Georgia · Private foundation
The J Donald Childress 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.
- $182k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations The J Donald Childress Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 89% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $172k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $1.3M | 36% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $715k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $1.6M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $805k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $2.7M | 67% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $838k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $691k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington and Lee University | $3,711,500 | 8 | 1% |
| The Westminster Schools Inc | $1,645,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Utmd Anderson | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc | $265,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bobby Jones Golf Course Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Lovett School Inc | $99,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Trinity Presbyterian Church | $76,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Vail Mountain School | $73,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The J Donald Childress 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fraser-Parker Foundation · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
About The J Donald Childress Foundation
- How much does The J Donald Childress Foundation give?
- The J Donald Childress Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $182,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The J Donald Childress Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (79%), Health (15%), Religion (3%).
- Who are The J Donald Childress Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Washington and Lee University ($3.7M), The Westminster Schools Inc ($1.6M), Utmd Anderson ($1.0M).
- Does The J Donald Childress Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The J Donald Childress 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 J Donald Childress Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Fraser-Parker Foundation.
- Where is The J Donald Childress Foundation based?
- The J Donald Childress Foundation is based in GA.
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