Washington, D.C. · Public charity
The Ahla Foundation
The foundation's mission is to help people build careers that improve their lives, and strengthen the lodging industry. We achieve this by giving them necessary tools, resources, and education so they are able to launch long-term careers in our great industry.
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $302,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 16
- Total assets, FY2024
- $32M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Ahla Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $535k 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 | 26 | $1.4M | 73% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $535k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $583k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $232k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $220k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $312k | 90% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $582k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $248k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc | $502,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Restore NYC Inc | $275,000 | 2 | 3% |
| National Restaurant Association | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Entrenous Community Empowerment Inc | $198,131 | 3 | 10% |
| National Restaurant Association Solutions LLC | $194,616 | 1 | n/a |
| Tourism Economics LLC | $155,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rebecca Bender Initiative | $150,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Leadersup | $150,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Safe House Project Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Ecpat-Usa Inc | $147,400 | 2 | 5% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ahla 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: Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · The Jensen Project Inc · Venable Foundation Inc · Novo Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Weingart Foundation · The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
About The Ahla Foundation
- How much does The Ahla Foundation give?
- The Ahla Foundation reported 26 itemized grants totaling $1,393,792, out of $2,655,214 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ahla Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Employment (29%), Youth Development (14%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are The Ahla Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc ($503k), Restore NYC Inc ($275k), National Restaurant Association ($200k).
- Does The Ahla Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Ahla Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Annie E Casey Foundation Inc, Truist Foundation Inc, The Jensen Project Inc.
- Where is The Ahla Foundation based?
- The Ahla Foundation is based in DC.
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