Grants awarded
Who does Joseph B Whitehead Foundation fund?
Joseph B Whitehead Foundation has awarded $484 million across 266 grants to 156 organizations between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $500,000, with most between $250,000 and $1,000,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $650,000 versus $400,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$483.8M
Typical grant
$500K
Grantees
156
Grants
266
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| C Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta | $129.0M | 9 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
United Way of Greater Atlanta INC
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$95.4M | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| T The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta INC | $22.0M | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U United Way of Greater Atlanta | $20.9M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta INC
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$20.0M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta INC
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$14.0M | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| P Partners for Home | $12.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities
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$10.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| T The Salvation Army | $7.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation | $5.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| Y YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta | $5.0M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Westside Future Fund INC
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$5.0M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | GA | |
Partners for Home INC
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$5.0M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | GA | |
Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership INC
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$5.0M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | GA | |
| G Georgia Family Connection Partnership | $4.5M | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement INC
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$4.3M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
Wellspring Living INC
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$4.2M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| A Atlanta Community Food Bank | $4.1M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$4.0M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | GA | |
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$4.0M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | GA | |
Camp Twin Lakes INC
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$4.0M | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | GA | |
| G Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education | $4.0M | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Communities in Schools of Georgia INC
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$3.1M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
Open Hand Atlanta INC
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$3.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | GA | |
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$3.0M | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | GA | |
| S Ser Familia | $3.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta FBO Redefined Atlanta | $2.8M | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Georgia Casa | $2.7M | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K Kipp Metro Atlanta | $2.5M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Must Ministries INC
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$2.2M | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | GA | |
| G Georgia State University Research Foundation | $2.2M | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Atlanta Community Food Bank INC
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$2.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| F Foundation for Rhodes Homes INC | $2.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | GA | |
| B Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta | $2.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$2.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | GA | |
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$2.0M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | GA | |
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$1.8M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| B Boy Scouts of America Atlanta Area Council | $1.5M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$1.5M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | GA | |
| C Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School INC | $1.5M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | GA | |
| V Voices for Georgia's Children | $1.4M | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1.4M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Communities in Schools of Atlanta INC
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$1.4M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
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$1.2M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | GA | |
Year Up INC
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$1.2M | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Goodwill of North Georgia INC
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$1.0M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | GA | |
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$1.0M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| A Atlanta Association for Convalescent Aged Persons | $1.0M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Kindezi Schools | $1.0M | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Our House | $1.0M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta | $1.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Corners Outreach INC | $1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | GA | |
| G Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement | $1.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| H Hope Atlanta | $1.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Georgia Family Connection Partnership INC | $950K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T Teach for America - Metro Atlanta | $950K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Communities in Schools of Georgia | $850K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Open Doors | $800K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Georgia Appleseed INC
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$800K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | GA | |
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$800K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | GA | |
| G Good Samaritan Health Center | $800K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Project Community Connections INC
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$750K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | GA | |
Relay Graduate School of Education
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$750K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$750K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | GA | |
Atlanta Legal Aid Society INC
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$750K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| G Global Village Project | $750K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Laamistad INC
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$734K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| M Mary Hall Freedom House INC | $700K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Extension INC
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$650K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | GA | |
| B Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta | $600K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Latin American Association INC
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$600K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | GA | |
| T Teach for America - Metro Atlanta | $550K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential | $525K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U United Methodist Children's Home of the North Ga Conf DBA Wellroot Family S | $500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Agape Community Center INC | $500K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Chris 180 | $500K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Annandale at Suwanee INC
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$500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | GA | |
First Step Staffing INC
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$500K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | GA | |
Ron Clark Academy INC
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$500K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | GA | |
| J Junior Achievement of Georgia | $500K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates | $500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| G Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential | $500K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Atlanta Land Trust INC | $500K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | GA | |
| T The Study Hall | $500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$500K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | GA | |
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$500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | GA | |
Fcs Urban Ministries INC
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$500K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | GA | |
| A Artsnow | $460K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Horizons Atlanta | $450K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Center for the Visually Impaired | $400K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Georgia Center for Child Advocacy INC
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$400K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | GA | |
North Fulton Community Charities INC
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$400K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | GA | |
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$400K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | GA | |
New American Pathways INC
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$400K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | GA | |
Open Doors Solutions INC
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$400K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | GA | |
| G Georgia State University Research Foundation INC | $400K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Bethany Christian Services | $400K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$400K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | GA | |
| C City of Refuge INC | $400K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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