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GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC

GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,356,700 to it, the largest being THE ARTHUR M BLANK FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,900,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.9M
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$3.4M
Net assets
$-4166324
4/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 17%
01What it does

What Greater Atlanta Chamber Foundation Inc does

Mission

The greater atlanta chamber foundation, inc. Was established to serve as a community fund, I.e., a community foundation, to fund specific atlanta chamber of commerce oriented projects that are designed to promote charitable and educational projects in the city of atlanta and its metropolitan area.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.

The choose atl after 5 program ended in 2023.

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).

  1. PROGRAM PASS THRU'S Education/Talent: *To grow the metro Atlanta region's talent and workforce advantage. *Further develop The Atlanta Talent Collaborative, convening top HR professionals to create a robust talent pipeline for the region's most-in-demand jobs. *Place 150 individuals into jobs through Connect to Work GA. *Georgia Intern App, placing 400 interns with leading metro businesses with a focus on rural Georgia HBCU, USG School and a majority of TCSG schools. Community/Destination Downtown: *Accelerate Downtown Reimagined initiative by engaging consultants, community leaders and public officials in a coordinated effort to focus on lasting improvements for downtown Atlanta. Focusing on improvement of infrastructure, safety, cleanliness, housing, homelessness, and development, including advancing policy changes. Community/Regional Water: *Study the potential impact of advancing water policy and any lessons learned that will help to sustain or improve its use.

    $1,856,062 spent
    39% of program spending

  2. Public affairs/communications *mac works to strengthen metro atlanta's reputation as a top-tier global region, *position mac leadership and board members as regional thought leaders and sought-after experts, and *create, edit, and publish materials and digital marketing that drive the chamber's overall mission

    $728,836 spent
    15% of program spending

  3. Education/talent *to grow the metro atlanta region's talent and workforce advantage, mac has created and is further developing: *a new brand to attract and retain talent, "atlanta - where you belong" *the atlanta talent collaborative, convening top hr professionals to create robust talent pipelines for the region's most in-demand jobs *connect to work ga, connecting hiring managers to talent from underrepresented communities *credential library, creating a comprehensive catalog of degrees and certifications commonly held across industries *georgia intern app, placing interns with leading metro businesses with a focus on rural and hbcu talent

    $672,839 spent
    14% of program spending

  4. Public policy program operations

    $600,903 spent
    13% of program spending

  5. Diversity equity & inclusion

    $542,602 spent$1,000 earned by the program
    11% of program spending

  6. Public policy

    $214,667 spent$12,000 earned by the program
    4% of program spending

  7. Environmental

    $103,259 spent
    2% of program spending

  8. Metro export plan

    $68,520 spent$17,558 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

  9. Workforce development

    $6,458 spent
    0% of program spending

The 9 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,794,146.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.3M) Expenses 100 ($3.4M) Net assets 100 ($839k)2018 Revenue 84 ($2.7M) Expenses 84 ($2.9M) Net assets 105 ($880k)2019 Revenue 51 ($1.7M) Expenses 96 ($3.3M) Net assets -73 ($-609099)2020 Revenue 53 ($1.7M) Expenses 51 ($1.7M) Net assets -64 ($-534522)2021 Revenue 65 ($2.1M) Expenses 51 ($1.7M) Net assets -6 ($-47209)2022 Revenue 47 ($1.5M) Expenses 95 ($3.3M) Net assets -210 ($-1757941)2023 Revenue 68 ($2.2M) Expenses 80 ($2.7M) Net assets -274 ($-2299555)2024 Revenue 90 ($2.9M) Expenses 140 ($4.8M) Net assets -497 ($-4166324)
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Revenue (90)Expenses (140)Net assets (-497)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $2.3M to $3.5M (+54%).

$945k
$1.2M
$829k
$1.2M
$1.7M
$2.3M
$3.5M
$4.1M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,052 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$156k
’17
−$138k
’18
−$1.6M
’19
−$25k
’20
$371k
’21
−$1.7M
’22
−$542k
’23
−$1.9M
’24
10
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Anna Kirkpatrick

President & CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed666194206205194227
Joined·+0+0+190+23+27+65+49
No longer listed·00211287616
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $125k → $250k.

Funder
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'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
2
1
4
4
4
2
4
2

2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $3.2M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Robert W Woodruff Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC raised.

From the IRS filings of GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

57%
largest funder
77%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 100% · 2020 73% · 2021 69% · 2022 76% · 2023 80% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

14% of GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 31% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

70% of GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.

MO
DE
GA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $175k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−64% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve10.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC

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In Georgia

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Nationally

Georgia Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc87%The Greater Richmond Chamber Foundation84%Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Inc84%Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation83%Michigan Chamber Foundation83%Georgia Community Action Assoc Inc83%Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation83%Georgia Tech Foundation Inc83%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

224
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC?
GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,356,700 to it, the largest being THE ARTHUR M BLANK FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,900,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $3,356,700 in grants to GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC?
THE ARTHUR M BLANK FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,900,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 13 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing