The Rich Foundation Inc
Atlanta, GA · EIN 58-6038037. Reported 227 grants totalling $11.6M to 106 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. 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. The Rich 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $85,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $216,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc | Atlanta, GA | $1,050,000 | 8 | 5 | 2024 |
| Piedmont Healthcare Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $552,500 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| Camp Twin Lakes | Atlanta, GA | $500,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Atlanta Speech School | Atlanta, GA | $401,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shepherd Center Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Historic Oakland Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $350,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Atlanta Educational for Wabe | Atlanta, GA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Center for Civil & Human Rights | Atlanta, GA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Atlanta Opera | Atlanta, GA | $275,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Howard School | Atlanta, GA | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Atlanta Historical Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $270,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| George West Mental Health | Atlanta, GA | $255,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Families First | Atlanta, GA | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank | East Point, GA | $205,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Temple-Hebrew Benevolent | Atlanta, GA | $202,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc | Atlanta, GA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Atlanta-Fulton County Zoo Inc | Atlanta, GA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Medshare International | Decatur, GA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Anti-Defamation League | Atlanta, GA | $192,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Kindezi School Inc | Atlanta, GA | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nobis Works Inc | Marietta, GA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Westside Future Fund | Atlanta, GA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family & Career Services | Dunwoody, GA | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Home Life Communities Inc | Atlanta, GA | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Our House | Atlanta, GA | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| William Breman Jewish Museum | Atlanta, GA | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Altanta Historical Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $121,375 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chris 180 | Atlanta, GA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance Theatre | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Altanta Speech School | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Andrew P Stewart Center | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Capacity Inc | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Clark Atlanta University | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fernbank Inc | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fernbank Museum of Natural History | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Foundation of Wesley Woods Inc | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Georgia State University Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grady Health Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Henry W Grady Healthcare System | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Meridian Education Resource Group | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Russell Innovation Center | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sweet Auburn Works Inc | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Breman Museum | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Childrens Museum of Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgia Historical Society | Savannah, GA | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Atlanta Jewish Film Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $80,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Atlanta Music Project | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| High Museum of Art | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Home Inc | Lithonia, GA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Literacy Action | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Morehouse College | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Moving in the Spirit Inc | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Out of Hand Theater Inc | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Second Helping Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Adaptive Learning Center | Kennesaw, GA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Kate's Club | Atlanta, GA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Altanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bobby Dodd Institute Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ddd Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Georgia Humanities Council | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Georgia Tech Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jacob's Ladder Neurodevelopment | Roswell, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Literacy Lab | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Park Pride Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Spelman Colege | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Trees Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| True Color Theatre Company | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Year Up | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Odyssey Family Counseling Center | College Park, GA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jerusalem House Inc | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Zaban Paradies Couples Center Inc | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Camp Sunshine Inc | Decatur, GA | $26,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Atlanta-Fulton Public Library | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gerogia Center for Nonprofits Inc | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Global Growers Network | Decatur, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hands on Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lionheart Life Center | Alpharetta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Path Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Sheltering Arms | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Atlanta History Center | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Philanthropy Southeast | Atlanta, GA | $19,190 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Auditory-Verbal Center Inc | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hillside Atlanta Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lekotek of Georgia Inc | Tucker, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Respite Care Atlanta Inc | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Truancy Intervention Project Georgia | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southeastern Council of Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $12,860 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Canopy Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crohn's and Colitis Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Star-C Corporation | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Atlanta Association for Convalescent Aged Persons (sadie G Mays) | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Candid - South | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Crohns and Colitis Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Parkinson's Foundation | New York, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reach for Excellence Inc | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Hambidge Center | Rabun Gap, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Atlanta Baseball Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cf Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chabad at Duke University | Chapel Hill, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Julia Helen Smith Scholarship Fund | Smyrna, GA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neighbors Helping Neighbors | Greensboro, GA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
58 of 106 (55%) 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 58%, across 4 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.
- Atlanta Community Food Bank
FIRST PAYMENT OF A TWO YEAR COMMITMENT PLUS DISCRETIONARY - Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc
FIRST PAYMENT OF A TWO YEAR COMMITMENT - Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALLIANCE THEATRE - The Temple-Hebrew Benevolent
FIRST PAYMENT OF THREE YEAR PLEDGE - Atlanta Historical Society Inc
FIRST PAYMENT OF A THREE YEAR COMMITMENT - Jewish Home Life Communities Inc
FINAL PAYMENT OF A TWO YEAR COMMITMENT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 141 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 42 | $2,315,930 | $50,000 |
| 2021 | 41 | $2,263,430 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 53 | $2,485,805 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 54 | $2,536,300 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 37 | $1,993,960 | $50,000 |
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. 100% 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 $50,000. 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Rich 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: 2870 Peachtree Rd 1543, Atlanta, GA, 30305. 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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