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The Martha And Wilton Looney Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What you fund
0183% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY20172025.

Education$3.9MHuman Services$1.7MHealth$901kRecreation & Sports$595kPhilanthropy$590kInternational$308kArts & Culture$295kFood & Nutrition$200kEnvironment$140kOther$2.0M
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k13 grants · $328k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$50,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Emory University$300,000
Lovett School$200,000
Childrens Healthcare Of Atl$100,000
Shepherd Center Foundation$100,000
Frederica Academy$100,000
Wake Forest University$75,000
Canine Assistants$60,000
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing$56,000
Live Like London Foundation$50,000
American Red Cross$50,000
Good Samaritan Health Ctr$50,000
Chastain Horse Park$50,000
The Rotary Foundation$50,000
Camp Twin Lakes$50,000
Camp Sunshine$50,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Live Like London Foundation: $50k → 11%Live Like London Foundation: $30k → 12%American Red Cross: $150k → 14%Goshen Valley Boys Ranch: $50k → 6%Presbyterian Homes Of Georgia: $5k → 26%Live Like London Foundation: $50k → 11%Live Like London Foundation: $20k → 12%American Red Cross: $150k → 14%Goshen Valley Boys Ranch: $30k → 6%Live Like London Foundation: $15k → 12%American Red Cross: $150k → 14%Goshen Valley Boys Ranch: $25k → 6%Live Like London Foundation: $10k → 12%American Red Cross: $100k → 14%Goshen Valley Boys Ranch: $20k → 6%American Red Cross: $50k → 14%Goshen Valley Boys Ranch: $20k → 6%American Red Cross: $50k → 14%Goshen Valley Boys Ranch: $50k → 6%American Red Cross: $25k → 14%Goshen Valley Boys Ranch: $10k → 6%American Red Cross: $25k → 14%Goshen Valley Boys Ranch: $8k → 6%Goshen Valley Boys Ranch: $8k → 6%Canine Assistants: $60k → 13%Canine Assistants: $60k → 13%Canine Assistants: $60k → 13%Canine Assistants: $50k → 13%Canine Assistants: $50k → 13%Canine Assistants: $50k → 13%Canine Assistants: $35k → 13%Canine Assistants: $25k → 13%Canine Assistants: $25k → 13%Meals On Wheels Atlanta: $25k → 13%Meals On Wheels Atlanta: $25k → 13%Meals On Wheels Atlanta: $25k → 13%Meals On Wheels Atlanta: $25k → 13%Meals On Wheels Atlanta: $25k → 13%Meals On Wheels Atlanta: $25k → 13%Meals On Wheels Atlanta: $8k → 13%Meals On Wheels Atlanta: $5k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
MI
NY
CA
CO
MD
NC
SC
DC
GA

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$10.0M · 42 repeat orgs$340k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +21% for the ones you funded once.

42 repeat relationships — 26 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
17

Total granted

$10.0M
$290k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+21%

Still filing today

83%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • EU
    Emory University
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +80%
  • TL
    THE LOVETT SCHOOL INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $805k · revenue +60%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    8× · 2017–2024 · $700k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • TM
    The Museum Of Contemporary Art Of G
    one grant, 2024 · $150k
  • TG
    THE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +35%
  • GE
    GPC EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND INC
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +17%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
2
The Grady Health Foundation Inc

The mission of the grady health foundation is to grow both philanthropic support and broad-based understanding of the critical role that grady health system plays in the metro atlanta region. our focus is to ensure grady health system has…

Philanthropy
3
Piedmont Hospital Inc

To provide healthcare marked by compassion and sustainable excellence in a progressive environment, guided by physicians, delivered by exceptional professionals, and inspired by the communities we serve.

Health
4
Georgia Hospital Association

The georgia hospital association (gha) serves approximately 150 hospitals throughout georgia. its purpose is to promote the health and welfare of the public through the development of better health care for all of georgia's citizens. gha…

5
Medical Center of Central Georgia Inc

To enhance the health status of those we serve in partnership with medical staff and other community organizations by providing wellness services, health education, training, and access to safe high quality health care services.

Health
6
Augusta Health Care Inc

The mission of augusta health is to strengthen the health and well-being of all people in our communities.

Health
7
Unc Health Foundation Inc

At unc health foundation, we inspire philanthropic support for unc health and unc school of medicine that transforms healthcare and provides hope to the people of north carolina and communities around the world.

Education
8
Georgia Alliance for Breast Cancer F/K/a It's the Journey

Georgia alliance for breast cancer mission is to engage with georgia's breast cancer community to increase access to care and reduce disparities in cancer outcomes.

Health
9
The Children's Hospital of Alabama

The mission of Children's of Alabama is to provide the finest pediatric health services to all children in an environment that fosters excellence in research and medical education. Children's will be an advocate for all children and work…

Health
10
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
11
Annandale At Suwanee Inc

To perpetuate a village community to provide progressive life assistance to adults with developmental disabilities so that they can maximize their abilities and maintain their independence in the least restrictive environment.

Health
12
Morehouse School of Medicine

Leading the creation and advancement of health equity we exist to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce, and address primary health care…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation and the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyIndependent Charter SchoolsChild & Family Support Serv…Health System Support Organ…Visual & Performing Arts Or…Atlanta Parks & Conservation
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 36 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number28%0%<5yr17%2%5–10yr20%11%10–20yr14%31%20–35yr9%31%35–55yr13%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value28%0%<5yr17%2%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr14%27%20–35yr9%21%35–55yr13%30%55yr+

The field is 28% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 19% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/46
the rest of the field
19%
10,947/58,255

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 61 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/45
Grantees still filing
34/45
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Emory University — $1,775,000 · EducationEmory UniversityTHE LOVETT SCHOOL INC — $805,000 · EducationTHE LOVETT SCHOOL INCWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY — $555,000 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYAtlanta Speech School Inc — $330,000 · EducationAtlanta Speech School IncFREDERICA ACADEMY INC — $272,500 · EducationFREDERICA ACADEMY INCThe Westminster Schools Inc — $165,000 · Education+1 more — $27,500 · EducationChildrens Healthcare Of Atl — $615,000 · OtherChildrens Healthcare Of AtlGEORGIA EYE BANK INC — $403,000 · OtherGEORGIA EYE BANK INCCAMP SUNSHINE INC — $285,000 · OtherCAMP SUNSHINE INCThe Museum Of Contemporary Art Of G — $150,000 · OtherThe Museum Of Contemporary …Fernbank Inc — $180,000 · OtherFernbank IncATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC — $150,000 · OtherATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK…THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $135,000 · Other+24 more — $703,500 · Other+24 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $700,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National…CANINE ASSISTANTS INC — $415,000 · Human ServicesCANINE ASSISTANTS…GOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION INC — $220,000 · Human ServicesGOSHEN VALLEY FOU…LIVE LIKE LONDON FOUNDATION — $175,000 · Human ServicesLIVE LIKE LONDON …Meals on Wheels Atlanta Inc — $162,500 · Human ServicesMeals on Wheels A…+3 more — $14,000 · Human ServicesTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC — $260,000 · HealthTHE GOOD …ATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC — $195,000 · HealthATLANTA R…GEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $175,000 · HealthGEORGE WE…PROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC — $121,000 · HealthPROJECT H…VISITING NURSE HEALTH SYSTEM INC — $90,000 · HealthVISITING …SUNSHINE ON A RANNEY DAY INCORPORATED — $45,000 · Health+2 more — $15,000 · HealthCHASTAIN HORSE PARK LTD — $315,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMP TWIN LAKES INC — $225,000 · Recreation & SportsPATH FOUNDATION INC — $55,000 · Recreation & SportsSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC — $545,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INC — $25,000 · PhilanthropyGPC EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND INC — $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL — $308,000 · International
Education$3,930,000Other$2,621,500Human Services$1,686,500Health$901,000Recreation & Sports$595,000Philanthropy$590,000International$308,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetEmory University — $1,775,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOVETT SCHOOL INC — $805,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $700,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY — $555,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC — $545,000 over 9y, 92% of budgetCANINE ASSISTANTS INC — $415,000 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetGEORGIA EYE BANK INC — $403,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetAtlanta Speech School Inc — $330,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCHASTAIN HORSE PARK LTD — $315,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL — $308,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE INC — $285,000 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetFREDERICA ACADEMY INC — $272,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC — $260,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetCAMP TWIN LAKES INC — $225,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION INC — $220,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC — $195,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFernbank Inc — $180,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetLIVE LIKE LONDON FOUNDATION — $175,000 over 6y, 49% of budgetGEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $175,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc — $165,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels Atlanta Inc — $162,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC — $150,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $135,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC — $121,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetVISITING NURSE HEALTH SYSTEM INC — $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC — $85,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetPATH FOUNDATION INC — $55,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetARTSBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC — $52,500 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetHARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK — $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUNSHINE ON A RANNEY DAY INCORPORATED — $45,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $42,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVision Atlanta Inc — $30,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation — $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCITY OF REFUGE — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetStandUp for Kids — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY IN ATLANTA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClaire's Army Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLE RANCH INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HOMES OF GEORGIA INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Emory University
  • Who funds THE LOVETT SCHOOL INC
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds SHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds CANINE ASSISTANTS INC
  • Who funds GEORGIA EYE BANK INC
  • Who funds Atlanta Speech School Inc
  • Who funds CHASTAIN HORSE PARK LTD
  • Who funds THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
  • Who funds CAMP SUNSHINE INC
  • Who funds FREDERICA ACADEMY INC
  • Who funds THE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC
  • Who funds CAMP TWIN LAKES INC
  • Who funds GOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds ATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC
  • Who funds Fernbank Inc
  • Who funds LIVE LIKE LONDON FOUNDATION
  • Who funds GEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds The Westminster Schools Inc
  • Who funds Meals on Wheels Atlanta Inc
  • Who funds ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC
  • Who funds THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
  • Who funds PROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC
  • Who funds VISITING NURSE HEALTH SYSTEM INC
  • Who funds ATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds PATH FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds ARTSBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds HARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK
  • Who funds SUNSHINE ON A RANNEY DAY INCORPORATED
  • Who funds ATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds Vision Atlanta Inc

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA20.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Martha And Wilton Looney Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 46%
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc46% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to The Martha And Wilton Looney Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Martha And Wilton Looney Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 61 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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