Georgia · Private foundation
The Tharpe 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.
- $36k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 43
- Grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 37
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $471k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Tharpe Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% 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 | 37 | $36k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $33k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $34k | 37% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $20k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $31k | 16% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $25k | 16% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $31k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darlington School Inc | $15,500 | 8 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $15,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Holy Innocents Episcopal School Inc | $15,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Joy House Inc | $8,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Lighthouse Family Retreat Inc | $8,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Lovett School Inc | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Extra Special People Inc | $6,209 | 4 | 0% |
| The Adaptive Learning Center for Infants and Children Inc | $5,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Georgia Inc | $4,128 | 9 | 0% |
| Culver Educational Foundation | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($131k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Tharpe Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Tharpe Foundation
- How much does The Tharpe Foundation give?
- The Tharpe Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $35,520 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Tharpe Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (20%), Religion (13%).
- Who are The Tharpe Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Darlington School Inc ($16k), National Multiple Sclerosis Society ($15k), Holy Innocents Episcopal School Inc ($15k).
- Does The Tharpe Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Tharpe 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 Tharpe Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is The Tharpe Foundation based?
- The Tharpe Foundation is based in GA.
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