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Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$249k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
97
Grants FY2024
96
Organizations funded FY2023
11%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$14,000
Organizations funded a year
91 to 97
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$5.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsCivil RightsOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving95$243k4%
FY202396$246k11%
FY202297$267k5%
FY202195$217k4%
FY202093$220k5%
FY201991$234k5%
FY201896$218k7%
FY201794$210kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$454kArts & Culture$321kEnvironment$269kHealth$137kReligion$112kHuman Services$100kAnimals$91kCrime & Legal$76kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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PA
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CA
VA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Opera Philadelphia$47,00080%
Frenchman Bay Conservancy$45,00081%
The Crossing Inc$41,00081%
Healthy NewsWorks$40,00082%
National Audubon Society Inc$38,00080%
St Matthews Church$37,0008n/a
Alaska Wilderness League$33,00080%
Bryn Mawr Theatre Film Institute$30,00080%
Mighty Writers$30,00080%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$28,50080%
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All grantees of Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Opera Philadelphia$47,00080%
Frenchman Bay Conservancy$45,00081%
The Crossing Inc$41,00081%
Healthy NewsWorks$40,00082%
National Audubon Society Inc$38,00080%
St Matthews Church$37,0008n/a
Alaska Wilderness League$33,00080%
Bryn Mawr Theatre Film Institute$30,00080%
Mighty Writers$30,00080%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$28,50080%
Providence Center$26,00081%
Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance$24,50080%
Young Scholars Charter School$24,00080%
Germantown Friends School$24,0008n/a
Philabundance$24,00080%
Homeless Advocacy Project$23,00080%
Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks$23,00070%
William Penn Charter School Inc$21,50080%
Adirondack Explorer Inc$21,50080%
Adirondack Park Institute Inc$21,50078%
Welcoming the Stranger Inc$20,00082%
Natural Lands Trust Inc$20,00060%
Endometriosis Assoc Inc$20,00081%
The Adirondack Council Inc$19,50070%
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation$18,00080%
Pennsylvania School for the Deaf$16,50080%
Heights Philadelphia$16,00080%
Brewster Conservation Trust$16,00081%
Project Renewal Inc$16,00080%
Philadelphia Children's Alliance$16,00080%
North Country Life Flight Inc$15,00082%
Zoological Society of Philadelphia$13,50080%
The Nature Walks Conservation Society$12,500420%
The Baldwin School$12,50080%
American Bird Conservancy$12,00080%
Pennsylvania State University$12,0004n/a
Tabor Children's Services Inc$12,00080%
Abortion Liberation Fund of Pa$12,00032%
Settlement Music School of Philadelphia$11,00080%
Green Woods Charter School$11,00030%
Wildlife Conservation Society$11,00040%
Pendle Hill$11,00080%
Clean Air Council$10,78080%
Dawn's Place$10,50060%
Whyy Inc$10,50080%
MaineHealth$10,50070%
Indian Lake Theater Inc$10,28081%
Adirondack Historical Association$10,00050%
Covenant House Inc$10,00050%
Vetri Foundation for Children$9,50080%
Swarthmore College$9,50070%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$9,00030%
Chewonki Foundation Inc$9,00080%
Ludington Library$8,70080%
Protect the Adirondacks Inc$8,00070%
Main Line Meals on Wheels Inc$8,00080%
826 Boston Inc$8,00080%
Long Lake Rescue Squad Inc$8,00082%
Champs$8,0008n/a
Woodmere Art Museum$7,50080%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$7,00060%
Historic Germantown Preserved$6,00062%
Paul Smiths College$6,00020%
Earth Wind Fire and Water$6,0003n/a
Foulkeways at Gwynedd$5,25070%
Media-Providence Friends School$5,00050%
Adirondack Wildlife Inc$5,00021%
Ceasefire Pennsylvania Education Fund$5,00020%
Wills Eye Foundation Inc$5,00050%
Police Athletic League Of Philadelphia$5,00020%
Bruce Montgomery Foundation For the Arts$4,50043%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$4,00020%
Brewster Ponds Coalition$4,00041%
Wagner Free Institute of Science$3,75060%
Key West Literary Seminar Inc$3,50040%
Friends Central School Corporation$3,2804n/a
North Country School Inc$3,00010%
Pride Ventures Inc$3,0001n/a
Episcopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania$3,00030%
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts$3,00020%
The Behavioral Wellness Center at Girard$2,0001n/a
The Academy of Vocal Arts$2,00020%
Hedgerow Theatre Inc$2,00020%
Hope Partnership for Education$2,00010%
Rockaway Waterfront Alliance Inc$2,00010%
Lancaster International Piano Festival Inc$1,00010%
Broad Street Review$1,00011%
Cape Cinema Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($657k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOpera Philadelphia: $47,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFrenchman Bay Conservancy: $45,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetThe Crossing Inc: $41,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHealthy NewsWorks: $40,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $38,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAlaska Wilderness League: $33,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBryn Mawr Theatre Film Institute: $30,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMighty Writers: $30,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $28,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetProvidence Center: $26,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetMetropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance: $24,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Scholars Charter School: $24,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPhilabundance: $24,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHomeless Advocacy Project: $23,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNatural History Museum of the Adirondacks: $23,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam Penn Charter School Inc: $21,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAdirondack Explorer Inc: $21,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetAdirondack Park Institute Inc: $21,500 over 7y, 7.7% of budgetWelcoming the Stranger Inc: $20,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetNatural Lands Trust Inc: $20,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEndometriosis Assoc Inc: $20,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetThe Adirondack Council Inc: $19,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFree Library of Philadelphia Foundation: $18,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPennsylvania School for the Deaf: $16,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHeights Philadelphia: $16,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBrewster Conservation Trust: $16,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetProject Renewal Inc: $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Children's Alliance: $16,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Country Life Flight Inc: $15,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetZoological Society of Philadelphia: $13,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Nature Walks Conservation Society: $12,500 over 4y, 20% of budgetThe Baldwin School: $12,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $12,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTabor Children's Services Inc: $12,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAbortion Liberation Fund of Pa: $12,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetSettlement Music School of Philadelphia: $11,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Woods Charter School: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPendle Hill: $11,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetClean Air Council: $10,780 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDawn's Place: $10,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetWhyy Inc: $10,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMaineHealth: $10,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetIndian Lake Theater Inc: $10,280 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetAdirondack Historical Association: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVetri Foundation for Children: $9,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSwarthmore College: $9,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budget

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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 80.

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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.

The Philadelphia FoundationPA39.3× affinity20 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Connelly Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Cigna Group Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Cloudsplitter Foundation · Independence Foundation · The Barra Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial

How much does Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial give?
Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial reported 97 grants totaling $248,550 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 91 and 97 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (21%), Arts & Culture (15%), Environment (12%).
Who are Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Opera Philadelphia ($47k), Frenchman Bay Conservancy ($45k), The Crossing Inc ($41k).
Does Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, The William Penn Foundation, Connelly Foundation.
Where is Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial based?
Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial is based in PA.

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 139 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $250k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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