Connecticut · Private foundation
The Alex Charitable Trust
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.
- $40k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $476k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Alex Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 13 | $40k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $32k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $34k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $27k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $19k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $19k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $27k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $23k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ateret Torah Center | $67,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Construction Workforce Initiative 2 | $11,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Yale University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Ezras Yisroel | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Laugeni Family Foundation | $7,000 | 4 | 93% |
| Cardinal Shehan Center Inc | $5,625 | 5 | 0% |
| Yale University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Canines for Disabled Kids Inc | $2,750 | 3 | 1% |
| New Haven Hebrew Day School Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Navdanya Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ateret Torah Center | $67,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Construction Workforce Initiative 2 | $11,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Yale University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Ezras Yisroel | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Laugeni Family Foundation | $7,000 | 4 | 93% |
| Cardinal Shehan Center Inc | $5,625 | 5 | 0% |
| Yale University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Canines for Disabled Kids Inc | $2,750 | 3 | 1% |
| New Haven Hebrew Day School Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Navdanya Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| One Big Dog Arf | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Abandoned Animals | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($122k), not named here.
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: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Alex Charitable Trust
- How much does The Alex Charitable Trust give?
- The Alex Charitable Trust reported 13 grants totaling $39,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Alex Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (43%), Education (36%), Health (6%).
- Who are The Alex Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ateret Torah Center ($68k), Construction Workforce Initiative 2 ($11k), Yale University ($10k).
- Does The Alex Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Alex Charitable Trust 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 The Alex Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Alex Charitable Trust based?
- The Alex Charitable Trust is based in CT.
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