· Private foundation
The Graves Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k9 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $45,000 |
| ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $10,000 |
| BREAKTHROUGH T1D GEORGIA CHAPTER | $10,000 |
| ARCS FOUNDATION INC | $5,000 |
| PAIDEIA SCHOOL | $3,000 |
| LINEBERGER COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER | $3,000 |
| LANDMARK SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| BATES COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN | $1,000 |
| PEACHTREE STRING QUARTET | $1,000 |
| EARN2GIVE | $750 |
| WESTMINISTER SCHOOLS | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ASAgnes Scott College6× · 2017–2022 · $206k · revenue +56%
- TPTHE PAIDEIA SCHOOL INC7× · 2017–2024 · $171k · revenue +39%
- BTBREAKTHROUGH T1D6× · 2017–2022 · $145k · revenue +49%
Funded once
- CICOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLSone grant, 2017 · $5k
- CCCANTERBURY COURT INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +131%
- CICommunities in Schools of Atlanta Incgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +113%
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.
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.
The Avery Coonley School elevates high-achieving and gifted learners through immersion in a mutually talented community where intellect, curiosity, and creativity are enhanced by optimal challenge.
Suffield Academy is a coeducational independent secondary school serving a diverse student body of day and boarding students from across the United States and from many foreign counties. The school is grounded in a tradition of academic…
Spelman college, a historically black college and global leader in the education of women of african descent, is dedicated to the academic excellence of its students.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The broad mission of the ASCSA has remained constant over its distinguished history: teaching research archaeological exploration publication and dissemination of research. Founded in 1881 the ASCSA provides graduate students and scholars…
The school's mission is to provide challenging academics in a diverse environment, drawing on the quaker testimonies, or values, of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality and stewardship to empower students to go out into the…
To ignite curious minds, awaken generous hearts and engage in a changing world.
The mission of the atlanta neighborhood charter school (ancs) is to use the principles of the coalition of essential schools to: build an empowered and inclusive community of students,parents, and educators; engage the whole…
Education and Public Service Mission: Rollins College educates students for global citizenship and responsible leadership, empowering graduates to pursue meaningful lives and productive careers. We are committed to liberal arts ethos and…
ACP is a group committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues important to driving the economic development of the city of Atlanta and for which the ACP's active involvement will make a major difference. The ACP has a…
We create confident learners who lead lives of intellectual curiosity, self-knowledge, and social responsibility.
Forsyth Country Day School is a private, college preparatory independent school for preschool through high school. Students benefit from a challenging academic curriculum, fine and performing arts, competitive athletics, and a wide…
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 46 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Angel and Aaron Goldman Family Foundation · The John and Rosemary Brown Family Foundation · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · AEC Trust · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund · Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Graves Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Graves Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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