· Private foundation
Allen Family 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k14 grants · $40k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $100,000 |
| Prager University Foundation | $100,000 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | $5,000 |
| Hillsdale College | $5,000 |
| Insight In It Together Foundation | $5,000 |
| University of Oregon | $4,000 |
| Bible Study Fellowship | $3,000 |
| Alzheimer's Association | $2,000 |
| University of Denver | $2,000 |
| Westmont College | $2,000 |
| Grand Canyon University | $2,000 |
| University of Redlands | $2,000 |
| Arapahoe Community College | $2,000 |
| University of Wyoming | $2,000 |
| University of Colorado - Boulder | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 5 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, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM6× · 2019–2025 · $285k · revenue +97%- PUPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION3× · 2023–2025 · $250k · revenue +12%
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC5× · 2021–2025 · $30k · revenue +27%
Funded once
- SPSamaritan's Purse International Relone grant, 2024 · $25k
- RTRestoring The Soul Ministriesone grant, 2017 · $10k
- SCSECOND CHANCESone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -69%
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.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
Since 1890, whitworth has held fast to its founding mission of providing "an education of mind and heart" through rigorous intellectual inquiry guided by dedicated christian scholars.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
How this is measured
27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 60 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 ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
- Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds INSIGHT IN IT TOGETHER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds DENVER RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗
- Who funds WESTMONT COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND ↗
- Who funds SECOND CHANCES ↗
- Who funds JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
- Who funds BAYLOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Colorado Christian University ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS ↗
- Who funds Grand Canyon University ↗
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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Allen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- University of Portland: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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