Massachusetts · Private foundation
Alku Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $864k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 58
- Grants FY2024
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 91%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $155,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 43
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 91% of the organizations Alku Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 84% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 58 | $864k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 43 | $584k | 91% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mass Mentoring Partnership Inc | $350,430 | 2 | 6% |
| Dove Inc | $70,258 | 3 | 2% |
| Silver Lining Mentoring Inc | $65,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Reproductive Equity Now Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Bagly Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Coaching for Change Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Shine Initiative Inc | $55,500 | 2 | 11% |
| America Scores New England DBA Boston Scores | $46,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls on the Run Greater Boston | $40,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 58 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($240k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Alku Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Amelia Peabody Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · William E Schrafft and Bertha E Schrafft Charitable Trust · Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc
How this is measured
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About Alku Foundation Inc
- How much does Alku Foundation Inc give?
- Alku Foundation Inc reported 58 grants totaling $864,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 43 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Alku Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (56%), Education (9%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are Alku Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: The Mass Mentoring Partnership Inc ($350k), Dove Inc ($70k), Silver Lining Mentoring Inc ($65k).
- Does Alku Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 91% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Alku Foundation Inc 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 Alku Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is Alku Foundation Inc based?
- Alku Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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