Florida · Private foundation
Allen 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.
- $511k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 33% of the organizations Allen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $113k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationHealthCrime & LegalAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $511k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $430k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $659k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $531k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $431k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $282k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $133k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Health$1.6MArts & Culture$734kHuman Services$240kEducation$178kPublic Safety & Disaster$103kRecreation & Sports$50kAnimals$20kYouth Development$10kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
IL
MI
NY
CA
KY
MD
DC
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $752,177 | 6 | 64% |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $594,779 | 6 | 0% |
| The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater | $220,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Yorkers for Children Inc | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Glades Academy Foundation Inc | $93,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Glades Academy Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Norton Museum of Art Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc | $19,400 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $752,177 | 6 | 64% |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $594,779 | 6 | 0% |
| The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater | $220,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Yorkers for Children Inc | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Glades Academy Foundation Inc | $93,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Glades Academy Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Norton Museum of Art Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc | $19,400 | 4 | 0% |
| The Society of the Four Arts Inc | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Animal Medical Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Man O War Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Hss Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Mercantile Library Association of the City of New York Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guild Hall of East Hampton Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fountain House Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palm Beach Civic Association Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($715k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Allen Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 17.
About Allen Foundation
- How much does Allen Foundation give?
- Allen Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $511,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Allen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (55%), Arts & Culture (25%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Allen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Michigan ($752k), Prostate Cancer Foundation ($595k), The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater ($220k).
- Does Allen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Allen 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.
- Where is Allen Foundation based?
- Allen Foundation is based in FL.
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