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Alford Foundation Inc at a glance

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Alford Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$24k
Granted FY2026still arriving
3
Grants FY2026still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$113kArts & Culture$42kEducation$25kHealth$18kEmployment$14kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kInternational$9kCivil Rights$5kOther$0
02FY2026 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$2,575
Median grant
2
States reached
$441k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK$20,000
VILLAGE SCHOOL-RESURRECTION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH$2,575
WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL$1,030
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $500 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
CT
CA
KY
WV
VA
NC
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$235k · 11 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2026, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
14

Total granted

$235k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+38%

Still filing today

73%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

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Arts & CultureInternationalFood & NutritionHuman ServicesHealthEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CA
    CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC
    8× · 2017–2026 · $128k · revenue +80%
  • CA
    CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL
    6× · 2017–2023 · $40k · revenue +56%
  • WI
    WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
    7× · 2017–2026 · $25k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -40%
  • DIRECT RELIEFgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue +94%
  • BF
    BREAD FOR THE CITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +59%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Arcadia Food Inc

Cultivate local food systems prioritizing health, equity, and sustainability, from farm forward.

Food & Nutrition
2
Adventist Healthcare Inc

We extend god's care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.

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3
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
4
Dc Bilingual Public Charter School

The mission of dc bilingual public charter school is to create a learning community that ensures high academic achievement for all students in both spanish and english, develops leadership, and values all cultures.

Education
5
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
6
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
7
American Institute for Cancer Research

Aicr champions the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world on cancer prevention and survival through diet, weight and physical activity, so that we can help people make informed lifestyle choices to reduce…

Health
8
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
9
Children's National

Children's national coordinates the overall policy and activities of the affiliated organizations. see schedule o.

Health
10
The Maryland Food Bank Inc

The maryland food bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more marylanders.

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11
Dairy Management Inc

Dairy management inc (dmi) was formed in 1995 by the national dairy promotion and research board (ndb) and the united dairy industry association (udia). dmi is a management organization that invests dairy producer checkoff funds in…

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12
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Dc Central Kitchen Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Valentine Project Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $128,000 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC+1 more: $2,500 · Food & NutritionCONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL: $40,000 · Arts & CultureCONTEMPORARY AMER…+2 more: $1,500 · Arts & CultureTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $14,000 · OtherTHE DC CENTRAL KI…PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $7,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOO…ACLU: $4,500 · OtherACLUVILLAGE SCHOOL-RESURRECTION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH: $3,575 · OtherVILLAGE SCHOOL-RE…CAMP MOHAWK INCORPORATED: $2,500 · OtherCAMP MOHAWK INCOR…FOOD FROM THE BAR: $2,000 · OtherMIRACLEFEET: $2,250 · OtherMIRACLEFEET+6 more: $4,275 · Other+6 moreWASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $24,605 · EducationWASHINGTON…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $6,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,060 · InternationalDC ABORTION FUND: $6,033 · Human ServicesMIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $500 · Human ServicesTHE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN: $3,000 · Crime & Legal
Food & Nutrition$130,500Arts & Culture$41,500Other$40,100Education$24,605International$18,060Human Services$6,533Crime & Legal$3,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $128,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL: $40,000 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetWASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $24,605 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDC ABORTION FUND: $6,033 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP MOHAWK INCORPORATED: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLEFEET: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,060 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSITAR ARTS CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VALENTINE PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTHE VALENTINE MUSEUM: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA10.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Alford Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alford Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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