Arizona · Private foundation
Albert W Cherne Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $650k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 56% of the organizations Albert W Cherne Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $287k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $600k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $475k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $173k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $323k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $246k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $223k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $315k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risen Christ School | $865,000 | 9 | n/a |
| International Dark Sky Discovery Center Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 2% |
| University of Northwestern - St Paul | $275,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The President and Trustees of Colby College | $250,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Phoenix Seminary Inc | $220,000 | 5 | 3% |
| North Lakeland Discovery Center Inc | $175,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Camp Jorn Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hats & Mittens Association | $29,000 | 5 | 8% |
| The Kirsch Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risen Christ School | $865,000 | 9 | n/a |
| International Dark Sky Discovery Center Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 2% |
| University of Northwestern - St Paul | $275,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The President and Trustees of Colby College | $250,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Phoenix Seminary Inc | $220,000 | 5 | 3% |
| North Lakeland Discovery Center Inc | $175,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Camp Jorn Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hats & Mittens Association | $29,000 | 5 | 8% |
| The Kirsch Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Informed Consent Action Network | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Health Defense | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Manitowish Waters Lakes Association Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 27% |
| Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pinky Swear Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Law Center of Minnesota | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Minnesota Historical Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($434k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Albert W Cherne Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Albert W Cherne Foundation
- How much does Albert W Cherne Foundation give?
- Albert W Cherne Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $650,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Albert W Cherne Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (54%), Religion (11%), Science & Tech (10%).
- Who are Albert W Cherne Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Risen Christ School ($865k), International Dark Sky Discovery Center Inc ($300k), University of Northwestern - St Paul ($275k).
- Does Albert W Cherne Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Albert W Cherne Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Albert W Cherne Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Albert W Cherne Foundation based?
- Albert W Cherne Foundation is based in AZ.
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