· Private foundation
The Rockdale 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k13 grants · $44k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $100k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $135k
- $250k+1 grant · $477k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NATIONAL YOUTH AWARENESS FORUM | $476,741 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS METRO ATL | $75,000 |
| EDUCAID | $60,000 |
| WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER | $30,000 |
| AFRICAN LEADER FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES | $10,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA | $10,000 |
| GRANDMOTHER PROJECT INV | $10,000 |
| THE CARTER CENTER INC | $10,000 |
| THE SILKROAD PROJECT INV | $9,590 |
| PARTNERS IN CHANGE | $7,500 |
| PHOENIX PASS | $7,500 |
| PATH FOUNDATION INC | $5,000 |
| CONYERS ROCKDALE COUNCIL FOR ARTS | $5,000 |
| ONE HUNDRED MILES | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 22% of grant dollars ($1.5M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 78% that went abroad ($5.4M) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $111k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those 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
Beyond the US: 78% of all-years giving ($5.4M)
5 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
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 +59% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.
53 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 41 since wound down; 8 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, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RWROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC8× · 2017–2024 · $95k · revenue +51%
- FBFOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA INC5× · 2019–2024 · $52k · revenue +66%
- OUOGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC3× · 2017–2021 · $31k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $150k
- RSRESTORATION STOREHOUSEone grant, 2018 · $100k
- UUNICEFone grant, 2018 · $54k
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.
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.…
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…
The corporation is a voluntary association of individuals and organizations the purposes of which are to upgrade and advance the atlanta metropolitan area in population, commerce and finance; to effect civic and social improvements; to…
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.
Georgia Center for Opportunity GCO is an independent, non-partisan think tank dedicated to increasing opportunity and improving the quality of life for all Georgians.
Girls on the Run Georgia empowers girls with vital social-emotional skills to help them succeed in school, at home, and within friendships. Our programs, Girls on the Run (3rd-5th grade) and Heart & Sole (6th-8th grade) are taught by…
Our commitment is to provide the individual support, meaningful training and employment services to people to remove barriers and close skill gaps so that individuals build brighter futures.
The mission of the Cobb Collaborative is to convene community stakeholders to facilitate the sharing of ideas, expertise and resources to meet needs and resolve issues in Cobb County. The vision is that all individuals, families, and…
Inform and influence georgia leaders through research and non-partisan advocacy to impact education policies and practices for the improvement of student achievement.
Provides mediation services and mediation training for all manner of disputes, private and public, without the need for formal audication through the court system.
Supporting people with special needs to lead fulfilled lives.
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…
How this is measured
66 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. 66 of the 123 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.
- Who funds ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC ↗
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- Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc ↗
- Who funds COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEAST INC ↗
- Who funds ACUMEN FUND INC ↗
- Who funds CONNECTED CONTENT INC ↗
- Who funds GRANDMOTHER PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds GENERATION CITIZEN INC ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATIONS INC ↗
- Who funds CHRIS 180 INC ↗
- Who funds Philanthropy Southeast Inc ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds One Hundred Miles Inc ↗
- Who funds INTOWN COLLABORATIVE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC ↗
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 · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · The Imlay Foundation Inc · AEC Trust · The Richard C Munroe Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · James M Cox Foundation of Georgia Inc · The Waterfall Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Rockdale Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rockdale Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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