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Allison Foundation Inc at a glance

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Allison Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$654k
Granted FY2026still arriving
11
Grants FY2026still arriving
6
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$300kPublic Benefit$50kHuman Services$25kAnimals$20kCivil Rights$15kYouth Development$10kArts & Culture$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$1k
02FY2026 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $154k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $250k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$40,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$31M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CEDARS-SINAI$250,000
MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC$100,000
THE ABLEGAMERS FOUNDATION INC$50,000
REPRIEVE US$50,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$50,000
THE SOCIETY FOR WOMENS HEALTH RESEARCH$40,000
RAINBOW RAILROAD USA INC$32,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC$32,000
RANK THE VOTE$30,000
FAIRFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY$10,000
CALIFORNIA RCV INSTITUTE$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–26, $125k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $100k → 13%BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$455k · 4 repeat orgs$580k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2026, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
6

Total granted

$455k
$316k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+230%

Still filing today

75%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $264k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’25’26
HealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalCivil RightsAnimalsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    2× · 2025–2026 · $300k · revenue 0%
  • R
    REPRIEVE
    2× · 2018–2026 · $65k · revenue +69%
  • RT
    RANK THE VOTE
    2× · 2025–2026 · $60k

Funded once

  • HF
    HCC FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $250k
  • BA
    BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2025 · $25k · revenue +31%
  • AP
    AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +197%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Every Cure Inc

Every cure is on a mission to save and improve lives by repurposing drugs, utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning to systematically scan the world's biomedical knowledge across all approved drugs and all known diseases to…

Health
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
Guttmacher Institute Inc

The institute is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide.

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4
Researchamerica

2025 was a turbulent year for the medical and health research community, but our commitment to advocating for science never wavered. from pushing back against funding threats to elevating researchers' voices and equipping advocates, we…

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5
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research

The foundation for sarcoidosis research (fsr) is the leading international organization dedicated to finding a cure for sarcoidosis and improving care for sarcoidosis patients through research, education, and support. since its…

Philanthropy
6
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
7
The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc

Ovarian cancer research alliance (ocra) is committed to preventing, developing better treatments for and ultimately curing ovarian and related gynecologic cancers through innovative research, raising awareness and ensuring the best care…

Philanthropy
8
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
9
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
10
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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11
Gavi Alliance

To save lives and protect people's health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines.

International
12
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rainbow Railroad Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bridgewater Area Community Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $300,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTERSOCIETY FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH: $40,000 · HealthSOCIETY FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCHPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $32,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERI…HCC FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · OtherHCC FOUNDATION INCRANK THE VOTE: $60,000 · OtherRANK THE VOTEAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $20,000 · OtherAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC+4 more: $31,000 · Other+4 moreMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesMEDICAL DEBT …BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGEWATER A…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationCalifornia RCV Institute Inc: $30,000 · EducationREPRIEVE (US): $65,000 · Civil RightsTHE ABLEGAMERS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Science & TechRAINBOW RAILROAD USA INC: $32,000 · Philanthropy
Health$372,000Other$361,000Human Services$125,000Education$80,000Civil Rights$65,000Science & Tech$50,000Philanthropy$32,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $300,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREPRIEVE (US): $65,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Allison Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allison Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Allison Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Allison Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 17 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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