About Chestnut Family Foundation
The Chestnut Family Foundation concentrates its giving in Atlanta-area education, arts and community service organizations, favoring a small number of large, multi-grant investments that build institutional capacity. Recipients include independent K–12 schools, refugee/immigrant education programs, arts-education intermediaries, faith-based social service providers, and local philanthropic infrastructure. Grants often appear unrestricted (“to support the mission”), indicating trust-based support for organizational operations and growth.
Focus Areas
Independent K–12 school support in Atlanta (e.g., The Galloway School)Refugee and immigrant girls' education (e.g., Global Village Project)Arts education and arts advocacy intermediaries (e.g., ArtsNow)Faith-based community services and neighborhood revitalization (e.g., City of Refuge)Local philanthropic infrastructure and community foundations
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated, high-dollar giving to a small slate of repeat grantees—multiple multi-million dollar gifts to favored organizations—focused on local/regional impact with flexible, mission-support funding rather than many small, restricted project grants.
Funding Style
About Chestnut Family Foundation
A defining feature of Chestnut Family Foundation’s recent giving is its repeated multi-million-dollar support for Atlanta-area institutions, especially The Galloway School, which received $5,000,000 in both 2024 and 2025 to support the mission of the recipient organization. That pattern sits alongside large gifts to other long-running community partners, including City of Refuge in Atlanta and Global Village Project in Decatur. The foundation’s grantmaking is built around children and youth, education, arts access, refugee support, and community services, with a strong preference for organizational capacity and mission support rather than tightly restricted project funding. The foundation also shows a consistent interest in multi-year commitments and large operating-style grants. Recent awards include repeat support for Join Together Society America, ArtsNow, Atlanta Music Project, and Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. Its portfolio reaches schools, arts intermediaries, neighborhood-service organizations, and local philanthropic infrastructure. In practice, this looks like concentrated institutional funding for organizations that serve children, families, and young people in Georgia, especially in the Atlanta metro area.
What Chestnut Family Foundation Funds
Education and school support are central to the foundation’s work. The Galloway School received $5,000,000 in 2024 and again in 2025, both described as support for the mission of the recipient organization. Refugee and immigrant education also appears in the portfolio: Global Village Project received $2,225,000 in 2024 and $550,000 in 2025. Arts access is another clear theme. ArtsNow received $1,114,500 in 2023, the same amount in 2024, and $1,100,000 in 2025, showing sustained backing for an arts intermediary. The foundation also supported Atlanta Music Project with $1,032,500 in 2026 and $870,000 in 2025. Community service and family support round out the picture. City of Refuge received $2,700,000 in both 2023 and 2024, while Faith Inc received $500,000 in 2025 and Corners Outreach received $438,000 in 2026.
How Chestnut Family Foundation Gives
Typical grant size is substantial: the foundation’s p25 is $100,000, median is $160,779, and p75 is $416,725. The recent grants list also shows repeated awards to the same recipients across multiple years, including The Galloway School, City of Refuge, Join Together Society America, ArtsNow, Atlanta Music Project, and Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. That pattern points to recurring partnership rather than one-off grantmaking. The foundation gives direct grants and multi-year commitments, and several program descriptions emphasize general support, mission support, and capacity growth. Unsolicited applications are not accepted in the programs described here.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$17M
Total Assets
$320.1M
Total Revenue
$50.4M
Total Expenses
$18.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $100K and $417K, with a median of $161K.
25th Percentile
$100K
Median
$161K
75th Percentile
$417K
Geographic Reach
Local9 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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