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The Thomas G Woolford Charitable Tr at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 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

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
CHASTAIN PARK CONSERVANCY$50,000
THE WILLIAM BREMAN JEWISH HOME$50,000
DUNWOODY NATURE CENTER$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its 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 its 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
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against 0% for those 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
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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
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.

04Its field

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.

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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Atlanta Chamber Foundation Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
19/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 · EducationGRACEPOINT SCHOOL INC: $25,000 · EducationMOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetFURNITURE BANK OF METRO ATLANTA INC: $203,964 over 1y, 4.8% 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 budgetSCOTTDALE EARLY LEARNING INC: $75,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBERRY COLLEGE INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAGLE RANCH INC: $75,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFernbank Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInterfaith Outreach Home Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 budgetGREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $49,035 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADVANCE DEKALB INC: $41,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetGRACEPOINT SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FRAZER CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE GEORGIA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChristian City Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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
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.

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.

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

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Thomas G Woolford Charitable Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Thomas G Woolford Charitable Tr. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's 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
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 52 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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