Michigan · Private foundation
The Alix 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.
- $30M
- Granted FY2023
- 17
- Grants FY2023
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
80% of The Alix Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 14 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Alix Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $30M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $25,420,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 10
- Total assets, FY2023
- $64M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 53% of the organizations The Alix Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 99% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 15 | $26M | 53% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $389k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $273k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $470k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $445k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $841k | 45% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $467k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc | $1,335,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $600,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of Grange Park Opera Foundation | $480,020 | 2 | 91% |
| Teachers College Columbia University | $400,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $272,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Detroit Country Day School | $153,404 | 3 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $83,642 | 7 | 0% |
| Collegespring Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Lighthouse of Oakland County | $60,000 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 40 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($26M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Alix Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Ford Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · WK Kellogg Foundation
How this is measured
About The Alix Foundation
- How much does The Alix Foundation give?
- The Alix Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $29,774,252 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Alix Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (82%), Education (14%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are The Alix Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc ($1.3M), Johns Hopkins University ($600k), American Friends of Grange Park Opera Foundation ($480k).
- Does The Alix Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Alix 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 Alix Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, The Ford Foundation.
- Where is The Alix Foundation based?
- The Alix Foundation is based in MI.
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