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The David R and Patricia D Atkinson 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.

$7.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
61
Grants FY2024
60
Organizations funded FY2023
2%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$35,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,466,980
Organizations funded a year
60 to 61
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$109M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 2% of the organizations The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentInternationalCrime & LegalHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving60$7.3M5%
FY202360$6.9M2%
FY202261$6.0M7%
FY202161$4.1M7%
FY202060$3.3Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

International$8.8MEducation$7.6MEnvironment$2.8MFood & Nutrition$1.6MArts & Culture$1.5MHealth$1.3MHousing & Shelter$1.1MYouth Development$910kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cornell University$6,264,85350%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$4,250,00050%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$4,150,00050%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,869,08350%
Feeding America$1,250,00050%
Homefront Inc$800,00051%
Urbanpromise International$740,00056%
College Possible Inc$425,00031%
Climate Central Inc$385,00051%
Pro Publica Inc$340,00050%
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All grantees of The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cornell University$6,264,85350%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$4,250,00050%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$4,150,00050%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,869,08350%
Feeding America$1,250,00050%
Homefront Inc$800,00051%
Urbanpromise International$740,00056%
College Possible Inc$425,00031%
Climate Central Inc$385,00051%
Pro Publica Inc$340,00050%
Bard College$315,00050%
Trustees of the Lawrenceville School$290,00050%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$265,00050%
Bucks County Children's Museum$260,000515%
Rocky Mountain Institute$230,00050%
Strive International Inc$210,00050%
The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$205,000511%
Meals on Wheels of Mercer County Inc$205,00054%
St Mary Medical Center Foundation Inc$200,0005n/a
Yana Ministry Inc$190,000411%
American Association for the Advancement of Science$185,00050%
TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc$180,00051%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Mercer County Inc$170,00051%
Heifer Project International$135,00050%
Friends of Princeton Open Space$135,000512%
Lymphoma Research Foundation$135,00050%
Elixir Fund$132,000537%
Anchor House Inc$125,00051%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$125,00050%
Fresh Air Fund$120,00050%
Canine Partners for Life$113,00052%
The Center for Discovery Inc$105,00050%
Visitation Home Inc$97,00051%
New Egypt United Methodist Church$95,0001n/a
Family Service Association of Bucks County$90,00030%
International Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc$80,00021%
Dogs for the Deaf Inc Dba Dogs for Better Lives$80,00051%
Miriam's Kitchen$75,00030%
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts$70,00050%
Philadelphia Serengeti Alliance Inc$70,000198%
The Seeing Eye Inc$69,00050%
New Hope Arts Inc$69,00053%
Sciencenter Discovery Museum$54,00050%
McCarter Theatre Company$45,00050%
Alpha House of Pinellas County Inc$40,00051%
Kakenya Center for Excellence$40,00050%
Wildlife Center Friends Inc$25,00054%
Isles Inc$24,00020%
Yardley-Makefield Fire Company No #1$15,00051%
New Egypt Historical Society$15,0001n/a
Cape May Volunteer Fire Dep'T$13,00053%
New Jersey Audubon Society$10,00050%
Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County$10,0001n/a
Learning Ally Inc$9,00010%
Jacobstown Cemetery Association$6,000211%
The Free Library of New Hope & Solebury$5,00012%
Latin American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc$5,00011%
Williamson Health and Wellness Center Inc$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 54 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCornell University: $6,264,853 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $4,250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $4,150,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $1,869,083 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFeeding America: $1,250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHomefront Inc: $800,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetUrbanpromise International: $740,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetCollege Possible Inc: $425,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetClimate Central Inc: $385,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $340,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBard College: $315,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of the Lawrenceville School: $290,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: $265,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBucks County Children's Museum: $260,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $230,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetStrive International Inc: $210,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: $205,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Mercer County Inc: $205,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetYana Ministry Inc: $190,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science: $185,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc: $180,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Mercer County Inc: $170,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetHeifer Project International: $135,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Princeton Open Space: $135,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetLymphoma Research Foundation: $135,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetElixir Fund: $132,000 over 5y, 37% of budgetAnchor House Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $120,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCanine Partners for Life: $113,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetThe Center for Discovery Inc: $105,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVisitation Home Inc: $97,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetFamily Service Association of Bucks County: $90,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetInternational Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetDogs for the Deaf Inc Dba Dogs for Better Lives: $80,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMiriam's Kitchen: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMid-Atlantic Center for the Arts: $70,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPhiladelphia Serengeti Alliance Inc: $70,000 over 1y, 98% of budgetThe Seeing Eye Inc: $69,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNew Hope Arts Inc: $69,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetSciencenter Discovery Museum: $54,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMcCarter Theatre Company: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAlpha House of Pinellas County Inc: $40,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetKakenya Center for Excellence: $40,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWildlife Center Friends Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetIsles Inc: $24,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYardley-Makefield Fire Company No #1: $15,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCape May Volunteer Fire Dep'T: $13,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 54.

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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 Robert Wood Johnson FoundationNJ21.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Curtis W McGraw Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc · Educational Ventures Inc · Merancas Foundation Inc · Tenacre 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.

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About The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation

How much does The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation give?
The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation reported 61 grants totaling $7,309,063 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 60 and 61 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (32%), Education (27%), Environment (10%).
Who are The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Cornell University ($6.3M), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($4.3M), Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc ($4.2M).
Does The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 2% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation.
Where is The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation based?
The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation is based in NJ.

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 73 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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