Missouri · Private foundation
Alvin Goldfarb Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $28M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $37,515
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,657,932
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $291M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Alvin Goldfarb Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $28M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $14M | 57% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $13M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $6.8M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $6.7M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $8.9M | 22% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $10M | 14% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $26M | 36% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Impact Network | $88,465,408 | 8 | 95% |
| Equity Homes | $11,467,155 | 4 | 99% |
| Historical Assoc of South Haven | $3,500,000 | 2 | 90% |
| Beyond Housing Inc | $3,085,711 | 5 | 15% |
| 241 Community Land Trust | $3,066,807 | 3 | 42% |
| Washington University | $1,500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wyman Center | $710,001 | 3 | 5% |
| Prosperity Connection | $709,138 | 3 | 31% |
| Beyond Housing Capital Fund Inc | $700,000 | 1 | 66% |
| Affinia Healthcare | $350,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Impact Network | $88,465,408 | 8 | 95% |
| Equity Homes | $11,467,155 | 4 | 99% |
| Historical Assoc of South Haven | $3,500,000 | 2 | 90% |
| Beyond Housing Inc | $3,085,711 | 5 | 15% |
| 241 Community Land Trust | $3,066,807 | 3 | 42% |
| Washington University | $1,500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wyman Center | $710,001 | 3 | 5% |
| Prosperity Connection | $709,138 | 3 | 31% |
| Beyond Housing Capital Fund Inc | $700,000 | 1 | 66% |
| Affinia Healthcare | $350,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Equity Network | $328,412 | 2 | 16% |
| Nurses for Newborns | $222,060 | 3 | 3% |
| Progress in Education Inc | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| St Louis Arc Inc | $91,237 | 1 | 0% |
| Helping Hand Me Downs | $55,911 | 4 | 3% |
| The Opportunity Trust D/B/A Zest Education | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Alvin Goldfarb Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Community Impact Network · The Crawford Taylor Foundation · Pershing Charitable Trust · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Alvin Goldfarb Foundation
- How much does Alvin Goldfarb Foundation give?
- Alvin Goldfarb Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $27,857,298 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Alvin Goldfarb Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (71%), Housing & Shelter (21%), Education (3%).
- Who are Alvin Goldfarb Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community Impact Network ($88M), Equity Homes ($11M), Historical Assoc of South Haven ($3.5M).
- Does Alvin Goldfarb Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Alvin Goldfarb 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 Alvin Goldfarb Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Impact Network, The Crawford Taylor Foundation, Pershing Charitable Trust.
- Where is Alvin Goldfarb Foundation based?
- Alvin Goldfarb Foundation is based in MO.
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