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The Gable Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Gable Foundation Inc

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.

$346k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.5MReligion$268kRecreation & Sports$162kEnvironment$84kEducation$8kCrime & Legal$350Food & Nutrition$200Human Services$200Other$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $127k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $201k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HISTORIC OAKLAND FOUNDATION$100,000
WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER$51,000
THE ATLANA BOTANCIAL GARDEN$50,000
BREVARD MUSIC CENTER$40,000
GEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION$35,000
TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$31,500
BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM$10,000
ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER$10,000
FRANKLIN POND CHAMBER MUSIC$7,300
ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$5,000
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF GEORGIA$1,500
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION$1,000
DRAYTON HALL PRESERVATION TRUST$1,000
AGAPE YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER$1,000
THE GEORGIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS$1,000
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 (FY20–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DRAYTON HALL PRESERVATION TRUST: $3k → 12%DRAYTON HALL PRESERVATION TRUST: $3k → 12%DRAYTON HALL PRESERVATION TRUST: $1k → 12%DRAYTON HALL PRESERVATION TRUST: $1k → 12%DRAYTON HALL PRESERVATION TRUST: $1k → 12%DRAYTON HALL PRESERVATION TRUST: $1k → 12%ATLANTA MISSION: $100 → 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.
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 17 repeat orgs$174k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
12

Total granted

$1.8M
$163k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+4%

Still filing today

76%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • BM
    BREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED
    7× · 2018–2025 · $410k · revenue +25%
  • TA
    THE ATLANTA OPERA INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $275k · revenue +684%
  • RW
    ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $231k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • JC
    JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $61k · revenue -55% · 30% of their budget
  • TW
    THE WREN'S NEST HOUSE MUSEUM
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • ME
    MERIAN ENSEMBLE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $45k
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
Fernbank Inc

Fernbank museum of natural history inspires a lifelong learning of natural history through immersive programming and unmatched experiences to encourage a greater appreciation of our planet and its inhabitants. fernbank is dedicated to…

Arts & Culture
2
Georgia Symphony Orchestra

The Georgia Symphony Orchestra GSO is a non-profit corporation organized for the purposes of providing significant cultural and educational value to the north-metro Atlanta community. The organization performs public concerts through our…

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3
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
4
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
5
Atlanta Contempory Art Center Inc

Dedicated to the creation, presentation and advancement of contemporary art through its exhibitions, educational programming and studio art program.

Arts & Culture
6
The African Diasporic Art Museum of Atlanta Inc

to showcase contemporary art and culture of the African Diaspora

Arts & Culture
7
Atlanta Chamber Players Inc

Present world-class mixed ensemble chamber music to a broad audience, contribute to the future of chamber music through commissioning of new works

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8
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
9
Georgia Historical Society

Georgia Historical Society (GHS) is the premier independent statewide institution responsible for collecting, examining, and teaching Georgia history. GHS houses the oldest and most distinguished collection of materials related exclusively…

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10
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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11
Museum of the American Revolution

The museum of the american revolution uncovers and shares compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events that sparked america's ongoing experiment in liberty, equality and self-government.

Arts & Culture
12
American Civil War Museum Collection

The mission of the american civil war museum collection is to serve as the preeminent world center for the display, study, interpretation, commemoration, and preservation of the history and artifacts of the confederate states of america.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Harvard-Radcliffe Class of 1961. 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

21 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. 21 of the 32 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
12/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED: $410,000 · OtherBREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATEDTRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $265,300 · OtherTRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHHistoric Oakland Foundation Inc: $180,000 · OtherHistoric Oakland Foundation IncATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $60,000 · OtherATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRATHE WREN'S NEST HOUSE MUSEUM: $50,000 · Other+11 more: $23,000 · OtherTHE ATLANTA OPERA INC: $275,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ATLANTA OPERA INCROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $230,600 · Arts & CultureROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INCJOEL CHANDLER HARRIS ASSOCIATION: $61,000 · Arts & CultureJOEL CHANDLER HARRIS ASSOCIATIONATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCGEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureGEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INCMERIAN ENSEMBLE INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureMERIAN ENSEMBLE INCFranklin Pond Chamber Music Inc: $37,500 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $3,600 · Arts & CultureAgape Community Center: $162,000 · Recreation & SportsAgape Com…THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $84,000 · EnvironmentDRAYTON HALL PRESERVATION TRUST: $9,000 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $7,000 · EducationGEORGIA LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM INC: $350 · Crime & Legal
Other$988,300Arts & Culture$772,700Recreation & Sports$162,000Environment$84,000Human Services$9,100Education$7,000Crime & Legal$350

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED: $410,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetTHE ATLANTA OPERA INC: $275,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $230,600 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHistoric Oakland Foundation Inc: $180,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetAgape Community Center: $162,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $84,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJOEL CHANDLER HARRIS ASSOCIATION: $61,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $60,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetFranklin Pond Chamber Music Inc: $37,500 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetDRAYTON HALL PRESERVATION TRUST: $9,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF GEORGIA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARVARD-RADCLIFFE CLASS OF 1961: $1,300 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc: $1,100 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCAROLINA ART ASSOCIATION DBA GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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…Roy and Janet Dorsey …The John and Rosemary…The Antinori Foundati…Livingston Foundation…Raymond James Charita…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA20.6× affinity8 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 · Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Inc · The John and Rosemary Brown Family Foundation · The Antinori Foundation Inc · Livingston Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Gable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 32 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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