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The Choate Foundation (Fka Choate Bridges Foundation) at a glance

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The Choate Foundation (Fka Choate Bridges 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.

$2.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
75
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

International$1.6MHealth$1.2MHuman Services$1.1MEducation$839kCommunity Improvement$745kHousing & Shelter$734kPhilanthropy$623kReligion$419kOther$0
02FY2024 · 75 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k52 grants · $893k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $583k
  • $250k+2 grants · $750k
$15,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$64M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY$500,000
SHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION$250,000
STREET GRACE$100,000
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$75,000
FATHER RYAN HIGH SCHOOL$57,500
WORLD VISION$50,000
RESTORE LIFE$50,000
NORTH FULTON COMMUNITY CHARITIES$50,000
SAINT BERNARD ABBEY FOUNDATION$50,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$50,000
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$50,000
CHRISTIAN CITY$50,000
THE FURNITURE BANK$37,500
ANGEL ARMIES INC$37,500
MEALS ON WHEELS ATLANTA$35,000
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 (FY18–24, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BANGLAHELP INC: $5k → 14%REECE'S RAINBOW: $10k → 7%ANGEL ARMIES INC: $38k → 4%BALD RIDGE LODGE: $45k → 4%GOSHEN VALLEY BOYS RANCH: $10k → 6%SENTINEL FOUNDATION: $13k → 6%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $5k → 9%CHRISTMAS SPIRIT FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%BALD RIDGE LODGE: $30k → 4%GOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 6%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $5k → 9%GOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 6%GEORGIA CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCACY: $40k → 13%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $5k → 9%STREET GRACE: $100k → 9%STREET GRACE: $100k → 9%LIFE HOUSE ATLANTA: $10k → 8%STREET GRACE: $100k → 9%UNITED MILITARY CARE: $10k → 8%STREET GRACE: $50k → 9%UNITED MILITARY CARE: $5k → 8%UNITED MILITARY CARE: $5k → 8%GEORGIA CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCACY: $20k → 13%BEARINGS BIKE WORKS: $10k → 13%BEARINGS BIKE WORKS: $5k → 13%BEARINGS BIKE WORKS: $5k → 13%CANINE ASSISTANTS: $10k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY AND CAREER SERVICES: $10k → 14%CHRIS 180: $25k → 14%CHRIS 180: $20k → 14%CHRIS 180: $20k → 14%LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $13k → 13%GEORGIA CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCACY: $5k → 14%MEALS ON WHEELS ATLANTA: $50k → 13%MEALS ON WHEELS ATLANTA: $35k → 13%MEALS ON WHEELS ATLANTA: $25k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $20k → 13%NORTH FULTON COMMUNITY CHARITIES: $50k → 13%NORTH FULTON COMMUNITY CHARITIES: $50k → 13%NORTH FULTON COMMUNITY CHARITIES: $50k → 13%NORTH FULTON COMMUNITY CHARITIES: $50k → 13%CROSSROADS COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $50k → 13%CROSSROADS COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $50k → 13%CROSSROADS COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $25k → 13%ERIN'S HOPE FOR FRIENDS: $13k → 13%FAMILIES FIRST: $25k → 13%FAMILIES FIRST: $25k → 13%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

WA
ID
IL
WI
NY
OR
SD
OH
PA
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
AL
GA
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.5M · 76 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

76 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

76
93

Total granted

$5.5M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+15%

Still filing today

75%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $348k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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

  • SG
    Street Grace Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $350k · revenue +70%
  • RL
    RESTORE LIFE INCORPORATED
    4× · 2021–2024 · $235k · revenue +51%
  • NF
    NORTH FULTON COMMUNITY CHARITIES INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $200k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • GP
    GROVE PARK FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue +67%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $163k
  • KS
    KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY (MILITARY VETS)
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
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
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
2
Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

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…

Civil Rights
3
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
4
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
5
Advocates for Children Inc

Our new mission is: advocates for children is an organization of dedicated, skilled professionals and compassionate volunteers committed to the well-being of children, youth and families. through comprehensive advocacy and unwavering…

—
6
CaringWorks Inc

Caringworks' mission is to reduce homelessness and empower the marginalized by providing access to housing and services that foster dignity, self-sufficieny & well-being.

Human Services
7
Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc

Atlanta legal aid provides legal services to the elderly and indigent citizens of the metropolitan atlanta area.

Crime & Legal
8
Acfb Support Organization Inc

Acfb support organization, inc., is operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes and/or activities of atlanta community food bank, inc., a georgia nonprofit corporation.

Food & Nutrition
9
Annandale At Suwanee Inc

To perpetuate a village community to provide progressive life assistance to adults with developmental disabilities so that they can maximize their abilities and maintain their independence in the least restrictive environment.

Health
10
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation in

To create safe and stable homes and families by inspiring the fight for equal justice.

—
11
Atlanta Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

Atlanta Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc.'s mission: To educate the community and to recruit, train and supervise court appointed volunteers to advocate for the best interest, safety and permanent placement of abused and neglected…

Civil Rights
12
Innovative Solutions for Disadvantage and Disability Inc

Empower, educate, and equip kinship caregivers with tools and resources to provide safe, stable homes and keep children out of foster care

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is The Argentine Tango Society. 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

145 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. 145 of the 199 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
143/145
Grantees still filing
95/145
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAINT BERNARD ABBEY FOUNDATION: $300,000 · OtherSAINT BERNARD ABBEY FOUNDATIONCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $202,500 · OtherChristian City Inc: $175,000 · OtherBRIGHT FUTURES ATLANTA: $164,914 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $162,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $150,000 · OtherRESTORE LIFE INCORPORATED: $235,000 · OtherRESTORE LIFE INCORPORATEDWORLD VISION INC: $175,000 · Other+108 more: $2,544,750 · Other+108 moreStreet Grace Inc: $350,000 · Human ServicesStreet Grace IncNORTH FULTON COMMUNITY CHARITIES INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesNORTH FULTON COMM…Crossroads Community Ministries Inc: $125,000 · Human ServicesCrossroads Commun…Meals on Wheels Atlanta Inc: $110,000 · Human ServicesMeals on Wheels A…GEORGIA CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCACY INC: $105,000 · Human ServicesGEORGIA CENTER FO…BALD RIDGE LODGE INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesBALD RIDGE LODGE …CHRIS 180 INC: $65,000 · Human ServicesFAMILIES FIRST INC: $50,000 · Human Services+19 more: $286,000 · Human Services+19 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC: $505,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDA…SHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $505,000 · PhilanthropySHEPHERD CENTER …UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $50,000 · Philanthropy+10 more: $177,500 · Philanthropy+10 moreTHE BOYCE L ANSLEY SCHOOL INC: $200,000 · EducationCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationRON CLARK ACADEMY INC: $75,000 · EducationKENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · EducationGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $30,000 · EducationWEALTHY HABITS INC: $25,000 · EducationVILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES: $25,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $22,500 · Education+5 more: $57,500 · EducationUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $95,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $75,000 · HealthEAGLE RANCH INC: $55,000 · HealthATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC: $50,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $30,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $27,500 · HealthTHE ISAKSON INITIATIVE INC: $25,000 · HealthINHERITANCE OF HOPE INC: $20,000 · Health+13 more: $119,750 · HealthGROVE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · Community Improvement+3 more: $16,500 · Community ImprovementInterfaith Outreach Home Inc: $110,000 · Housing & ShelterGROVE PARK RENEWAL INC: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterThe Extension Inc: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterATLANTA CHILDREN'S SHELTER INCORPORATED: $25,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$4,109,664Human Services$1,366,000Philanthropy$1,237,500Education$610,000Health$532,250Community Improvement$516,500Housing & Shelter$265,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC: $505,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $505,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetGROVE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetStreet Grace Inc: $350,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetRESTORE LIFE INCORPORATED: $235,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetNORTH FULTON COMMUNITY CHARITIES INC: $200,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BOYCE L ANSLEY SCHOOL INC: $200,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $175,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChristian City Inc: $175,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCrossroads Community Ministries Inc: $125,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetMeals on Wheels Atlanta Inc: $110,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetInterfaith Outreach Home Inc: $110,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetGEORGIA CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCACY INC: $105,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGROVE PARK RENEWAL INC: $100,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetCORNERS OUTREACH LLC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $95,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetLIFECYCLE BUILDING CENTER INC: $80,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetRON CLARK ACADEMY INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBALD RIDGE LODGE INC: $75,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetMATTHEW 25 INC: $69,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetATLANTA YOUTH SOCCER FOUNDATION INC: $67,500 over 3y, 22% of budgetCHRIS 180 INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITY OF REFUGE: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFURKIDS INC: $57,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEAGLE RANCH INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMEN OF VALOR: $52,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF LANIER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILIES FIRST INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLAKE LANIER ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetAll for Lunch Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetFOR OTHERS COLLECTIVE INC: $37,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEAST ATLANTA KIDS CLUB INC: $30,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetThe Extension Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $27,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ISAKSON INITIATIVE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% 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…The Imlay Foundation …Georgia Power Foundat…Tr Uw Charles I BrananThe Waterfall Foundat…Community Foundation …Tull Charitable Found…Atl Fdn-W Peters MainUnited Way of Greater…J Bulow Campbell Foun…Luluma Charitable Tru…Bennett Thrasher Foun…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA79.3× affinity58 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 · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · J Bulow Campbell Foundation · Luluma Charitable Trust Xxxxx8009 · Bennett Thrasher 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Choate Foundation (Fka Choate Bridges Foundation) funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Choate Foundation (Fka Choate Bridges Foundation). Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Leon County Humane Society: 0% of income from government
  • V for Victory of Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to The Choate Foundation (Fka Choate Bridges Foundation)?

Find your warmest path to The Choate Foundation (Fka Choate Bridges Foundation) through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 199 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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