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Form 990-PF for tax year 2025

Filed by ROBERT W WOODRUFF FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$632,382,206
Total expenses
$200,498,152
Contributions and grants received
not reported
Contributions, gifts and grants paid
$190,310,145
Fair market value of assets, end of year
$4,621,824,473

Listed in Part VIII

  • E Jenner Wood III

    Trustee- Chair

    Total calculated
    $36,613
    Compensation
    $35,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $1,613
    Hours/week
    4
  • Lawrence L Gellerstedt III

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $36,613
    Compensation
    $35,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $1,613
    Hours/week
    1
  • David P Stockert

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $46,613
    Compensation
    $45,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $1,613
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joseph A Arnold

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $36,613
    Compensation
    $35,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $1,613
    Hours/week
    1
  • P Russell Hardin

    Trustee - elected 2/1/2025

    Total calculated
    $33,562
    Compensation
    $32,083
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $1,479
    Hours/week
    1
  • P Russell Hardin

    President - retired 1/31/2025

    Total calculated
    $464,013
    Compensation
    $457,277
    Benefit plans
    $6,521
    Expense account
    $215
    Hours/week
    17
  • Erik S Johnson

    President - elected 2/1/2025

    Total calculated
    $252,400
    Compensation
    $206,438
    Benefit plans
    $43,407
    Expense account
    $2,555
    Hours/week
    17
  • Eli P Niepoky

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $201,337
    Compensation
    $155,587
    Benefit plans
    $43,529
    Expense account
    $2,221
    Hours/week
    17
  • Sara E Blalock

    Secretary - elected 2/1/2025

    Total calculated
    $139,637
    Compensation
    $106,312
    Benefit plans
    $31,104
    Expense account
    $2,221
    Hours/week
    17

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))
$190,310,145
As filed, and sometimes filed as 0.
Grants paid, Part XV total (line 3a)
$190,310,145
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.

  • Emory University

    $90,000,025

    Atlanta, GA

    Acquisition of the former Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston campus.

  • Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

    $20,000,052

    Atlanta, GA

    Development of Georgia State University's Panther Quad and associated improvements from 100 Edgewood to Woodruff Park.

  • Atlanta Area Council Scouting America

    $15,500,000

    Atlanta, GA

    $49.1 million campaign to develop Woodruff Scout Camp into a premier destination.

  • Ichauway Incorporated

    $13,100,000

    Newton, GA

    2025 capital and operating needs.

  • Atlanta Beltline Partnership

    $12,310,068

    Atlanta, GA

    Completion of the 22-mile trail corridor loop ($75 million) and support for the Legacy Resident Retention Program ($2.5 million) and Partnership operations ($2.5 million).

  • National Center for Civil and Human Rights

    $8,500,000

    Atlanta, GA

    Campaign to expand the museum with two new wings.

  • Atlanta Fulton County Zoo

    $6,000,000

    Atlanta, GA

    Renovation of giant panda habitat to meet conservation standards and enhance guests' experience.

  • The Conservation Fund

    $5,000,000

    Arlington, VA

    Acquisition of 7,764-acre Twin Pines property adjacent to the Okefenokee Swamp.

  • Fernbank Inc

    $4,000,000

    Atlanta, GA

    Construction of new exhibits, galleries and accessibility projects as part of $25 million campaign.

  • Georgia Cities Foundation

    $2,500,000

    Atlanta, GA

    Support of a revolving loan fund for downtown development projects in small Georgia cities.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990_pf
Tax year
2025
Filed
14 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611349349102421

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