About Purpose Built Communities Foundationinc
The Purpose Built Communities Foundation focuses on place-based neighborhood revitalization in Atlanta, providing substantial operations/core support to community development organizations that lead long-term local transformation. Their funding concentrates on a handful of neighborhood anchoring nonprofits (Woodlawn, Grove Park, East Lake) and includes faith-based community partners, indicating a strategy of strengthening local governance and services rather than one-off program grants.
Focus Areas
Place-based neighborhood revitalization in Atlanta (Woodlawn, Grove Park, East Lake)Core/operations support for community development organizationsCommunity-led housing and neighborhood stabilization initiativesFaith-based community service partners in target neighborhoods
Who They Fund
residents of targeted Atlanta neighborhoods (Woodlawn, Grove Park, East Lake)neighborhood anchoring community development organizationsfaith-based community partners in target neighborhoodslow-income/stabilization-seeking neighborhood populations
About Purpose Built Communities Foundationinc
Purpose Built Communities Foundationinc centers its giving on place-based neighborhood revitalization, with a clear pattern of large operating grants to community development organizations that anchor long-term local change. The biggest recent awards go to Grove Park Foundation, Woodlawn United, and Connect Community Inc., all for operations support, which points to a funding style built around organizational capacity rather than narrow project grants. That approach shows up across neighborhood-focused groups in Atlanta, Birmingham, and Houston, where the foundation backs local leadership structures that work on housing, services, and stabilization. The foundation’s recent grants also reach beyond its best-known Atlanta neighborhood partnerships to include other community anchors such as East Lake Foundation and Focused Community Strategies Ministries. Those awards reinforce a portfolio aimed at strengthening organizations that coordinate neighborhood transformation over time. The grant list shows repeated support for several recipients across multiple years, suggesting ongoing relationships with core partners rather than one-time transactions. Its work is concentrated in U.S. communities, with a regional footprint that includes Southern cities and selected partners in other states.
What Purpose Built Communities Foundationinc Funds
A major theme in the foundation’s grantmaking is operations support for neighborhood anchoring organizations. It gave $181,000 in 2024 and $100,000 in 2023 to Focused Community Strategies Ministries in Atlanta for general operations, indicating support for the organizational infrastructure behind community work. Housing and neighborhood stabilization are another clear thread. The foundation awarded $125,000 in 2023 and $62,500 in 2024 to Lift Orlando for operations, alongside $60,000 in 2024 to Canopy South in Vestavia. Those grants sit within a broader portfolio of community-led place work. It also funds multi-city revitalization partners. In 2024, it gave $123,000 to Partners for Rural Impact in Berea and $123,000 to Strivetogether Inc. in Cincinnati, showing that its place-based approach includes both urban and regional community development efforts.
How Purpose Built Communities Foundationinc Gives
Typical grant size is concentrated in the middle of the range: p25 is $11,461, median is $35,576, and p75 is $100,000. The recent grant list shows a mix of six-figure operating grants and smaller awards below that threshold, with many grants written for operations or general operations. Recipients appear across multiple years, including repeated support for Grove Park Foundation, Woodlawn United, Connect Community Inc., Focused Community Strategies Ministries, Lift Orlando, and Forest Forward. The foundation is a regular funder rather than a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3M
Total Assets
$30.2M
Total Revenue
$18.2M
Total Expenses
$20.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $11K and $100K, with a median of $36K.
25th Percentile
$11K
Median
$36K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
Regional20 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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