Virginia · Public charity
Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc
The primary exempt purpose of the association is two fold: (1) to provide scholarship assistance to help promising high school students (who fit the horatio alger profile) attend college, and (2) to spread the message that america's free enterprise system provides the greatest opportunities in the world for personal achievement and…
- $8.7M
- Granted FY2023
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $111k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $40M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 90% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 2 | $111k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $373k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $300k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $288k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $711k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $3.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National World War II Museum Inc | $2,920,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Jobredi Foundation | $585,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Metropolitan Community College Foundation | $348,829 | 3 | 3% |
| Foster's Outriders Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 62% |
| Mortel High Hopes for Haiti Foundation | $200,000 | 5 | 15% |
| Making Waves Foundation Inc Aka Making Waves Education Foundation | $161,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Scholarship Foundation of St Louis | $125,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Randolph-Macon Academy | $92,242 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National World War II Museum Inc | $2,920,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Jobredi Foundation | $585,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Metropolitan Community College Foundation | $348,829 | 3 | 3% |
| Foster's Outriders Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 62% |
| Mortel High Hopes for Haiti Foundation | $200,000 | 5 | 15% |
| Making Waves Foundation Inc Aka Making Waves Education Foundation | $161,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Scholarship Foundation of St Louis | $125,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Randolph-Macon Academy | $92,242 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Wilmington - College of Health & Human Serv | $46,628 | 3 | n/a |
| College Foundation Inc | $5,475 | 1 | 0% |
| Bristol Community College Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Juilliard School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc
- How much does Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc give?
- Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $110,689, out of $8,683,754 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (62%), Education (33%), Public Benefit (5%).
- Who are Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: The National World War II Museum Inc ($2.9M), Jobredi Foundation ($585k), Metropolitan Community College Foundation ($349k).
- Does Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc based?
- Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc is based in VA.
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