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The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$117M
Granted FY2024still arriving
246
Grants FY2024still arriving
21
States reached
$5.0M
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$170MInternational$75MPublic Safety & Disaster$61MPhilanthropy$48MEducation$39MCommunity Improvement$29MHuman Services$26MYouth Development$19MOther$0
02FY2024 · 246 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k92 grants · $13M
  • $250k+148 grants · $104M
$260,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$534M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
International Union for Conservation of Nature and$5,000,000
United Nations Development Programme Regional Bure$5,000,000
UNITED STATES SOCCER FEDERATION INC$4,000,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC$3,000,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC$3,000,000
MILLENNIUM WATER ALLIANCE$2,232,899
Global Water Challenge$1,800,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC$1,650,000
African Development Bank$1,625,000
American Online Giving Foundation Inc$1,621,243
CHARITY GLOBAL INC$1,529,400
Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor$1,500,464
AVINA AMERICAS INC$1,500,000
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$1,250,000
GENERATION YOU EMPLOYED INC$1,250,000
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.

US giving: 62% of grant dollars ($344M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 38% that went abroad ($212M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $27.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $364k → 11%Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc: $224k → 14%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $300k → 11%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $2.0M → 13%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $1.2M → 13%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $1.0M → 13%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $550k → 13%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $550k → 13%POSSIBILITY LABS: $1.1M → 10%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $500k → 13%NEW AMERICAN PATHWAYS INC: $375k → 14%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $500k → 13%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $300k → 13%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $300k → 13%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $300k → 13%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $250k → 13%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $200k → 13%YOUNG WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLAN: $250k → 13%Latin American Association Inc: $300k → 13%LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INC: $300k → 13%National Cares Mentoring Movement Inc: $250k → 17%Latin American Association Inc: $300k → 13%NATIONAL CARES MENTORING MOVEMENT INC: $200k → 17%American National Red Cross: $1.0M → 14%American National Red Cross: $500k → 14%ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $250k → 13%YWCA USA INC: $550k → 14%American National Red Cross: $1.0M → 14%American National Red Cross: $1.0M → 14%YWCA USA INC: $350k → 14%American National Red Cross: $1.0M → 14%YWCA USA INC: $350k → 14%American National Red Cross: $750k → 14%American National Red Cross: $650k → 14%YWCA USA INC: $350k → 14%American National Red Cross: $400k → 14%American National Red Cross: $400k → 14%American National Red Cross: $350k → 14%American National Red Cross: $350k → 14%American National Red Cross: $325k → 14%American National Red Cross: $250k → 14%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND: $600k → 13%American National Red Cross: $250k → 14%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND: $500k → 13%American National Red Cross: $250k → 14%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND: $500k → 13%American National Red Cross: $250k → 14%American National Red Cross: $200k → 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

VT
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 38% of all-years giving ($212M)

124 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
India$12M · 25 grants
Switzerland$10M · 16 grants
China$9.3M · 19 grants
Brazil$8.0M · 31 grants
Thailand$7.1M · 22 grants
Costa Rica$6.9M · 33 grants
Japan$6.7M · 18 grants
Philippines$6.7M · 29 grants
Mexico$6.7M · 32 grants
Bangladesh$6.5M · 18 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Coca-Cola Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 46% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$394M · 333 repeat orgs$121M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

333 repeat relationships: 149 still active in FY2024, 184 since wound down; 46 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

333
477

Total granted

$394M
$96M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+17%

Still filing today

48%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • IU
    INT'L UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE & NATURAL RESOURCES - US
    4× · 2020–2024 · $12M · revenue +299% · 92% of their budget
  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $12M · revenue +28%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    5× · 2020–2024 · $10M · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5.0M · revenue -33%
  • Feeding Americagraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5.0M · revenue +40%
  • FD
    Fonds de dotation WIA Philanthropy
    one grant, 2021 · $2.4M
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
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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2
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
3
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
4
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
7
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
8
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
9
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
10
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
11
Activate Global Inc

Activate empowers scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. activate partners with u.s. based funders, research institutions, and other pillars of the hard technology community to help entrepreneurial…

Environment
12
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc; the most unlike its peers is Renaissance Kares Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

343 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. 343 of the 869 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.

23
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
54
Early backer (in before they grew)
337/343
Grantees still filing
231/343
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Coca-Cola Foundation Matching Gifts Program: $13,436,665 · OtherCoca-Cola Foundation Matching Gifts Program+127 more: $201,784,363 · Other+127 moreGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $23,050,439 · EnvironmentGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT …INT'L UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE & NATURAL RESOURCES - US: $11,904,457 · EnvironmentINT'L UNION FOR CON…WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $11,839,535 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND…GLOBAL WATER CHALLENGE: $9,110,176 · EnvironmentGLOBAL WATER CHALLE…CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5,100,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION INTERN…OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $3,641,500 · Environment+10 more: $11,004,527 · Environment+10 moreCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $8,341,111 · InternationalCOOPERATIV…AVINA AMERICAS INC: $4,710,896 · InternationalAVINA AMER…TECHNOSERVE INC: $3,100,000 · InternationalTECHNOSERV…BUILDING MARKETS LTD: $2,689,831 · InternationalBUILDING M…WATERAID AMERICA INC: $2,535,571 · InternationalWATERAID A…One Drop Foundation Inc: $2,099,985 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $2,000,000 · InternationalMercy Corps: $1,700,000 · InternationalWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $1,500,000 · InternationalNational Council of Negro Women Inc: $1,400,000 · International+11 more: $11,319,376 · International+11 moreAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $24,604,433 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN O…UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $8,350,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $5,375,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUN…+2 more: $1,815,000 · PhilanthropyAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,068,458 · Human ServicesEMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $8,660,180 · Human ServicesWESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $2,200,000 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $2,129,400 · Human ServicesYWCA USA INC: $1,600,000 · Human ServicesPOSSIBILITY LABS: $1,100,000 · Human ServicesLATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $935,000 · Human Services+1 more: $750,000 · Human ServicesHISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $2,000,000 · EducationSpelman College: $1,865,000 · EducationMOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $1,810,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 · EducationGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $1,400,000 · EducationThurgood Marshall College Fund: $1,300,000 · EducationClark Atlanta University Inc: $1,100,000 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $1,100,000 · EducationKENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,062,500 · EducationASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1,050,000 · EducationOGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC: $1,000,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $1,000,000 · EducationAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN INC: $950,000 · EducationCLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $915,000 · EducationMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $750,000 · EducationColumbus State University Foundation Inc: $750,000 · Education+1 more: $696,250 · EducationROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $6,675,000 · Arts & CultureMILLENNIUM WATER ALLIANCE: $2,232,899 · Arts & CultureATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INC: $2,000,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $1,219,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$215,221,028Environment$75,650,634International$41,396,770Philanthropy$40,144,433Human Services$27,443,038Education$21,248,750Arts & Culture$12,126,899

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $24,604,433 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $23,050,439 over 5y, 70% of budgetINT'L UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE & NATURAL RESOURCES - US: $11,904,457 over 4y, 92% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $11,839,535 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,068,458 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL WATER CHALLENGE: $9,110,176 over 3y, 71% of budgetEMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $8,660,180 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $8,350,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $8,341,111 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $7,000,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $6,675,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5,943,200 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $5,375,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5,100,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $5,000,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES SOCCER FEDERATION: $5,000,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetAVINA AMERICAS INC: $4,710,896 over 5y, 14% of budgetATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $3,700,000 over 4y, 64% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $3,641,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTECHNOSERVE INC: $3,100,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $2,700,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBUILDING MARKETS LTD: $2,689,831 over 5y, 31% of budgetWATERAID AMERICA INC: $2,535,571 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetGENERATION YOU EMPLOYED INC: $2,284,324 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetImagine H2O Inc: $2,250,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetTHE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC: $2,240,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetMILLENNIUM WATER ALLIANCE: $2,232,899 over 1y, 37% of budgetWESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $2,200,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $2,129,400 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetOne Drop Foundation Inc: $2,099,985 over 3y, 57% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $2,000,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INC: $2,000,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $2,000,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetHISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $2,000,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $2,000,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSpelman College: $1,865,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $1,810,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMercy Corps: $1,700,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYWCA USA INC: $1,600,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $1,500,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetACCION OPPORTUNITY FUND INC: $1,450,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $1,400,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetNational Council of Negro Women Inc: $1,400,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetUNIDOSUS: $1,300,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $1,300,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,250,000 over 3y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INT'L UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE & NATURAL RESOURCES - US ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL WATER CHALLENGE ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES SOCCER FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds AVINA AMERICAS INC ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds TECHNOSERVE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING MARKETS LTD ↗
  • Who funds WATERAID AMERICA 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.

Georgia Power Foundat…THDF II Inc DBA The H…Atl Fdn-W Peters MainThe Imlay Foundation …United Way of Greater…Tull Charitable Found…The Community Foundat…The Arthur M Blank Fa…Tw Marian W Ottley At…Tr Uw Charles I BrananThe Sartain Lanier Fa…The John and Rosemary…
Georgia Power Foundation IncGA71.5× affinity50 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Georgia Power Foundation Inc · THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · The Imlay Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · The John and Rosemary Brown Family 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 Coca-Cola Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Bonneville Environmental Foundation: 100% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Ceres Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
44report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc 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 869 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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