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The Aderhold Family Foundation at a glance

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The Aderhold Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$465k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$755kPublic Safety & Disaster$556kArts & Culture$544kReligion$463kHealth$303kHuman Services$112kRecreation & Sports$60kHousing & Shelter$55kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $220k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $240k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$8.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$110,000
ATLANTA FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION$80,000
HISTORIC OAKLAND FOUNDATION$50,000
THE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION OF ATLANTA$35,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
THE FOUNDATION FOR HOSPITAL ART$25,000
RAISING EXPECTATIONS$25,000
ANDREW COLLEGE$20,000
ATLANTA 300 CLUB$20,000
ST GEORGE ISLAND CAT ALLIES$15,000
HOOVER CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$10,000
ALABAMA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$10,000
MURPHY HARPST CHILDREN'S CENTER$10,000
ATLANTA RESOURCE CENTER$10,000
SHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–25, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION OF ATLANTA: $50k → 9%ONE SIMPLE WISH: $5k → 11%THE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION OF ATLANTA: $35k → 9%THE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION OF ATLANTA: $5k → 9%THE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION OF ATLANTA: $5k → 9%THE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION OF ATLANTA: $5k → 9%THE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION OF ATLANTA: $5k → 9%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.
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 20 repeat orgs$388k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against -12% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
20

Total granted

$2.6M
$293k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
-12%

Still filing today

60%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • AC
    ANDREW COLLEGE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $585k · revenue +55%
  • AF
    ATLANTA FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2025 · $556k · revenue +88% · 34% of their budget
  • HO
    Historic Oakland Foundation Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $464k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • CC
    CELEBRATION CHURCH - SCHOOL OF CHAMPIONS
    one grant, 2022 · $85k
  • AH
    ASHEVILLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • AC
    ATLANTA CHILDREN'S CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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
Horizons Atlanta Inc

Horizons Atlanta is a tuition-free, intensive, six-week summer academic and enrichment program that supports students from under-served communities over the course of their academic careers.

Youth Development
2
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

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.…

Community Improvement
3
Hope Atlanta Inc

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.

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4
Justice Center of Atlanta Inc

Provides mediation services and mediation training for all manner of disputes, private and public, without the need for formal audication through the court system.

Crime & Legal
5
Leadership Atlanta Inc

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…

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6
Enable of Georgia Inc

Supporting people with special needs to lead fulfilled lives.

Housing & Shelter
7
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Inc

The corporation is a voluntary association of individuals and organizations the purposes of which are to upgrade and advance the atlanta metropolitan area in population, commerce and finance; to effect civic and social improvements; to…

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8
Endeavor Atlanta Inc

Driven by our belief that High-Impact Entrepreneurs transform economies, Endeavor is on a mission to build thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems in emerging and underserved markets around the world.

Community Improvement
9
Atlanta Press Club Inc

Continuing education, scholarships, briefings, and press conferences for journalists

Arts & Culture
10
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc

The mission of the atlanta community food bank is to engage, educate and empower our community to fight hunger. our bold goal is to see that all people in our service area have access to the nutritious meals they need when they need them.

Food & Nutrition
11
South Fulton Institute Inc

South Fulton Arts is a regional catalyst for the advancement of the arts, education, and environment that enriches lives and communities.

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12
Georgia Alliance for Breast Cancer F/K/a It's the Journey

Georgia alliance for breast cancer mission is to engage with georgia's breast cancer community to increase access to care and reduce disparities in cancer outcomes.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Murphy-Harpst Children's Centers Inc; the most unlike its peers is Leap for Literacy. 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

28 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. 28 of the 45 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
12/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ATLANTA FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION: $556,000 · OtherATLANTA FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATIONHistoric Oakland Foundation Inc: $463,750 · OtherHistoric Oakland Foundation IncPEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $322,500 · OtherPEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHCELEBRATION CHURCH - SCHOOL OF CHAMPIONS: $85,000 · Other+22 more: $401,000 · Other+22 moreANDREW COLLEGE: $585,000 · EducationANDREW COLLEGEHOOVER CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $110,000 · EducationHOOVER CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATIO…NSORO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationNSORO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION …+4 more: $54,000 · Education+4 moreEXCEPTIONAL FUTURES CORPORATION: $105,000 · Human ServicesONE SIMPLE WISH INC: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyHOOVER HELPS: $60,000 · Community ImprovementWellspring Living Inc: $35,000 · ReligionORCHARD RESOURCES INC: $20,000 · ReligionPerforming Arts Center Inc: $21,000 · Arts & CulturePUMPHOUSE PLAYERS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureRANDOM ACTS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBROADLEAF WRITERS ASSOCIATION INC: $7,000 · Arts & CultureAlabama Children's Hospital Foundation: $20,000 · Health
Other$1,828,250Education$799,000Human Services$112,000Philanthropy$100,000Community Improvement$60,000Religion$55,000Arts & Culture$48,000Health$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetANDREW COLLEGE: $585,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetATLANTA FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION: $556,000 over 5y, 34% of budgetHistoric Oakland Foundation Inc: $463,750 over 9y, 4.7% of budgetHOOVER CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 2y, 41% of budgetEXCEPTIONAL FUTURES CORPORATION: $105,000 over 6y, 22% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 9y, 51% of budgetHOOVER HELPS: $60,000 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetNSORO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetWellspring Living Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRAISING EXPECTATIONS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR HOSPITAL ART INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPerforming Arts Center Inc: $21,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAlabama Children's Hospital Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORCHARD RESOURCES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetGEORGIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $19,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetLEAD INSTITUTE INC: $17,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetPUMPHOUSE PLAYERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetRANDOM ACTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetMURPHY-HARPST CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER ALABAMA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROADLEAF WRITERS ASSOCIATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetLITERACY ACTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetARTS CRITIC ATL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLEAP FOR LITERACY: $5,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetONE SIMPLE WISH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIANS UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetENTRYWAY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

The Community Foundat…Georgia Power Foundat…Abreu M & F Ctr Tr UaThe Imlay Foundation …United Way of Greater…Tw Price Gilbert Jr C…Fraser-Parker Foundat…Luluma Charitable Tru…Jewish Federation of …Charities Aid Foundat…Verizon FoundationMightycause Charitabl…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA21× affinity9 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 · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Abreu M & F Ctr Tr Ua · The Imlay Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Tw Price Gilbert Jr Charitable Fund · Fraser-Parker Foundation · Luluma Charitable Trust Xxxxx8009 · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Verizon Foundation · Mightycause Charitable 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 The Aderhold Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Aderhold Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 45 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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