,000 · Other+15 moreChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $157,500 · Health+2 more: $4,000 · HealthMIDDLETON BAND BOOSTERS: $22,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,000 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $5,000 · InternationalDARE2TRI PARATRIATHLON CLUB: $14,000 · Recreation & SportsRalston House: $10,000 · Community Improvement
Education$1,090,000Other$888,000Health$161,500Arts & Culture$22,500International$15,000Recreation & Sports$14,000Community Improvement$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $1,085,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $157,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetArizona Jewish Historical Society: $75,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetMIDDLETON BAND BOOSTERS: $22,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetDARE2TRI PARATRIATHLON CLUB: $14,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetRalston House: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMiddleton High School Band Parents Association: $7,500 over 1y, 10% of budgetCREW LIFE INC: $5,500 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetMercy Ships International: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetESOPHAGEAL CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetORGANIC ONENESS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONSTRUCTION ANGELS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE5.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Robert & Judith Atlas Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert & Judith Atlas Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 29 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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