Walter and Frances Bunzl Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 58-1458440 · since 1982·Georgia·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$4.3M
Annual giving, 2024 tax year
From the Form 990-PF filing
$1.6M
Typical grant (median)
3 grants in the latest filing
Invitation only
Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

  • The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a small charity should not send it a cold proposal; the realistic route is building a relationship that could lead to an invitation.
  • The filing records three grants, to a Jewish family and career service, a Jewish community federation and one other organisation, all for support to Atlanta organisations, and it states no specific funding field or applicant eligibility, so fit is hard to judge beyond that.
  • No geographic focus is stated, although the filings show grants mainly in Georgia, so a Georgia organisation, and an Atlanta one especially, is the closest match in the record, though this is not a stated rule.
  • The grant range is not stated, so the filing gives no typical grant size to plan a request around, and no timing or deadlines are given either.
  • Treat any early contact as relationship-building rather than a request with a set window.

Overview

Walter and Frances Bunzl Foundation is a US private foundation based in Marietta, GA.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (atlantajewishtimes.com), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The filings record three grants for support to Atlanta organisations: a Jewish family and career service, a Jewish community federation, and a third organisation. They state no specific funding field or applicant eligibility. A news report names the foundation as the source of the crowning gift in a campaign for a family and career service, but that describes one gift rather than its giving as a whole. The available evidence therefore supports describing the recorded recipient types and general support purpose, but not a broader programme, approach or application opportunity.

Geographic Focus

No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Georgia.

How to apply

The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

Georgia100%
  • The largest single recipient received 58% of grant dollars to organisations.
  • No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
  • 38% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

3 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $1.6M

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

  • Jewish Family Career Services · Support
    $2,500,0002024 tax year
  • Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta · Support
    $1,650,0002024 tax year
  • JScreen · Support
    $150,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

  • Rosemary R Hamburger — Director
  • Faye Markey — Director
  • Anna R Wilner — Treasurer
  • Suzanne B Wilner — President

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

YearTotal expensesGrants paidAssetsFiling document
2022 tax year$121,041$0$22,840,606Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year$238,508$0$26,564,890Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year$4,509,908$4,300,000$24,898,841Filing for 2024 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

Sources

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Contact

  • Marietta, GA