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The Rfp Fund Inc

The corporation was organized, and at all times shall be operated, to serve the needs and interests of the community foundation for greater atlanta, inc., a publicly supported community foundation described in section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, in such ways as the board of directors shall determine in its discretion and are…

$407k
Granted FY2019
29
Grants FY2019
8
States reached
$61k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2019.

Education$510kEnvironment$373kFood & Nutrition$288kInternational$178kArts & Culture$145kPublic Benefit$135kHealth$91kPhilanthropy$80kOther$0
02FY2019 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k11 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $306k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $61k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EMORY UNIVERSITY$61,200
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERIC$26,000
GA ALLIANCE EDUCATION FUND$25,000
GEORGIA ORGANICS$25,000
TRULY LIVING WELL CENTER$25,000
FREEDOM PARK CONSERVANCY$25,000
WONDERROOT$25,000
CARE$20,000
WOMEN DONOR NETWORK$20,000
PAIDEIA SCHOOL$20,000
SKYLAND TRAIL$15,000
INTOWN COLLABORATIVE MINISTRIES$15,000
PLACE (ATHENS FARMERS MKT)$15,000
DEWEES ISLAND CONSERVANCY$10,000
MILTON ACADEMY$10,000
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 (FY17–19, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE TASK FORCE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH: $50k → 14%YWCA GEORGIA WOMENS' POLICY INSTITUTE: $10k → 13%YWCA GEORGIA WOMENS' POLICY INSTITUTE: $2k → 13%LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $10k → 13%GA CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCACY: $3k → 14%GA CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCACY: $3k → 14%GA CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCACY: $2k → 14%GIDEON'S PROMISE: $10k → 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

NY
MA
OR
IA
CA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
GA
TX

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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.3M · 33 repeat orgs$685k to everyone else

33 repeat relationships — 23 still active in FY2019, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
53

Total granted

$1.3M
$640k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+69%

Still filing today

76%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
EnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureCivil RightsOther

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

  • FP
    FREEDOM PARK CONSERVANCY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $125k · revenue +5% · 62% of their budget
  • GA
    GEORGIA ALLIANCE EDUCATION FUND INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $100k · revenue ×22
  • WI
    WONDERROOT INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $75k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • EU
    Emory Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $151k · revenue +80%
  • TG
    THE GREENLIGHT FUND ATLANTA
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • TT
    THE TASK FORCE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +152%

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
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc

ACP is a group committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues important to driving the economic development of the city of Atlanta and for which the ACP's active involvement will make a major difference. The ACP has a…

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2
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
3
Environment Georgia Research and Policy Center

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,…

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4
American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia Inc

The aclu of georgia is dedicated to preserving the civil liberties enshrined in the u.s. constitution and bill of rights. through litigation, lobbying, and communications, the aclu of georgia works to preserve and enhance the rights of all…

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5
Georgia Interfaith Power & Light Inc

Georgia Interfaith Power and Light (GIPL) inspires and equips communities of faith to organize, implement practical climate solutions, and advocate across Georgia on issues of climate change, environmental justice, and community resilience.

Environment
6
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
7
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
8
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta Inc

Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta's mission is to protect and promote the civil and human rights of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in Georgia and the Southeast through policy advocacy, legal services,…

Human Services
9
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
10
Aclu Foundation of Georgia Inc

The aclu of georgia is dedicated to preserving the civil liberties enshrined in the u.s. constitution and bill of rights. through litigation, lobbying, and communications, the aclu of georgia works to preserve and enhance the rights of all…

Civil Rights
11
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
12
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc

The mission of the atlanta community food bank is to engage, educate and empower our community to fight hunger. our bold goal is to see that all people in our service area have access to the nutritious meals they need when they need them.

Food & Nutrition

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc and the most unlike its peers is Dewees Island Conservancy. 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 backsteadyChristian Missionary Organi…Urban Agriculture & Food Ac…Government Accountability R…Independent K-8 SchoolsLegal Aid & Immigration Ser…Community Arts OrganizationsSubstance Abuse TreatmentYmca Community CentersAffordable Housing Developm…Domestic Violence Crisis Se…Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…Jewish Community FederationsHomeless Services & ShelterProfessional Ballet Compani…Child and Family ServicesAt-Risk Youth MentoringAffordable Housing Developm…Classical Music EnsemblesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Pregnancy Support ServicesLand Conservation Organizat…Environmental Advocacy Orga…Community FoundationsCommunity Health Centers
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 33 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number28%2%<5yr17%3%5–10yr20%24%10–20yr14%22%20–35yr9%27%35–55yr13%22%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value28%0%<5yr17%1%5–10yr20%44%10–20yr14%21%20–35yr9%21%35–55yr13%13%55yr+

The field is 28% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% 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%0/79
the rest of the field
19%
10,947/58,222

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

69 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 69 of the 95 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/69
Grantees still filing
55/69
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

EMORY UNIVERSITY — $162,900 · OtherEMORY UNIVERSITYWONDERROOT INC — $75,000 · OtherWONDERROOT INCTHE PAIDEIA SCHOOL INC — $60,000 · OtherTHE PAIDEIA SCHOOL INCTHE GREENLIGHT FUND ATLANTA — $50,000 · OtherTHE GREENLIGHT FUND ATLANTACENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE FINANCE - UNIVERITY OF ZURICH — $50,000 · OtherCENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE FINANCE - UNIVERITY O…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERIC — $46,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS — $30,000 · Other+48 more — $359,940 · Other+48 moreTruly Living Well Ctr for Natural Urban — $175,000 · EnvironmentTruly Living Well Ctr…GEORGIA ORGANICS INC — $50,000 · EnvironmentGEORGIA ORGANICS INCThe South Fork Conservancy Incorporated — $50,000 · EnvironmentThe South Fork Conser…Dewees Island Conservancy — $30,000 · EnvironmentDewees Island Conserv…Mainspring Conservation Trust Inc — $25,000 · EnvironmentMainspring Conservati…OLMSTEAD LINEAR PARK ALLIANCE INC — $25,000 · EnvironmentOLMSTEAD LINEAR PARK …+5 more — $46,000 · Environment+5 moreEmory University — $151,200 · EducationEmory UniversityGEORGIA ALLIANCE EDUCATION FUND INC — $100,000 · EducationGEORGIA ALLIANCE …MILTON ACADEMY — $30,000 · EducationMILTON ACADEMYTHE GLOBAL VILLAGE PROJECT INC — $15,000 · Education+4 more — $35,000 · Education+4 moreFREEDOM PARK CONSERVANCY — $125,000 · Public BenefitGEORGIA WAND EDUCATION FUND — $30,000 · Public Benefit+1 more — $5,000 · Public BenefitTHE TASK FORCE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesINTOWN COLLABORATIVE MINISTRIES INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN ATLANTA (1361) — $12,000 · Human ServicesGIDEONS PROMISE INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesLATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION — $10,000 · Human ServicesGEORGIA CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCACY INC — $7,780 · Human Services+2 more — $7,500 · Human ServicesCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $60,000 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $30,000 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER INC — $20,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $16,000 · International+1 more — $1,000 · InternationalWOMEN DONORS NETWORK — $55,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC — $54,500 · PhilanthropyHands on Atlanta Inc — $10,000 · Philanthropy+2 more — $3,250 · Philanthropy
Other$833,840Environment$401,000Education$331,200Public Benefit$160,000Human Services$137,280International$127,000Philanthropy$122,750

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTruly Living Well Ctr for Natural Urban — $175,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetEmory University — $151,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM PARK CONSERVANCY — $125,000 over 3y, 62% of budgetGEORGIA ALLIANCE EDUCATION FUND INC — $100,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetWONDERROOT INC — $75,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetTHE PAIDEIA SCHOOL INC — $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN DONORS NETWORK — $55,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC — $54,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TASK FORCE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA ORGANICS INC — $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThe South Fork Conservancy Incorporated — $50,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetINTOWN COLLABORATIVE MINISTRIES INC — $40,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA WAND EDUCATION FUND — $30,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetMILTON ACADEMY — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMainspring Conservation Trust Inc — $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetOLMSTEAD LINEAR PARK ALLIANCE INC — $25,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD & WATER WATCH — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GLOBAL VILLAGE PROJECT INC — $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN ATLANTA (1361) — $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF NORTHWEST METRO ATLANTA INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGeorgia Solar Energy Association Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetJobs with Justice Education Fund — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeminist Womens Health Center Inc — $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA ASYLUM & IMMIGRATION NETWORK INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHands on Atlanta Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO UNIDO INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYEAR UP INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAltamaha Riverkeeper Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetTHE EPSTEIN SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC — $8,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAthens Film Arts Institute Inc DBA Cine — $6,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetATHENS LAND TRUST INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGIA BUDGET AND POLICY INSTITUTE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVanderbilt University — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Muslim Voter Project — $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetPROJECT SAFE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

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 Foundat…THDF II Inc DBA The H…AEC TrustThe Arthur M Blank Fa…United Way of Greater…The Waterfall Foundat…The Imlay Foundation …Tw Marian W Ottley At…Community Foundation …Jewish Federation of …Tull Charitable Found…The Kendeda Fund
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA61.6× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund · AEC Trust · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · The Kendeda Fund

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 Rfp Fund 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.

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no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Trustees of the Smith College — 1% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Milton Academy — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 Rfp Fund Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Rfp Fund 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 95 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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