Grant funders

Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation

Private foundation

United States
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Given in 2024 $42.4m
Typical grant $400k Middle half $240k to $975k
New grantees in 2024 48% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

48% of 2024 grantees were new to this funder

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

Georgia 133 grants · typical $500k
New York 2 grants · typical $375k
Texas 1 grant · typical $300k

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

United Way of Greater Atlanta Grant to United Way of Greater Atlanta 31 Dec 2024
Voices for Georgia's Children Grant to Voices for Georgia's Children $350k 31 Dec 2024
Home of Hope at Gwinnett Children's Shelter Grant to Home of Hope at Gwinnett Children's Shelter $192k 31 Dec 2024
United Way of Greater Atlanta Grant to United Way of Greater Atlanta $5.0m 31 Dec 2024
Friends of Disabled Adults and Children Grant to Friends of Disabled Adults and Children $200k 31 Dec 2024
Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities Grant to Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities 31 Dec 2024
Wellspring Living Grant to Wellspring Living $4.2m 31 Dec 2024
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Grant to Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta $2.0m 31 Dec 2024
Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement Grant to Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement $900k 31 Dec 2024
Children's Development Academy Grant to Children's Development Academy $250k 31 Dec 2024

How to apply

How to apply
Application form not required. Proposals should be submitted via the Foundation's online application portal on its website. Before submitting a formal grant request, prospective grantees are encouraged to submit an informal inquiry to fdns@woodruff.org. The grant request should be made in letter form and include the following information: - A description of the organization, its purposes, programs, staffing and governing board - The organization's latest financial statements including the most recent audit report - A description of the proposed project and full justification for its funding - An itemized project budget, including other sources of support in hand or anticipated - Evidence from the IRS of the organization's tax-exempt status and that the applying organization itself is not a private foundation.
Deadlines
Grants are considered in April and November for requests received by February 1 and August 15.
Restrictions
Grants are made to public charities that provide a full range of basic human services to citizens of metropolitan Atlanta. The Foundation has a particular interest in supporting organizations that serve children and youth. In recent years, the Foundation has concentrated a significant portion of its giving on improving the quality and accessibility of early childhood development programs in metro Atlanta, on increasing literacy rates, and on boosting college enrollment and graduation rates for Atlanta Public Schools graduates. Grants are reserved for well-established public charities with a broad base of community support. The Foundation provides support for capital projects and programmatic expenses. No grants are made to individuals.
Contact
Erik S Johnson President
Address
191 Peachtree St Suite 3540, Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone
4045226755

From the funder's IRS Form 990-PF for the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Data: Source: Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-series e-file data. (Public IRS data); Source: Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-series e-file data (Public IRS data)