Georgia · Private foundation
Watkins Christian Foundation Inc
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.
- $6.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 50
- Grants FY2025
- 45
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 45 to 66
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $280M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Watkins Christian Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $538k 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 | 50 | $6.0M | 18% |
| FY2024 | 45 | $4.0M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 60 | $4.2M | 5% |
| FY2022 | 61 | $3.9M | 2% |
| FY2021 | 66 | $3.4M | 14% |
| FY2020 | 63 | $3.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First United Methodist Church - Lak | $1,950,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church | $1,050,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Jesuit High School of Tampa Inc | $945,350 | 5 | n/a |
| Young Life | $885,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cornerstone Christian Academy | $885,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Brookwood School Inc | $850,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Hope Academy Inc | $720,000 | 5 | 1% |
| St Johns Episcopal Parish Day School Inc | $707,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Adventures of the Heart Ministries Inc | $691,000 | 6 | 27% |
| Vision Atlanta Inc | $630,000 | 6 | 7% |
Show all 66 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First United Methodist Church - Lak | $1,950,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church | $1,050,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Jesuit High School of Tampa Inc | $945,350 | 5 | n/a |
| Young Life | $885,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cornerstone Christian Academy | $885,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Brookwood School Inc | $850,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Hope Academy Inc | $720,000 | 5 | 1% |
| St Johns Episcopal Parish Day School Inc | $707,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Adventures of the Heart Ministries Inc | $691,000 | 6 | 27% |
| Vision Atlanta Inc | $630,000 | 6 | 7% |
| Vashti Center Inc | $577,310 | 6 | n/a |
| Wellspring Living Inc | $543,750 | 5 | 1% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of West Central Florida Inc | $518,750 | 4 | 1% |
| Parker Street Ministries Inc and Subsidiaries | $467,500 | 6 | 8% |
| Greater Atlanta Christian Schools Inc | $435,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Atlanta Youth Academies Foundation Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Young Mens Christian Association and Youth Center of Thomasville Inc | $400,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Epworth By The Sea Inc | $385,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Gathering Place Inc | $345,000 | 6 | 3% |
| City of Refuge | $325,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $325,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Eagle Ranch Inc | $320,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Thomasville First United Methodist Church | $318,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Wesleyan School Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lighthouse Family Retreat Inc | $281,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Cedarbrook Outreach Inc | $280,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Smoke Rise Baptist Church | $275,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Desire Street Ministries | $275,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Shepherds Hill Academy Inc | $255,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Radical Life Ministries | $245,000 | 5 | 16% |
| Peace River Center for Personal Development Inc | $215,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wesleyan College | $210,000 | 4 | 0% |
| International Leadership Institute | $205,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Florida Southern College | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Archbold Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Pact Ministry Inc | $185,000 | 4 | 31% |
| The Lionheart Life Center Inc | $185,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Spreading Hope Inc | $177,500 | 5 | 69% |
| Moving in the Spirit Inc | $175,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Kidz2leaders Inc | $162,500 | 5 | 3% |
| Lake Point Church | $160,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Youth Outreach United | $155,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Volunteers in Service to the Elderly Inc | $145,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Warner University | $135,000 | 4 | n/a |
| North Georgia Camp and Retreat Ministries Inc | $130,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Children's Museum of Tampa Inc | $130,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Metro Atlanta Youth for Christ Inc | $125,000 | 6 | 9% |
| The Spring of Tampa Bay Inc | $120,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Cherokee Christian Schools Inc | $115,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Dream Center of Lakeland Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inner Quest Unlimited | $95,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Mary Hall Freedom Village Inc | $85,000 | 6 | 0% |
| ATLAS Ministry Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Athens Academy Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heart of a Champion Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 56% |
| Heart to Heart Ministries for Him | $57,500 | 5 | 18% |
| Missionary Ventures International Inc | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Oak Grove Methodist Church | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Promise686 Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| House of Cherith Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Rock Branch Baptist Church | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heart Shot Ministry Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Northwest Florida Christian Education Association Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| P E R C Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rainey House Inc | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Watkins Christian Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · J Bulow Campbell Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Givewell Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Watkins Christian Foundation Inc
- How much does Watkins Christian Foundation Inc give?
- Watkins Christian Foundation Inc reported 50 grants totaling $6,035,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 45 and 66 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Watkins Christian Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (35%), Education (23%), Youth Development (17%).
- Who are Watkins Christian Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: First United Methodist Church - Lak ($1.9M), Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church ($1.1M), Jesuit High School of Tampa Inc ($945k).
- Does Watkins Christian Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Watkins Christian Foundation Inc 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 Watkins Christian Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, J Bulow Campbell Foundation, Publix Super Markets Charities Inc.
- Where is Watkins Christian Foundation Inc based?
- Watkins Christian Foundation Inc is based in GA.
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