Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Alice and Russell True 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations Alice and Russell True Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 17 | $1.2M | 6% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $1.1M | 5% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $1.1M | 11% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $915k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $965k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $910k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $845k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C | $1,620,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Georgetown University | $1,165,000 | 9 | 0% |
| President and Fellows of Middlebury College | $1,050,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Washington National Eye Center Inc | $980,000 | 9 | 11% |
| Washington Tennis & Education Foundation | $765,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Free Wheelchair Mission | $580,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Latin American Youth Center | $565,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Some Inc | $390,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Holton Arms School | $365,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc | $300,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C | $1,620,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Georgetown University | $1,165,000 | 9 | 0% |
| President and Fellows of Middlebury College | $1,050,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Washington National Eye Center Inc | $980,000 | 9 | 11% |
| Washington Tennis & Education Foundation | $765,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Free Wheelchair Mission | $580,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Latin American Youth Center | $565,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Some Inc | $390,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Holton Arms School | $365,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc | $300,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $235,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Iona Senior Services | $235,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $185,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $140,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wadsworth-Sulgrave Historic Preservation Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 36% |
| Family Matters of Greater Washington Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Jubilee Jobs Inc | $65,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Mercy Ships International | $65,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Community Youth Advance Incorporated | $45,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Bread for the City Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Alice and Russell True Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Alice and Russell True Foundation
- How much does Alice and Russell True Foundation give?
- Alice and Russell True Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $1,200,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Alice and Russell True Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Health (21%), Religion (18%).
- Who are Alice and Russell True Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C ($1.6M), Georgetown University ($1.2M), President and Fellows of Middlebury College ($1.1M).
- Does Alice and Russell True Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Alice and Russell True 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 Alice and Russell True Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, United Way of the National Capital Area, Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc.
- Where is Alice and Russell True Foundation based?
- Alice and Russell True Foundation is based in DC.
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