Georgia · Private foundation
The Higher Foundation
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.
- $10k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Higher Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $123k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $73k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $205k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $120k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $18k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $124k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc | $365,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Pace Academy Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United States Ski Team Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Tennis Association Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlanta Ballet Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Synagogue | $3,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Museum of Modern Art | $1,540 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc | $365,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Pace Academy Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United States Ski Team Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Tennis Association Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlanta Ballet Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Synagogue | $3,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Museum of Modern Art | $1,540 | 1 | 0% |
| Alexanders Angels Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($131k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Higher Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Higher Foundation
- How much does The Higher Foundation give?
- The Higher Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $10,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Higher Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (50%), Religion (13%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are The Higher Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Piedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc ($365k), Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential Inc ($90k), Pace Academy Inc ($40k).
- Does The Higher Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Higher 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 Higher Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Higher Foundation based?
- The Higher Foundation is based in GA.
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