Georgia · Private foundation
The Lookout 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.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 77
- Grants FY2024
- 68
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $135,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 68
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 14
- Total assets, FY2024
- $25M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations The Lookout Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $331k 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 | 76 | $1.4M | 45% |
| FY2023 | 68 | $1.2M | 37% |
| FY2022 | 55 | $1.3M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 46 | $794k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 54 | $794k | 37% |
| FY2019 | 45 | $708k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $459k | 16% |
| FY2017 | 50 | $621k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Responsible Citizenship | $507,083 | 8 | 9% |
| Duke University | $179,000 | 8 | 0% |
| North Point Ministries Inc | $175,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Westminster Schools Inc | $164,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Woodberry Forest School | $151,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $130,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Atlanta Police Foundation Inc | $128,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Chris 180 Inc | $122,136 | 5 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $120,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Leap Year Inc | $101,258 | 5 | 6% |
Show all 76 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 99 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lookout Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · AEC Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Frank Family Foundation Inc · The Zeist Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Lookout Foundation
- How much does The Lookout Foundation give?
- The Lookout Foundation reported 77 grants totaling $1,402,875 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 68 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Lookout Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (55%), Youth Development (9%), Religion (7%).
- Who are The Lookout Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Institute for Responsible Citizenship ($507k), Duke University ($179k), North Point Ministries Inc ($175k).
- Does The Lookout Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lookout 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 Lookout Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, The Imlay Foundation Inc, Atl Fdn-W Peters Main.
- Where is The Lookout Foundation based?
- The Lookout Foundation is based in GA.
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