About Tull Charitable Foundation
Tull Charitable Foundation gives large, targeted gifts in the Atlanta area with a clear emphasis on K–12 education improvement and local philanthropic infrastructure. Their giving supports both operational program work (notably Achieve Atlanta's school and college-readiness efforts) and pooled philanthropy via a donor-advised fund at the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. The foundation appears to concentrate resources into a very small number of high-value grants rather than broad, distributed giving.
Focus Areas
K–12 school improvement and college readiness in Atlanta (Achieve Atlanta)Local philanthropic infrastructure and donor-advised fund support (JM Tull DAF at Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta)
Who They Fund
tax-exempt nonprofit organizations (general)board members and employees of donor organizations (matching-gift recipients)
Giving Approach
Concentrated, high-value grants to a very small number of local organizations—few large donations rather than many small grants; mixes direct program support with use of a donor-advised fund for flexible local philanthropy.
Funding Style
general operating / unrestricted support
About Tull Charitable Foundation
A $500,000 grant to Achieve Atlanta stands out as a defining recent gift from Tull Charitable Foundation Inc, signaling how directly the foundation backs Atlanta organizations tied to school and college readiness. The foundation’s recent record shows concentrated support for local nonprofits rather than broad, dispersed grantmaking, with multiple six-figure awards to Atlanta-based recipients across education, housing, food access, land use, and community development. Its giving includes operating support for exempt-purpose work, matching gifts, and contributions connected to donor-advised fund activity. The foundation also moved substantial resources through the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta via the JM Tull Donor Advised Fund, alongside direct grants to organizations such as Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, and Westside Future Fund. That pattern suggests a funder that uses both direct institutional grants and pooled philanthropic vehicles to support long-running civic and nonprofit infrastructure in Atlanta. The grant list is dominated by organizations located in Atlanta, and the foundation’s recent awards are almost entirely to Georgia recipients.
What Tull Charitable Foundation Funds
Education appears as a central theme in the foundation’s recent grants. In 2023, it gave $500,000 to Achieve Atlanta for grant support of the recipient organization’s exempt purpose, and in 2025 it gave $200,000 to Raising Expectations for the same general purpose. It also awarded $125,000 to Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students (GEERs) in 2024. Beyond education, the foundation has backed community-building and civic infrastructure. It gave $250,000 to Atlanta Land Trust and $250,000 to The Trust for Public Land, both in Atlanta, and provided $150,000 to Park Pride in 2024. Food access and basic needs also appear in the record: Atlanta Community Food Bank received $150,000 in 2024, Common Market Georgia received $175,000 in 2024, and Good Samaritan Health Center Inc Atlanta received $100,000 in 2025.
How Tull Charitable Foundation Gives
Typical grants are small relative to the foundation’s larger awards: the 25th percentile is $1,000, the median is $2,000, and the 75th percentile is $4,000. Recent grantmaking, however, includes a much narrower set of high-dollar awards, suggesting a two-track pattern of many small grants alongside selective larger commitments. The foundation appears to favor one-time or transactional support rather than recurring multi-year relationships in the data provided. It also uses different grant forms, including general operating support, matching gifts for board members and employees, and other contributions tied to exempt purposes. A separate competitive program, Rebuild Grants, is open to unsolicited applications.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.4M
Total Assets
$88.1M
Total Revenue
$1.3M
Total Expenses
$4.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1K and $4K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$4K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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