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The Thomas G Woolford Charitable Tr

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.

$779k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$204k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Education$928kArts & Culture$795kCommunity Improvement$753kYouth Development$375kHuman Services$369kHousing & Shelter$301kFood & Nutrition$200kScience & Tech$200kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $754k
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FURNITURE BANK OF METRO ATLANTA$203,964
WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER$200,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GEORGIA$100,000
YOUTH VILLAGES GEORGIA$100,000
ATLANTA CLASSICAL ACADEMY$50,000
THE WILLIAM BREMAN JEWISH HOME$50,000
CHASTAIN PARK CONSERVANCY$50,000
DUNWOODY NATURE CENTER$25,000
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 (FY22–25, $419k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%OPEN DOORS SOLUTIONS INC: $200k → 14%BLOOM OUR YOUTH INC: $15k → 6%FURNITURE BANK OF METRO ATLANTA: $204k → 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.

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.

14%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$650k · 3 repeat orgs$3.9M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +62% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

3 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
42

Total granted

$650k
$3.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
0%

Still filing today

67%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $579k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther

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

  • RW
    ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $500k · revenue +62%
  • LB
    LIFECYCLE BUILDING CENTER INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $100k · revenue -48%
  • GP
    GIGIS PLAYHOUSE ATLANTA
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $331k
  • GA
    GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $287k · revenue 0%
  • GS
    GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $250k

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
Greenhouse Accelerator Inc

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…

Human Services
4
Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures Inc

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…

Education
5
Georgia Center for Opportunity Inc

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.

Education
6
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Inc

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…

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7
Atlanta Historical Society Inc

Atlanta history center seeks to connect people, history, and culture to build a stronger community. through exhibitions, collections, historic houses, gardens, archives, educational school tours, public programs, and digital and virtual…

Arts & Culture
8
Mom Community Inc

To provide low-cost transitional living and life skill programs to pregnant mothers and new moms between the ages of 18 and 24

Human Services
9
Savannah College of Art and DesignInc

Scad prepares talented students for creative professions through engaged teaching and learning in a positively oriented university environment.

Education
10
Habitat for Humanity in Atlanta Inc

Atlanta habitat for humanity transforms communities by acting as a catalyst for neighborhood revitalization through education, innovative development, partnerships, and long term relationships with families.

Housing & Shelter
11
Atlanta Association of Legal Administrators Foundation Inc
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12
Georgia Accelerated Career Academy Inc

Public Charter School

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Atlanta Chamber Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Gracepoint School Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 10. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number31%3%<5yr18%10%5–10yr21%13%10–20yr15%23%20–35yr8%35%35–55yr8%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value31%5%<5yr18%12%5–10yr21%2%10–20yr15%18%20–35yr8%33%35–55yr8%31%55yr+

The field is 31% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 5% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 22% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/41
the rest of the field
22%
4,527/20,866

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

40 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. 40 of the 52 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
20/40
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Individual grant recipient — $330,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — $250,000 · OtherGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITYHERMAN J RUSSELL CENTER FOR INNOVATION — $200,000 · OtherHERMAN J RUSSELL CENTER FOR INNOVATIONYOUTH VILLAGES GEORGIA — $100,000 · OtherTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART — $100,000 · OtherATLANTA EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS — $100,000 · OtherHistoric Oakland Foundation Inc — $75,000 · OtherSCOTTDALE EARLY LEARNING INC — $75,000 · OtherLIFECYCLE BUILDING CENTER INC — $100,000 · OtherOPEN HAND ATLANTA INC — $100,000 · OtherEAGLE RANCH INC — $75,000 · OtherJunior Achievement of Georgia — $100,000 · Other+19 more — $535,895 · Other+19 moreROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC — $500,000 · Arts & CultureROBERT W WOODRUFF…ATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INC — $150,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA BELTLINE …Fernbank Inc — $50,000 · Arts & CultureFernbank Inc+2 more — $20,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC — $287,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER AT…Atlanta Technical College Foundation Incorporated — $100,000 · PhilanthropyAtlanta Te…UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC — $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…FURNITURE BANK OF METRO ATLANTA INC — $203,964 · Human ServicesFURNITURE …Open Doors Solutions Inc — $200,000 · Human ServicesOpen Doors…BLOOM OUR YOUTH INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesWESLEYAN SCHOOL INC — $100,000 · EducationBERRY COLLEGE INC — $75,000 · EducationThe Forest School — $50,000 · EducationGREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC — $49,035 · EducationMOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — $25,000 · EducationGRACEPOINT SCHOOL INC — $25,000 · EducationGWINNETT CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 · Community ImprovementGROVE PARK FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 · Community ImprovementADVANCE DEKALB INC — $41,000 · Community ImprovementBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc — $250,000 · Youth Development
Other$2,141,395Arts & Culture$720,000Philanthropy$437,000Human Services$418,964Education$324,035Community Improvement$291,000Youth Development$250,000

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 budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC — $500,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC — $287,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc — $250,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOpen Doors Solutions Inc — $200,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INC — $150,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGROVE PARK FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetWESLEYAN SCHOOL INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAtlanta Technical College Foundation Incorporated — $100,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetLIFECYCLE BUILDING CENTER INC — $100,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetOPEN HAND ATLANTA INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJunior Achievement of Georgia — $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHistoric Oakland Foundation Inc — $75,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetEAGLE RANCH INC — $75,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBERRY COLLEGE INC — $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSCOTTDALE EARLY LEARNING INC — $75,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetFernbank Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInterfaith Outreach Home Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetThe William Breman Jewish Home Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Forest School — $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC — $49,035 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADVANCE DEKALB INC — $41,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetGEORGIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FRAZER CENTER INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRACEPOINT SCHOOL INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChristian City Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE GEORGIA INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOM OUR YOUTH INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetClifton Sanctuary Ministries Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetORBIT THEATRICAL INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMUSIC IN COMMON INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetGILGAL INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPARTNERSHIP AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC — $6,096 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERCY HOUSING SOUTHEAST — $3,177 over 1y, 0.0% 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…Georgia Power Foundat…The Waterfall Foundat…Atl Fdn-W Peters MainThe Imlay Foundation …United Way of Greater…J Bulow Campbell Foun…Tr Uw Charles I BrananBetty and Davis Fitzg…Tull Charitable Found…Tw Marian W Ottley At…James M Cox Foundatio…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA43.8× affinity22 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 · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · The Imlay Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · J Bulow Campbell Foundation · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation Inc · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · James M Cox Foundation of Georgia Inc

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 Thomas G Woolford Charitable Tr 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.

    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 52 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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