· Private foundation
Alison 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $660k
- $250k+2 grants · $1.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST JOHN'S COLLEGE | $845,045 |
| AGASSIZ VILLAGE | $260,000 |
| ROPER ST FRANCIS FOUNDATION | $200,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $200,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER | $200,000 |
| CHARLESTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $60,000 |
| GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM | $19,550 |
| CHAMBER MUSIC CHARLESTON | $7,000 |
| TOUCHSTONE DISCUSSION PROJECT | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 33% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $201k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SJST JOHN'S COLLEGE9× · 2017–2025 · $8.3M · revenue +8%
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER8× · 2018–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +65%- RSRoper St Francis Foundation3× · 2023–2025 · $600k · revenue +25%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERISTY OF ROCHESTER SIMON SCHOOL OF BUSINESSone grant, 2017 · $250k
- RPROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INCone grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue +15%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $3k
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.
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.
Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…
The mission of the princeton symphony orchestra is to leverage the power of live music to uplift the human experience.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra provides a professional symphony orchestra of artistic excellence and integrity to enrich lives, to educate, and to entertain diverse audiences in western Virginia with the highest quality instrumental and…
The mission of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is to foster and maintain an organization dedicated to making music consonant with the highest aspirations of the musical art, creating performances and providing educational and training…
Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…
Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship
Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.
Cosmic symphony nurtures the performance of high quality orchestral music, showcasing southern maryland talent.
The mission of the annapolis symphony orchestra is to inspire, educate and enrich lives near and far by creating extraordinary musical experiences with uncompromising artistic excellence.
The orchestra is dedicated to bringing orchestral music of the highest caliber to south florida. its mission is to delight, inspire and educate the communities we serve through music.
The mission of music conservatory of westchester is to provide the extraordinary benefits of music to all in our community. we believe in the inherent power of music to provide personal enrichment, creative expression, lifelong learning,…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 12 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds ST JOHN'S COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
- Who funds Roper St Francis Foundation ↗
- Who funds GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds AGASSIZ VILLAGE FOUNDED BY MR & MRS HARRY E BURROUGHS ↗
- Who funds CHARLESTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds CHAMBER MUSIC CHARLESTON ↗
- Who funds Touchstones Discussion Project Inc ↗
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: The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Alison Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alison Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- St John's College: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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