Thalia & Michael C Carlos Foundation in
Atlanta, GA · EIN 58-1410420. Reported 369 grants totalling $8,835,000 to 119 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Thalia & Michael C Carlos Foundation in 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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $120,000. 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Ballet Michael C Carlos Dance Centre | Atlanta, GA | $520,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Michael C Carlos Museum | Atlanta, GA | $500,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Atlanta History Center | Atlanta, GA | $410,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | Atlanta, GA | $405,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Chris 180 | Atlanta, GA | $270,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation | Atlanta, GA | $250,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Nature Conservancy of Georgia | Atlanta, GA | $240,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sweet Auburn Works | Atlanta, GA | $205,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank | Atlanta, GA | $180,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Gateway Center | Atlanta, GA | $165,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Murphy-Harpst | Cedartown, GA | $160,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Shepherd Center | Atlanta, GA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Park Pride | Atlanta, GA | $145,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Story Corps Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Atlanta Legal Aid Society | Atlanta, GA | $130,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Addiction Alliance of Ga (emoryhazeldon) | Atlanta, GA | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Anti-Defamation League | Atlanta, GA | $115,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Meals on Wheels | Arlington, VA | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood Southeast Inc | Atlanta, GA | $110,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hands on Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $105,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Diversity Initiative | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Giving Kitchen | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Made By US | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Center for Civil and Human Rights | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Task Force for Global Health | Decatur, GA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Wabe | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Zoo Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Partnership Against Domestic Violence | Atlanta, GA | $95,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Artsatl | Atlanta, GA | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New American Pathways | Atlanta, GA | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Jewish Committee Southeast Region | Atlanta, GA | $85,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Repair the World | New York, NY | $85,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Trees Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $85,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Carter Center | Atlanta, GA | $80,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Center for Visually Impaired | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Families First | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Historic Oakland Cemetery | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Prince Hall Mason (central Atlanta Progress) | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Usher 2020 Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kennesaw State Univ Student Homeless | Kennesaw, GA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Sierra Club Foundation - Georgia Chapter | Decatur, GA | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Weinstein Hospice | Atlanta, GA | $70,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum | Atlanta, GA | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ben Massell Dental Clinic | Atlanta, GA | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Covenant House Georgia | Atlanta, GA | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fernbank Museum | Atlanta, GA | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Georgians for a Healthy Future | Atlanta, GA | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Global Growers | Avondale Estates, GA | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jewish Family and Career Services | Atlanta, GA | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Path Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Star-C | Atlanta, GA | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jewish Educational Loan Fund | Atlanta, GA | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Phoenix School of Irish Arts (matching Grant From Carlos Daf) | Roswell, GA | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Artsnow Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Central Atlanta Progress Inc (prince Hall Mason Bldg) | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chattahoochee Riverkeeper | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta (matching Grant With Carlos Daf) | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Families of Children Under Stress (focus) | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation-Atlanta Field Office | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Open Door | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Trust for Public Land | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Access Reproductive Care Southeast | Atlanta, GA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Care | Atlanta, GA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Four-H Fulton County | College Park, GA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy | Franklin, NC | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Candler Park Conservancy | Atlanta, GA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Concrete Jungle | East Point, GA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Courage for Life | Atlanta, GA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Create Your Dreams | Atlanta, GA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Georgia Justice Project | Atlanta, GA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hillside Atlanta Youth Mental Health | Atlanta, GA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| South River Watershed Alliance | Decatur, GA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Tapestry Public Charter School | Doraville, GA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Truancy Intervention Project Georgia Inc | Atlanta, GA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance Theatre | Atlanta, GA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ascensa Health (st Judes Recovery Center ) | Atlanta, GA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Daughters Against Alzheimers | Atlanta, GA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Nsoro Educational Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| America Israel Cultural Foundation | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Georgia Appleseed | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Gideons Promise | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| West Atlanta Watershed Alliance | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Atlanta Police Foundation at-Promise Youth Community Center | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chastain Park Conservancy | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Legacy Decatur (john Lewis Statute) | Decatur, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oakland Cemetery | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Judes Recovery Center (ascensa Health) | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Working Farm Funds - Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Zaban Paradies Homeless Shelter | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Atlanta Beltline Partnership | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Capacity Inc | University City, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Georgia Innocence Project | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hear My Story | Alpharetta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lifecycle Building Center | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lifeline Animal Project | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| NAMI Georgia | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nurses Heart to Heart | Alpharetta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vision to Learn | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Atlanta Music Project | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| America-Israel Cultural Foundation (aicf Us) | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Atlanta Civic Circle | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Atlanta Preservation Center | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Birds Ga | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bobby Dodd Institute | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services | Alexandria, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chastain Horse Park | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chattahoochee Nature Center | Roswell, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Enterprise Community Partners Inc (open Door Solutions Inc) | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgia Legal Services Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girls Inc of Greater Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jerusalem House | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Motherhood Beyond Bars | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Open Hand Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Phoenix Irish Arts of Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
87 of 119 (73%) 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 82%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 201 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 | 68 | $1,710,000 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 67 | $1,555,000 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 75 | $1,560,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 82 | $2,060,000 | $20,000 |
| 2025 | 77 | $1,950,000 | $15,000 |
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
96% of its giving went to organizations in Georgia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 Thalia & Michael C Carlos Foundation in's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 2002 Summit Blvd Ne 120, Atlanta, GA, 30319. 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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