New Jersey · Private foundation
Allen Family Foundation
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.
- $400k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 5
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Allen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 80% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $400k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $660k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $635k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Butterworth Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 12% |
| United Way Quad Cities | $360,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Agriculture Future of America | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($585k), not named here.
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: 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
About Allen Family Foundation
- How much does Allen Family Foundation give?
- Allen Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $400,011 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 5 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Allen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Human Services (29%), Philanthropy (21%).
- Who are Allen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: William Butterworth Foundation ($500k), United Way Quad Cities ($360k), Agriculture Future of America ($100k).
- Does Allen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Allen Family 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 Allen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Allen Family Foundation based?
- Allen Family Foundation is based in NJ.
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