Ohio · Private foundation
Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation of Akron
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.
- $29k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $8,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $583k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation of Akron funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $28k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $23k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $21k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $49k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $35k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $49k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $27k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| March of Dimes Inc | $34,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Project Grad Akron | $29,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Akron Community Service Center & Urban League Inc | $12,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Western Reserve Inc | $11,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Haven of Rest Ministries Incorporated | $9,500 | 4 | n/a |
| United Disability Services Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Akron Roundtable | $6,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The University of Akron Foundation | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Opportunity Parish Ecumenical Neighborhood Ministry | $4,500 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| March of Dimes Inc | $34,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Project Grad Akron | $29,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Akron Community Service Center & Urban League Inc | $12,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Western Reserve Inc | $11,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Haven of Rest Ministries Incorporated | $9,500 | 4 | n/a |
| United Disability Services Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Akron Roundtable | $6,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The University of Akron Foundation | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Opportunity Parish Ecumenical Neighborhood Ministry | $4,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Akron African-American Cultural Association | $4,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Global Ties Akron | $3,500 | 2 | 1% |
| St Paul a M E Church | $3,335 | 8 | n/a |
| Leadership Akron | $2,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Akron Zoological Park | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| In Education Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Sarahs House Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Akron AIDS Collaborative | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Summit Artspace | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Bondage Breakers Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Harmony House Inc | $500 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($128k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation of Akron 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.
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How this is measured
Compare Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation of Akron with peer funders
About Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation of Akron
- How much does Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation of Akron give?
- Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation of Akron reported 13 grants totaling $29,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation of Akron fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Health (16%), Civil Rights (10%).
- Who are Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation of Akron's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: March of Dimes Inc ($34k), Project Grad Akron ($30k), Akron Community Service Center & Urban League Inc ($13k).
- Does Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation of Akron fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation of Akron 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 Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation of Akron?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gar Foundation, Synthomer Foundation Inc, Akron Community Foundation.
- Where is Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation of Akron based?
- Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation of Akron is based in OH.
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