Delaware · Private foundation
The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $33k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 45
- Grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 43
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 17
- Total assets, FY2025
- $702k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 44 | $33k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $30k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 40 | $35k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 43 | $38k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $26k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $27k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $27k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $26k | 18% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer | $45,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Motorsports Museum & Hall of Fame of America Foundation Inc | $22,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church | $9,250 | 7 | n/a |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc | $8,500 | 8 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $7,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $6,500 | 9 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $6,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Ocean Conservancy | $5,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Children's Miracle Network | $5,500 | 9 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,500 | 9 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($36k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties Inc · Oleson Foundation · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Green Brick Foundation Inc · Rotary Charities of Traverse City · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Lilly Endowment Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation with peer funders
About The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation
- How much does The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation give?
- The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $33,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (44%), Arts & Culture (15%), Religion (7%).
- Who are The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer ($45k), Motorsports Museum & Hall of Fame of America Foundation Inc ($23k), Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church ($9k).
- Does The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Scott and Nancy Atherton 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 Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties Inc, Oleson Foundation, The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation.
- Where is The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation based?
- The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation is based in DE.
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