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Eureka Foundation Inc

Atlanta, GA · EIN 20-1278525. Reported 82 grants totalling $170,650 to 46 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$170,650granted, 2020-2024
46organizations funded
50%of grantees funded again the next year
$755,442assets, latest filing

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. Eureka Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
3 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
65 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
11 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
3 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Lubec Congregational ChurchLubec, ME$14,500442024
New York Stage and FilmNew York, NY$10,000112024
Plymouth HouseSeattle, WA$10,000112022
St Ann's WarehouseBrooklyn, NY$10,000112024
Tides InstituteEastport, ME$10,000222022
Lubec Memorial LibraryLubec, ME$9,000552024
Hawai'i Community FoundationHonolulu, HI$8,000552024
Andrew Goodman FoundationMahwah, NJ$7,500222021
Tides Institute & Museum of ArtEastport, ME$7,500222024
Lubec Historical SocietyLubec, ME$6,000442023
Alliance TheaterAtlanta, GA$5,000112022
FOXG1 Research FoundationPort Washington, NY$5,000112023
King County Sexual Assault CenterRenton, WA$5,000112020
Path With ArtSeattle, WA$5,000112021
Carter CenterAtlanta, GA$4,000332024
Downeast Coastal ConservancyMachias, ME$4,000332023
Misericordia FoundationChicago, IL$4,000222023
Lubec Community Outreach CenterLubec, ME$3,000222024
Wing Luke MuseumSeattle, WA$3,000222021
Oxbow Farm and Conservation CenterCarnation, WA$2,500112022
American Associates of the National Theatre IncNew York, NY$2,000112024
International Rescue CommitteeSeatac, WA$2,000222021
Kona Historical SocietyCaptain Cook, HI$2,000222023
Lubec Lions FoundationLubec, ME$2,000222024
Mary's Place SeattleSeattle, WA$2,000222021
Northwest HarvestSeattle, WA$2,000222021
Seattle Repertory TheaterSeattle, WA$2,000222021
TreehouseSeattle, WA$2,000222021
University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA$2,000222021
Vision HouseRenton, WA$2,000222021
Woodward AcademyCollege Park, GA$2,000222021
YouthcareSeattle, WA$2,000222021
Down East Resource Conservation & Development CouncilMilbridge, ME$1,500222021
Atlanta Habitat for HumanityAtlanta, GA$1,000112021
Chattahoochee National Park ConservancyRoswell, GA$1,000112023
Community Roots Housing FoundationSeattle, WA$1,000112020
Family Law CASASeattle, WA$1,000112020
Hope Services HawaiiHonolulu, HI$1,000112020
Jubilee Women's CenterSeattle, WA$1,000112020
Maine Farmland TrustBelfast, ME$1,000112023
Pike Place Market FoundationSeattle, WA$1,000112021
Plymouth Housing GroupSeattle, WA$1,000112020
Stewardship PartnersSeattle, WA$1,000112020
University of Puget SoundTacoma, WA$1,000112024
Georgia English Bulldog RescueWinder, GA$650112022
Deschutes Land TrustBend, OR$500112021

24 of 46 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 50%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 57 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
11 grants
Education
10 grants
Human Services
8 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
7 grants
International Affairs
5 grants
Environment
4 grants
Community Improvement
3 grants
Housing & Shelter
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202024$34,000$1,000
202123$38,500$1,000
202210$36,650$2,750
202314$26,000$1,000
202411$35,500$2,000

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.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 34% of this one's giving went to organizations in Maine. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Maine
$58K
Washington
$46K
New York
$27K
Georgia
$14K
Hawaii
$11K
New Jersey
$8K
Illinois
$4K
California
$2K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maine.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Eureka Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 3350 Riverwood Parkway Suite 1600, Atlanta, GA, 30339. 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.

EIN 20-1278525 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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