Funding search · EIN 261838979 · Athens, GA

Athens Area Community Foundation

Name: Athens Area Community Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

479
grants reported: $18.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

philanthropy education health religious development youth conservation arts

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Extra Special People3 grants · $2.5M
Extra Special People1 grant · $467,100
Books for Keeps3 grants · $430,336
Apparo Academy1 grant · $400,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens2 grants · $363,083
University of Georgia Foundation3 grants · $336,300
Athens Ymca1 grant · $334,000
Vision Atlanta Inc Dba Camp Grace1 grant · $330,340
Athens Resource Center for the Homeless1 grant · $300,000
Food Bank of Northeast Georgia3 grants · $294,750

Giving over time

$2.7M

2021

$3.0M

2022

$5.9M

2023

$7.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 479 grants.

$2.4M
Extra Special People · Athens, GA · 2023
General support
$467,100
Extra Special People · Watkinsville, GA · 2024
General Support
$400,000
Apparo Academy · Augusta, GA · 2023
General support
$334,000
Athens Ymca · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$330,340
Vision Atlanta Inc Dba Camp Grace · Roberta, GA · 2024
General Support
$300,000
Athens Resource Center for the Homeless · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$300,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens · Athens, GA · 2023
General support
$250,000
Men Opposing Sex Trafficking · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$249,843
Boys and Girls Clubs of Athens · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$225,000
Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation · Athens, GA · 2023
General support
$223,971
Books for Keeps · Athens, GA · 2022
General support
$207,000
Destined · Athens, GA · 2022
General support
$198,300
University of Georgia Foundation · Athens, GA · 2022
General support
$197,851
Athens Tech Foundation · Milledgeville, GA · 2023
General support
$197,000
Family Promise of Athens · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$172,881
Project Safe · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$172,523
Athens Area Habitat for Humanity · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$160,000
Divas Who Win Freedom Center · Athens, GA · 2023
General support
$159,850
University of Georgia Foundation · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$153,397
Athens Area Community Foundation General Operations Fund · Athens, GA · 2022
General support
$150,011
The Cottage Sexual Assault Center & Children'S Advocacy Ce · Athens, GA · 2022
General support
$150,000
Brothers Keeper Veterans Foundation · Flowery Branch, GA · 2024
General Support
$150,000
Monsignor Walter J Donovan Catholic High School · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$150,000
World Wildlife Fund · Gainesville, GA · 2023
General support
$147,450
Food Bank of Northeast Georgia · Athens, GA · 2022
General support
$147,000
Sideways Sunlight Ministries · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$143,031
Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$136,786
Athens Community Council On Aging · Athens, GA · 2023
General support
$135,033
Books for Keeps · Athens, GA · 2023
General support
$132,788
Books for Keeps · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$125,523
Athens Community Council On Aging · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$125,000
Athens Academy · Rockville, MD · 2023
General support
$121,300
Chess and Community Conference · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$118,500
Mercy Health Center · Athens, GA · 2021
Health
$108,350
University of Georgia Foundation · Athens, GA · 2023
General support
$107,000
Divas Who Win Freedom Center · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$101,554
Athens Tech Foundation · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$101,142
Athens Area Homeless Shelter · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$100,000
Interactive Neighborhood for Kids · Oakwood, GA · 2024
General Support
$100,000
Shepherd Center Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General Support
$100,000
Sideways Sunlight Ministries · Athens, GA · 2023
General support
$97,834
Cancer Foundation of Northeast Georgia · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$91,925
Cancer Foundation of Northeast Georgia · Athens, GA · 2023
General support
$90,900
Mercy Health Center · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$89,413
Athens Area Homeless Shelter · Athens, GA · 2021
Philanthropy
$89,017
Athens Community Council On Aging · Athens, GA · 2021
Health
$87,300
Food Bank of Northeast Georgia · Athens, GA · 2021
Philanthropy
$85,500
Cancer Foundation of Northeast Georgia · Athens, GA · 2022
General support
$81,150
Athens Community Council On Aging · Athens, GA · 2022
General support
$80,000
The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Foundation · Sunset, SC · 2024
General Support
$78,000
Vintage Church of Los Angeles · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General Support
$75,834
Uga Grady College · Athens, GA · 2021
Education
$75,600
Extra Special People · Watkinsville, GA · 2021
Youth development
$75,000
Healing 4 Heroes · Peachtree City, GA · 2024
General Support
$74,250
The Ark United Ministry · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$73,800
Interfaith Hospitality Network · Athens, GA · 2021
Philanthropy
$71,332
Books for Keeps · Athens, GA · 2021
Education
$71,000
United Way of Northeast Georgia · Winder, GA · 2022
General support
$66,000
Mercy Health Center · Athens, GA · 2022
General support
$65,000
Athens Area Homeless Shelter · Athens, GA · 2023
General support
$65,000
Family Promise of Athens · Athens, GA · 2023
General support
$64,750
Georgia Options · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$63,083
Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens · Athens, GA · 2022
General support
$60,250
Cancer Foundation of Ne Ga · Athens, GA · 2021
Health
$60,000
Prince Avenue Baptist Church · Bogart, GA · 2024
General Support
$60,000
Food Bank of Northeast Georgia · Athens, GA · 2023
General support
$55,500
St James Church · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$55,426
Athens Tech Foundation · Milledgeville, GA · 2022
General support
$52,000
M L Good Works Foundation · Athens, GA · 2023
General support
$52,000
Acceptance Recovery Center · Athens, GA · 2021
Philanthropy
$51,000
Dgd Outdoor Adventures · Summerville, GA · 2024
General Support
$50,698
Food Bank of Northeast Georgia · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$50,500
Boys and Girls Club of Athens · Athens, GA · 2021
Youth development
$50,250
Spencer Bradley Foundation for Mental Health Fund · West Bend, IA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Aerial Recovery · Nashville, TN · 2024
General Support
$50,000
Men Opposing Sex Trafficking (Most) · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General Support
$50,000
Young Life Foundation · Colorado Spgs, CO · 2024
General Support
$50,000
East Athens Development Corporation · Athens, GA · 2021
Philanthropy
$50,000
Special Needs Schools of Gwinnett · Lawrenceville, GA · 2021
Education
$49,500
The Classic Center Cultural Foundation · Athens, GA · 2022
General support
$49,400
Athens Film Arts Institute · Athens, GA · 2022
General support
$47,541
Christ the King · Savannah, GA · 2024
General Support
$47,500
Kennesaw State University Foundation · Kennesaw, GA · 2023
General support
$47,100
Extra Special People · Athens, GA · 2022
General support
$46,300
Family Promise of Athens · Athens, GA · 2022
General support
$45,375
Chess and Community Conference · Athens, GA · 2023
General support
$45,250
Bigger Vision of Athens · Athens, GA · 2021
Philanthropy
$45,000
Jack Okelley Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General Support
$45,000
Northeast Georgia Health System · Gainesville, GA · 2024
General Support
$45,000
Perimeter Church · Duluth, GA · 2024
General Support
$45,000
Friends of Advantage · Athens, GA · 2021
Philanthrophy
$42,565
Athens Symphony Orchestra · Athens, GA · 2023
General support
$42,500
Oconee River Land Trust · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$42,000
Athens Academy · Athens, GA · 2024
General Support
$42,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Oakwood, GA · 2022
General support
$41,250
Lydia'S Place · Watkinsville, GA · 2024
General Support
$40,000
International Community Foundation · National City, CA · 2024
General Support
$38,912
Sparrows Nest Mission Church · Athens, GA · 2021
Philanthropy
$38,891
Athens Wellness Clinic · Dahlonega, GA · 2023
General support
$38,350
Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
General Support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.