Texas · Private foundation
Alto 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.
- $34k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,462
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $394k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Alto Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 60% 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $34k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $24k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $24k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $26k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $26k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $27k | 58% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco Student Fastpacs | $28,000 | 6 | 2% |
| North Texas Food Bank | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| America Scores | $12,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Texas Briar Club Foundation | $5,900 | 6 | 6% |
| Hugs Cafe Inc | $5,462 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the World Food Program Inc | $5,150 | 1 | 0% |
| Rhode Island Mayoral Academy (Sm) Blackstone Valley | $3,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Moms Helping Moms Foundation Inc | $3,072 | 1 | 0% |
| Heroes for Children | $2,591 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco Student Fastpacs | $28,000 | 6 | 2% |
| North Texas Food Bank | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| America Scores | $12,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Texas Briar Club Foundation | $5,900 | 6 | 6% |
| Hugs Cafe Inc | $5,462 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the World Food Program Inc | $5,150 | 1 | 0% |
| Rhode Island Mayoral Academy (Sm) Blackstone Valley | $3,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Moms Helping Moms Foundation Inc | $3,072 | 1 | 0% |
| Heroes for Children | $2,591 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Above All Things Dream Foundat | $1,093 | 1 | 0% |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $1,036 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Joseph's House of Camden LLC | $535 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Promise of Collin County | $520 | 1 | 0% |
| Parkinsons Unity Walk Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Caring Pathways of Carrollton | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Thrive-Gulu Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Operation Once in a Lifetime | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Pawtucket | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Straydog Inc | $167 | 1 | n/a |
| Irving Healthcare Foundation | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Alpha Project for the Homeless | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Crossroads Rhode Island | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Frisco Family Services Center | $84 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($102k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Alto Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About Alto Foundation
- How much does Alto Foundation give?
- Alto Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $33,825 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Alto Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (25%), Arts & Culture (16%), Youth Development (10%).
- Who are Alto Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Frisco Student Fastpacs ($28k), North Texas Food Bank ($13k), America Scores ($12k).
- Does Alto Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Alto 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Alto Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Alto Foundation based?
- Alto Foundation is based in TX.
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