Delta Air Lines Foundation
Atlanta, GA · EIN 58-6073119. Reported 86 grants totalling $54.7M to 41 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Delta Air Lines Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $400,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $100,000 and $1,000,000; the smallest was $50,000 and the largest $5,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Citizen | New York, NY | $9,900,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Georgia Foundation | Athens, GA | $6,666,667 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Delta Employee Matching Gifts to Collegesuniversities Via Cybergrants | Andover, MA | $5,288,560 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $4,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $3,500,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Westside Future Fund | Atlanta, GA | $3,300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Delta Air Transport Heritage Museum Inc | Atlanta, GA | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Delta Employee Matching Gifts to Collegesuniversities Via Bonterra | Austin, TX | $2,088,543 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Common School Foundation | Detroit, MI | $2,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Spelman College | Atlanta, GA | $1,500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Grady Health Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $1,350,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Middle Georgia State University Foundation | Macon, GA | $1,250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Auburn University Foundation | Auburn, AL | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Emory University Goizueta Business School | Atlanta, GA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement of Georgia Clayton Co | Atlanta, GA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Operation Hope | Atlanta, GA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Kitchen | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Middle Georgia State University | Eastnab, GA | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank | Atlanta, GA | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Agnes Scott College | Decatur, GA | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Greater Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Georgia | Atlanta, GA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wellspring Living | Atlanta, GA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Georgia Historical Society | Savannah, GA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| YMCA of Metro Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Greater New York | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Zoo Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Atlanta Police Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Martin Luther King JR Center | Atlanta, GA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Monuments Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trust for Public Land | Atlanta, GA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Carter Center | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of North Georgia Foundation | Dahlonega, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Atlanta Beltline Partnership | Atlanta, GA | $83,334 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Atlanta Habitat for Humanity | Atlanta, GA | $83,334 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation - Marcus Autism Center | Atlanta, GA | $83,334 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgia Aquarium | Atlanta, GA | $83,334 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shepherd Center Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $83,334 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| YMCA of Seattle | Seattle, WA | $83,334 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Georgia Community Foundation | Gainesville, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
22 of 41 (54%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 67%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Global Citizen
GRANT TO SUPPORT GLOBAL CITIZEN - Delta Air Transport Heritage Museum Inc
GRANT TO SUPPORT THE RENOVATION OF THE DELTA FLIGHT MUSEUM FOR DELTA'S CENTENNIAL YEAR - Delta Employee Matching Gifts to Collegesuniversities Via Cybergrants
MATCHING QUALIFYING GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION - Middle Georgia State University Foundation
GRANT TO SUPPORT EXPANSION OF CAPACITY FOR FLIGHT OPERATIONS AND TECHNICAL OPERATIONS AT SCHOOL OF AVIATION - Westside Future Fund
GRANT TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE WESTSIDE ($1.0M) AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT ($0.1M)GRANT TO SUPPORT WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND - American Red Cross
GRANT TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR THE ANNUAL DISASTER GIVING PROGRAM TO BE PROACTIVE IN DISASTER RESPONSE INITIATIVES.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 48 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $12.1M | $100,000 |
| 2022 | 21 | $11.4M | $500,000 |
| 2023 | 20 | $12.4M | $325,000 |
| 2024 | 22 | $18.8M | $1,000,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Delta Air Lines Foundation has 12 of them, worth $17.8M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Operation Hope | Atlanta, GA | $4,000,000 |
| Global Citizen | New York, NY | $3,000,000 |
| New Common School Foundation | Detroit, MI | $2,000,000 |
| Global Citizen | New York, NY | $1,700,000 |
| Spelman College | Atlanta, GA | $1,500,000 |
| YMCA of Greater New York | New York, NY | $1,000,000 |
| Zoo Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $1,000,000 |
| Grady Health Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $1,000,000 |
| Science Museum of Minnesota | St Paul, MN | $1,000,000 |
| Woodruff Arts Center | Atlanta, GA | $1,000,000 |
| National Center for Civil and Human Rights | Atlanta, GA | $500,000 |
| The Carter Center | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 53% of this one's giving went to organizations in Georgia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $400,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Georgia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Delta Air Lines Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1020 Delta Blvd Dept 983, Atlanta, GA, 30354. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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