· Private foundation
Thalia & Michael C Carlos Foundation In
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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 · FY2025
- $10k–50k63 grants · $980k
- $50k–250k14 grants · $970k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER | $100,000 |
| ZOO ATLANTA | $100,000 |
| ATLANTA BALLET MICHAEL C CARLOS DANCE CENTRE | $100,000 |
| MICHAEL C CARLOS MUSEUM | $100,000 |
| SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER | $85,000 |
| ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK | $75,000 |
| NATURE CONSERVANCY OF GEORGIA | $60,000 |
| TASK FORCE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| WABE | $50,000 |
| SHEPHERD CENTER | $50,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $50,000 |
| GEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION | $50,000 |
| CHRIS 180 | $50,000 |
| GATEWAY CENTER | $40,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
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 +18% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
94 repeat relationships: 69 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 7 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, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AHATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC6× · 2020–2025 · $485k · revenue +141%
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER6× · 2020–2025 · $455k · revenue +46%- GTGEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC6× · 2020–2025 · $300k · revenue +102%
Funded once
- ECEMORY CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF ATLANTA (MATCHING GRANT WITH CARLOS DAF)one grant, 2022 · $50k
- CACENTRAL ATLANTA PROGRESS INC (PRINCE HALL MASON BLDG)one grant, 2021 · $50k
- GOGEORGIA ORGANICS INCone grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue -20%
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.
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…
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta's mission is to protect and promote the civil and human rights of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in Georgia and the Southeast through policy advocacy, legal services,…
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.…
Provide victims of crime with comprehensive services for the successful transition of victim to survivor.
Provides mediation services and mediation training for all manner of disputes, private and public, without the need for formal ajudication through the court system.
The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively as a supporting organization to and for the benefit of the georgia institute of technology to foster and support education and scientific research and economic development…
Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. (the Organization) is a nonprofit organization which strengthens and supports court-sanctioned, affiliate CASA programs that empower community volunteers who advocate for abused or neglected…
It is the mission of leadership atlanta to build a better community for everyone in the atlanta region through education about the key issues facing the region and inspiring members and others to take on and exercise real leadership…
To serve atlanta, georgia, by providing quality economic and community development resources to underserved residents in a culturally competent, fiscally responsible, and ethical manner.
The aclu of georgia is dedicated to preserving the civil liberties enshrined in the u.s. constitution and bill of rights. through litigation, lobbying, and communications, the aclu of georgia works to preserve and enhance the rights of all…
Hope atlanta seeks to help georgians avoid homelessness and hunger through a comprehensive approach that equips them with the tools for lifelong stability.our vision is to end hunger and homelessness for every georgian.
How this is measured
91 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. 91 of the 133 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 ATLANTA BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
- Who funds CHRIS 180 INC ↗
- Who funds GEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC ↗
- Who funds SWEET AUBURN WORKS ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds THE GATEWAY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds PARK PRIDE INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds SHEPHERD CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds Hands on Atlanta Inc ↗
- Who funds NEW AMERICAN PATHWAYS INC ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEAST INC ↗
- Who funds PARTNERSHIP AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILIES FIRST INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds TREES ATLANTA INC ↗
- Who funds THE TASK FORCE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH INC ↗
- Who funds REPAIR THE WORLD ↗
- Who funds THE WILLIAM BREMAN JEWISH HERITAGE MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds ARTS CRITIC ATL INC ↗
- Who funds USHER 2020 FOUNDATION INC ↗
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 · The Imlay Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · AEC Trust · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · The John and Rosemary Brown Family Foundation · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Thalia & Michael C Carlos Foundation In funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thalia & Michael C Carlos Foundation In. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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