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Form 990-PF for tax year 2024

Filed by JOSEPH B WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$265,452,577
Total expenses
$92,123,494
Contributions and grants received
not reported
Contributions, gifts and grants paid
$87,085,069
Fair market value of assets, end of year
$1,925,518,175

Listed in Part VIII

  • James B Williams

    Trustee- deceased 1/23/2024

    Total calculated
    $88
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $88
    Hours/week
    1
  • E Jenner Wood III

    Trustee- Chair

    Total calculated
    $36,085
    Compensation
    $35,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $1,085
    Hours/week
    3
  • Lawrence L Gellerstedt III

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $26,085
    Compensation
    $25,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $1,085
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph A Arnold

    Trustee- elected 4/2/2024

    Total calculated
    $19,538
    Compensation
    $18,750
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $788
    Hours/week
    1
  • P Russell Hardin

    President

    Total calculated
    $239,192
    Compensation
    $218,090
    Benefit plans
    $19,544
    Expense account
    $1,558
    Hours/week
    8
  • Erik S Johnson

    Vice President & Secretary

    Total calculated
    $109,181
    Compensation
    $88,816
    Benefit plans
    $18,956
    Expense account
    $1,409
    Hours/week
    8
  • Eli P Niepoky

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $97,540
    Compensation
    $75,323
    Benefit plans
    $20,808
    Expense account
    $1,409
    Hours/week
    8

Compensation is as filed in Part VIII of the Form 990-PF: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.

Grants paid on this return

Grants paid, cash basis (Part I, line 25, column (d))
$87,085,069
As filed, and sometimes filed as 0.
Grants paid, Part XV total (line 3a)
$87,085,069
The foundation's own total of the grants it itemizes.

These are the grants the foundation paid during the year. The “Contributions, gifts and grants paid” total above is the figure on the foundation's books. This return marks the cash method, under which a grant is recorded when it is paid. Even so, the books total and the cash figures in this section can differ, and column (d) is sometimes filed as 0.

  • Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

    $20,000,039

    Atlanta, GA

    For the Joseph B. Whitehead Fund to support Achieve Atlanta, an initiative to improve the postsecondary success of students in Atlanta Public Schools.

  • United Way of Greater Atlanta

    $14,723,018

    Atlanta, GA

    Priority initiatives of Smart Start to improve the quality and accessibility of early childhood education in metro Atlanta.

  • Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities

    $10,000,000

    Atlanta, GA

    $67 million campaign to construct Ronald McDonald House at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's North Druid Hills campus.

  • The Salvation Army

    $7,000,000

    Norcross, GA

    $35 million campaign to construct the Center of Hope and expand programs.

  • United Way of Greater Atlanta

    $5,000,000

    Atlanta, GA

    Priority initiatives of the Regional Commission on Homelessness.

  • Wellspring Living

    $4,200,000

    Atlanta, GA

    $25 million campaign to develop facilities and programs that provide a comprehensive continuum of care for survivors of trafficking.

  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

    $4,000,011

    Atlanta, GA

    Implementation of the Marcus Autism Center's strategic plan to expand access to services and advance research on early brain development.

  • Ser Familia

    $3,000,000

    Kennesaw, GA

    $15.7 million campaign to establish a new headquarters in Cobb County for human services organization.

  • Atlanta Community Food Bank

    $2,000,001

    Atlanta, GA

    $19.3 million campaign to expand food distribution capacity with capital and technology updates.

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta

    $2,000,000

    Chamblee, GA

    Operating support.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990_pf
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202521349349100117

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