General Atlantic Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 31-1725309. Reported 203 grants totalling $18.5M to 130 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". General Atlantic Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
8 of the organizations General Atlantic Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 14 grants totalling $6,029,214 to them. That is 37% of the $16.2M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Online Giving Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | Delaware | $5,577,898 | 6 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Tides Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Charities Aid Foundation America | grantmaking organization | Virginia | $46,316 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Nicklaus Children's Health Care | grantmaking organization | Florida | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Boston Foundation Inc | community foundation | Massachusetts | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Highwind Impact Fund Inc | grantmaking organization | Illinois | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of | federated giving programme | New York | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $60,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $3,131,674.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Online Giving Foundation Inc | Clearwater, FL | $3,131,674 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Online Giving Foundation Inc | Newark, DE | $2,446,224 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Echoing Green Inc | New York, NY | $1,565,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $1,150,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Asian American Foundation | Washington, DC | $775,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Echoing Green Foundation | New York, NY | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Endeavor Global Inc | New York, NY | $695,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Uk Online Giving Foundation | London | $669,756 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Fondation De France Inc | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Committee on United States China Relation | New York, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Teak Fellowship Inc | New York, NY | $287,600 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | Albert Lea, MN | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York City Partnership Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Orkestai Farm Inc | Oyster Bay, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tides Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Squash and Education Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $249,999 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc | New York, NY | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Summer Search New York City | San Francisco, CA | $185,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stanford University Graduate School of Business | Stanford, CA | $165,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies Inc | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | Needham, MA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc | New York, NY | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of the Peres Institute for Peace | Miami, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Business Council for International Understanding I | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Make a Change World Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Myriad USA Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prime Coalition Inc | Cambridge, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tarjimly | Mountain View, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation | Washington, DC | $93,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lupus Research Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $80,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Hagerstown, MD | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Streetwise Partners Incorporated | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen Incorporated | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Life Science Cares Inc | Cambridge, MA | $73,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Supportive Schools Inc | Princeton, NJ | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tate Americas Foundation | New York, NY | $63,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Afya Foundation | Yonkers, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Epic Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls Who Invest Inc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Abraham Joshua Heschel School | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harvard Business School Club of New York Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Heartland Forward | Bentonville, AR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shaquille Oneal Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Summer Search | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Partnership to End Homelessness Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of the People | Pasadena, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Charities Aid Foundation America | Alexandria, VA | $46,316 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Management Leadership for Tomorrow | Bethesda, MD | $42,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girls Incorporated of New York City | New York, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| President & Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Good Shepherd Services | New York, NY | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Childrens Scholarship Fund | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Afef Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Sheba Medical Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brazil Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Businesses United in Investing Lending and Develop | Redwood City, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Christel House International Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City Squash Inc | Bronx, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Citymeals-on-Wheels | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc | Foxborough, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Glasswing International USA Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Horizons Bridgeport | Bridgeport, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Insead Management Education Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Museum of the City of New York | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Audubon Society Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nicklaus Childrens Health Care Foundation Inc | North Palm Beach, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stanford University - Gsb | Stanford, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Mayors Fund to Advance New York City | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tory Burch Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth Represent Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| GIVE2ASIA | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rescuing Leftover Cuisine Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Synergist Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Pink Agenda Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Virtue Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Horizons at Greens Farms Academy | Greens Farms, CT | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Actasia Inc | Brewster, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Teach for India Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nabu Global Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Synergist Inc | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Out for Undergraduate Business Conference Inc | South Padre Island, TX | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Apex for Youth Inc | New York, NY | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Project Sunshine Inc | New York, NY | $12,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aldersgate United Methodist Church | Alexandria, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Animal Aid Unlimited | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Asian American Business Development Center Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Associacao Hospitalar Moinhos De Vento | Moinhos De Vento, Porto Alegre, Rs | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City Harvest Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fathers Day Mothers Day Council Inc | Long Island City, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Finance for Good - Brazil | Monroe, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Hudson River Park Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Highwind Impact Fund Inc | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Imagine a Center for Coping With Loss | Mountainside, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Narrative 4 Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Committee on American Foreign Policy Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Osborne Association Inc | Bronx, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Partners Home Care Inc | Waltham, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Salt and Light Coalition Nfp | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Scratch Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Zelll | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanth | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| William & Mary Foundation | Williamsburg, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorstack | Freeport, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coachart Org | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community-Word Project Inc | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Glaad Inc | Pasadena, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc | Coral Gables, FL | $2,024 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Endeavor Miami Inc | Miami, FL | $2,024 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Giving the Basics Inc | Kansas City, KS | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
38 of 130 (29%) 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 47%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- American Online Giving Foundation Inc
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSE - Johns Hopkins University
Therapeutic Cognitive Neuroscience Gift Fund - Stanford University Graduate School of Business
the Luis Cervantes Fellowship Fund - American Friends of the Peres Institute for Peace
Peres Center for Peace & Innovation - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc
Lincoln Center Spring Gala - Squash and Education Alliance Inc
SEA's Pathways to Excellence Campaign
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 170 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | $3,338,811 | $1,669,405 |
| 2022 | 56 | $4,854,733 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 73 | $5,099,565 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 72 | $5,205,008 | $25,000 |
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
48% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from General Atlantic Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 55 East 52ND Street Floor 33, New York, NY, 10055. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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