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The Martha And Wilton Looney Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Atlanta, Georgia · EIN 582022885

The Martha And Wilton Looney Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Atlanta, Georgia. In tax year 2025 it gave $1.7 million in 28 grants; the typical grant was $50,000 and the largest $300,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $1.9 million the year before.

8% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$1.8 million24$34.4 million
2024$1.9 million28$29.8 million
2025$1.7 million28$31.3 million

How to apply

ContactBruce L Dick
4470 Sentinel Post Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30327
Phone or email(404) 261-0473
What to submitNo Standard Form

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Martha And Wilton Looney Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 5 states, the most to Georgia.

StateGrantsAmount
Georgia24$1.4 million
North Carolina1$75,000
Colorado1$56,000
Illinois1$50,000
South Carolina1$50,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 28 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$300,000
Lovett School
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$200,000
Childrens Healthcare Of Atl
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$100,000
Shepherd Center Foundation
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$100,000
Frederica Academy
Saint Simons Island, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$100,000
Wake Forest University
WinstonSalem, NC
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$75,000
Individual
GA
To Provide Financial Assistance ForExempt Activities$60,000
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing
Windsor, CO
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$56,000
Camp Sunshine
Decatur, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$50,000
American Red Cross
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$50,000
Good Samaritan Health Ctr
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$50,000
Chastain Horse Park
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$50,000
Camp Twin Lakes
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$50,000
Live Like London Foundation
Chapin, SC
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$50,000
The Rotary Foundation
Evanston, IL
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$50,000
The Salvation Army
Norcross, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$30,000
Individual
GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$30,000
Atlanta Ronald McDonald House
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$30,000
Georgia Eye Bank Inc
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$28,000
Visiting Nurse Health System
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$25,000
Westminister Schools
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$25,000
Individual
GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$25,000
Atlanta Speech School
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$25,000
Path Foundation
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$25,000
George West Mental Hlth Fd
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$25,000
Individual
GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$25,000
Atlanta Community Food Bank
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$25,000
Zoo Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
To Provide Financial Assistance For Exempt Activities$10,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Martha And Wilton Looney Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Martha And Wilton Looney Foundation Inc give?

$1.7 million in tax year 2025, across 28 grants, with a typical grant of $50,000.

Who runs The Martha And Wilton Looney Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Sylvia L Dick (Chairman), Amy D Hurst (Trustee), Bruce L Dick (Secretary/Treas) and Laura D Moses (Trustee) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does The Martha And Wilton Looney Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, health and youth programs.

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