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Robert and Marjorie Alpern 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.

$79k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
49
Grants FY2025
49
Organizations funded FY2024
12%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$300
Largest grant, FY2025
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 60
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
17
Total assets, FY2025
$459k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 12% of the organizations Robert and Marjorie Alpern Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
InternationalArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2025still arriving49$79k20%
FY202449$56k12%
FY202346$56k9%
FY202260$96k22%
FY202154$123k100%
FY20201$85kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$240kPhilanthropy$106kHuman Services$39kHealth$27kInternational$27kFood & Nutrition$25kReligion$12kAnimals$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Performance Zone Inc$232,50052%
Cooperstown Food Pantry Inc$18,50051%
Seva Foundation$16,50050%
Friends of Bassett Inc$13,15050%
The Salvation Army$5,5005n/a
Catholic Relief Services$2,8505n/a
Cooperstown Art Association Inc$2,50050%
Ave Philomena Inc$2,10040%
Susquehanna Spca Inc$2,00050%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$2,00040%
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All grantees of Robert and Marjorie Alpern Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Performance Zone Inc$232,50052%
Cooperstown Food Pantry Inc$18,50051%
Seva Foundation$16,50050%
Friends of Bassett Inc$13,15050%
The Salvation Army$5,5005n/a
Catholic Relief Services$2,8505n/a
Cooperstown Art Association Inc$2,50050%
Ave Philomena Inc$2,10040%
Susquehanna Spca Inc$2,00050%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$2,00040%
Feeding America$1,80050%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,50050%
Easter Seals Inc$1,50050%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$1,50050%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$1,50050%
American Diabetes Association$1,50050%
American Heart Association Inc$1,50050%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$1,50050%
March of Dimes Inc$1,50050%
United States Fund for Unicef$1,50050%
Oxfam-America Inc$1,50050%
Feed the Children Inc$1,40040%
Children's Cancer Research Fund$1,35050%
Fenimore Art Museum$1,30040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,30050%
Food for the Poor Inc$1,10040%
Otsego County Conservation Association Inc$1,00050%
United Way of Mid Rural New York Inc$1,0001n/a
Jews for Jesus$8004n/a
Holy Family Parish$6002n/a
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$60030%
New York Public Radio$60020%
Cooperstown Fire Dept Inc$50050%
Orphan Angels Cat Sanctuary$5001n/a
Griffin Cares Foundation$50010%
Otsego Land Trust$40020%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$3001n/a
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$25020%
Congregation Beth Ahm$2251n/a
Come and See Foundation Inc$2001n/a
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$20020%
Morballet Inc$20020%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$20020%
Live Arts Inc$15010%
AVID Dance Corp$1501n/a
Dance for Paws Inc$1001n/a
The Stockbridge Bowl Association$10010%
Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($165k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert and Marjorie Alpern Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Performance Zone Inc: $232,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCooperstown Food Pantry Inc: $18,500 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetSeva Foundation: $16,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Bassett Inc: $13,150 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCooperstown Art Association Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAve Philomena Inc: $2,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSusquehanna Spca Inc: $2,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest of Silicon Valley: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEaster Seals Inc: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFeed the Children Inc: $1,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Cancer Research Fund: $1,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFenimore Art Museum: $1,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOtsego County Conservation Association Inc: $1,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Public Radio: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCooperstown Fire Dept Inc: $500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGriffin Cares Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOtsego Land Trust: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMorballet Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLive Arts Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Stockbridge Bowl Association: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMichele Brangwen Dance Ensemble: $100 over 1y, 0.4% 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 37.

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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.

Allstadt Hardin FoundationNY20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Allstadt Hardin Foundation · The James and Stephanie Patrick Fam · The Patricia M & H William Smith Jr Foundation · The Nycm Foundation · C J Heilig Foundation Inc · The Scriven Foundation · The Tianaderrah Foundation (NY) · The Community Foundation for South Central New York Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Robert and Marjorie Alpern Foundation

How much does Robert and Marjorie Alpern Foundation give?
Robert and Marjorie Alpern Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $79,160 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 60 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Robert and Marjorie Alpern Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (48%), Philanthropy (21%), Human Services (8%).
Who are Robert and Marjorie Alpern Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Performance Zone Inc ($233k), Cooperstown Food Pantry Inc ($19k), Seva Foundation ($17k).
Does Robert and Marjorie Alpern Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert and Marjorie Alpern 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 Robert and Marjorie Alpern Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Allstadt Hardin Foundation, The James and Stephanie Patrick Fam, The Patricia M & H William Smith Jr Foundation.
Where is Robert and Marjorie Alpern Foundation based?
Robert and Marjorie Alpern Foundation is based in NY.

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 89 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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