Virginia · Private foundation
The Alexander Fund
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $300
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $950
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $32k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Alexander Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 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 | 5 | $2k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $1k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $2k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $2k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metairie Park Country Day School | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Charlottesville Ballet | $850 | 5 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $600 | 3 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $500 | 5 | n/a |
| Feeding America | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Rollins College | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Global Empowerment Mission Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.
About The Alexander Fund
- How much does The Alexander Fund give?
- The Alexander Fund reported 5 grants totaling $1,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Alexander Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (64%), Recreation & Sports (11%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are The Alexander Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Metairie Park Country Day School ($3k), Charlottesville Ballet ($850), Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana ($600).
- Does The Alexander Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Alexander Fund 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.
- Where is The Alexander Fund based?
- The Alexander Fund is based in VA.
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