Connecticut · Private foundation
The Alfa 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.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations The Alfa Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 11 | $3.2M | 18% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $2.6M | 9% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $3.0M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $1.9M | 30% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $1.3M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $1.9M | 31% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $1.6M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $475k | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rippowam Cisqua School Inc | $5,300,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Brunswick School Inc | $1,000,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Greenwich Hospital | $950,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Windward School | $600,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Waterside School Inc | $550,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indian Harbor Yacht Club Foundation Inc | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Center for Clubhouse Development Inc | $490,000 | 5 | 7% |
| The Writing Revolution Inc | $400,000 | 7 | 3% |
| The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County Inc | $325,000 | 4 | 3% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rippowam Cisqua School Inc | $5,300,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Brunswick School Inc | $1,000,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Greenwich Hospital | $950,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Windward School | $600,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Waterside School Inc | $550,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indian Harbor Yacht Club Foundation Inc | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Center for Clubhouse Development Inc | $490,000 | 5 | 7% |
| The Writing Revolution Inc | $400,000 | 7 | 3% |
| The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County Inc | $325,000 | 4 | 3% |
| St Luke's Wood River Foundation Inc | $225,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Northern Westchester Hospital Association | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| A Walk on Water Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Pioneer Montessori School | $100,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breast Cancer Alliance Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Vpc Ruth Selman Scholarship Fund Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 95% |
| Eagle Hill Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Alfa Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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: Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Alfa Foundation
- How much does The Alfa Foundation give?
- The Alfa Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $3,200,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Alfa Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Health (38%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are The Alfa Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Rippowam Cisqua School Inc ($5.3M), Brunswick School Inc ($1.0M), Greenwich Hospital ($950k).
- Does The Alfa Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Alfa 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 Alfa Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Alfa Foundation based?
- The Alfa Foundation is based in CT.
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