Georgia · Private foundation
The Walter Alan Richards 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.
- $114k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
92% of The Walter Alan Richards Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of The Chattahoochee Valley Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 13 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year The Walter Alan Richards Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $114k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $48,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 19% of the organizations The Walter Alan Richards Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $109k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $98k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $91k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $88k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $87k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $97k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookstone School Inc | $38,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Columbus Museum Inc | $28,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Thomas Episcopal Church | $27,000 | 7 | n/a |
| St Joseph Child Development Center | $27,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus Inc | $21,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Columbus Technical College Foundation Inc | $20,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Do Good Fund Inc | $18,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Columbus Philharmonic Guild Inc | $18,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Columbus Botanical Gardens Inc | $16,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Historic Columbus Foundation Inc | $14,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookstone School Inc | $38,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Columbus Museum Inc | $28,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Thomas Episcopal Church | $27,000 | 7 | n/a |
| St Joseph Child Development Center | $27,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus Inc | $21,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Columbus Technical College Foundation Inc | $20,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Do Good Fund Inc | $18,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Columbus Philharmonic Guild Inc | $18,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Columbus Botanical Gardens Inc | $16,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Historic Columbus Foundation Inc | $14,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Springer Opera House Arts Associationinc | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Infantry Museum Foundationinc | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chattahoochee Valley Camellia Society Inc | $6,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Open Door Community House Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($418k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Walter Alan Richards 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: Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · The Jordan Foundation Inc · Lockwood Partners Foundation Inc · Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc · Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Inc · Jackson-Burgin Foundation Inc · Jw & Ethel I Woodruff Foundation Inc · McClure Family Foundation Inc Co Truist Foundations & Endowments Spec · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Cliboca Foundation Inc · Beloco Foundation Inc · The Cms Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Walter Alan Richards Foundation
- How much does The Walter Alan Richards Foundation give?
- The Walter Alan Richards Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $114,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2022.
- What does The Walter Alan Richards Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (66%), Education (24%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are The Walter Alan Richards Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Brookstone School Inc ($38k), The Columbus Museum Inc ($28k), St Thomas Episcopal Church ($27k).
- Does The Walter Alan Richards Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Walter Alan Richards 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 Walter Alan Richards Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc, The Jordan Foundation Inc, Lockwood Partners Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Walter Alan Richards Foundation based?
- The Walter Alan Richards Foundation is based in GA.
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