· Private foundation
The Ray C Anderson 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, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $186k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $350k
- $250k+4 grants · $3.6M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MZC FOUNDATION (DBA THE RAY) | $2,000,000 |
| GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION | $750,000 |
| THE BIOMIMICRY INSTITUTE | $650,000 |
| GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION | $250,000 |
| PROJECT DRAWDOWN | $100,000 |
| GROUNDSWELL | $100,000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY ACTION | $50,000 |
| GEORGIA INTERFAITH POWER & LIGHT | $50,000 |
| CLIMATE CONSORTIUM OF THE COMMONS | $50,000 |
| GEORGIA WAND EDUCATION FUND | $46,000 |
| CAPTAIN PLANET FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION | $15,000 |
| THE BIOPHILIC INSTITUTE | $15,000 |
| BIRDS GEORGIA (FKA GEORGIA AUDUBON) | $15,000 |
| LAGRANGE ACADEMY | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 80% of The Ray C Anderson Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 88% of the giving stays in GA; by stated purpose, 24%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
52 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 6 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, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $109k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC3× · 2021–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +68%- TBTHE BIOMIMICRY INSTITUTE3× · 2022–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +47%
- GTGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION4× · 2021–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +47%
Funded once
- GTGEORGIA TECH DRAWDOWN GEORGIA PROJECTone grant, 2020 · $525k
- GTGEORGIA TECH DRAWDOWN GEORGIA RESEARCHone grant, 2019 · $500k
- GTGEORGIA TECH MARILYN BROWN DRAWDOWN GEORGIA PROJECTone grant, 2020 · $300k
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 corporation is organized for the purpose of conducting public interest research, policy development, analysis, and education to protect the environment and people of Georgia, including, but not limited to, the quality of Georgia's air,…
Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…
The organization endeavors to make innovation a driver of a robust, inclusive cleantech economy that creates jobs in growth industries, commercializes technology that eliminates waste and pollution and creates more resilient communities in…
E3g is a leading international not-for-profit think tank specialising in climate diplomacy harnessing expertise in the politics and economics of climate change.
The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively as a supporting organization to and for the benefit of the georgia institute of technology to foster and support education and scientific research and economic development…
To sustain Georgia's green legacy by partnering with individuals, organizations, and communities in raising awareness toward improving and maintaining Georgia's community forests.
Green Cities Accord is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering climate resilient communities through investments in tree canopy infrastructure to improve environmental health, climate resilience, and equity in communities. We focus…
Terraset uses philanthropic capital to purchase permanent, high-quality carbon removal. we pool donations from individuals, foundations, family offices, and donor advised funds, and make strategic purchases of high-quality carbon removal…
Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.
The endowment works collaboratively with partners in the public and private sectors to advance systemic, transformative, and sustainable change for the health and vitality of the nation's working forests and forest reliant communities.
The mission of the South Fork Conservancy is to restore and preserve habitat along the tributaries of Peachtree Creek. We give the community access to these healthy, restored greenspaces by designing, building and maintaining nature trails.
The UGA Real Estate Foundation manages and improves various real estate assets for the benefit of the University of Georgia, governed by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The UGA Real Estate Foundation may also…
How this is measured
59 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. 59 of the 136 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 · United States Energy Foundation · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · The Kendeda Fund · Environmental Fund for Georgia Inc · Turner Foundation Inc · AEC Trust · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · James M Cox Foundation of Georgia Inc · Patagoniaorg · The Imlay Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ray C Anderson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ray C Anderson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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