Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Alexander Grass Foundation
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.
- $7.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $20M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The Alexander Grass Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $230k 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 | 12 | $6.1M | 8% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $7.1M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $6.5M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $5.3M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $6.1M | 35% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $5.5M | 25% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $6.9M | 14% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $6.9M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Inc | $10,400,000 | 8 | 40% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $8,000,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $2,750,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Upmc Pinnacle Foundation | $2,500,000 | 5 | 16% |
| Piedmont Hospital Inc | $2,500,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jerusalem Foundation Inc | $1,774,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Beth Am Synagogue | $577,000 | 3 | n/a |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $426,668 | 2 | 0% |
| Neve Michael Childrens Village Inc | $345,000 | 8 | 10% |
| Erase Ptsd Now Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 62% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Inc | $10,400,000 | 8 | 40% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $8,000,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $2,750,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Upmc Pinnacle Foundation | $2,500,000 | 5 | 16% |
| Piedmont Hospital Inc | $2,500,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jerusalem Foundation Inc | $1,774,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Beth Am Synagogue | $577,000 | 3 | n/a |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $426,668 | 2 | 0% |
| Neve Michael Childrens Village Inc | $345,000 | 8 | 10% |
| Erase Ptsd Now Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 62% |
| The University of Florida Foundation Inc | $160,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends of Leket Israel Inc | $110,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Capital Region Literacy Council | $102,700 | 4 | 30% |
| Piedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Temple Ohev Shalom Inc | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Pennsylvania Food Bank | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship Inc | $32,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Cultural Enrichment Fund | $26,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of Tsad Kadima | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gamut Theatre Group | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc | $8,336 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($20M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Alexander Grass Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to The Alexander Grass Foundation?
Find your warmest path to The Alexander Grass Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.
Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.
About The Alexander Grass Foundation
- How much does The Alexander Grass Foundation give?
- The Alexander Grass Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $7,095,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Alexander Grass Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (38%), Education (33%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are The Alexander Grass Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Friends of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Inc ($10M), Johns Hopkins University ($8.0M), The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($2.8M).
- Does The Alexander Grass Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Alexander Grass 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 The Alexander Grass Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Alexander Grass Foundation based?
- The Alexander Grass Foundation is based in PA.
Play a game based on Alexander Grass’ filings →