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The Alpaugh Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$354k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
54
Grants FY2025
32
Organizations funded FY2024
9%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$45,000
Organizations funded a year
32 to 101
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$4.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 9% of the organizations The Alpaugh 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; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesPublic BenefitRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving52$351k25%
FY202432$203k9%
FY202373$270k16%
FY202294$255k29%
FY2021101$160k44%
FY202094$232kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$298kAnimals$264kPublic Benefit$176kReligion$160kEducation$138kSocial Science$105kPhilanthropy$101kHuman Services$65kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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MD
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GA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 118 grantees
All grantees of The Alpaugh Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Hamilton County Spca Inc Dba Spca Cincinnati$141,20061%
The Heritage Foundation$109,60060%
Cincinnati Museum Association$100,25050%
The Buckeye Institute$97,50061%
City Gospel Mission and Affiliates$72,46260%
Beech Acres$56,25050%
Taft Museum of Art$30,60040%
Media Research Center$30,00050%
Cincinnati Nature Center$27,60050%
Prager University Foundation$25,00060%
Old Art Building$20,0001n/a
Judicial Watch Inc$19,20050%
Tax Foundation$18,00040%
American Heart Association Inc$9,75020%
Clifton Cultural Arts Center$8,25050%
Cincinnati Museum Center$8,10020%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$7,07050%
Citizens Against Government Waste$7,00040%
The Independent Institute$6,00050%
After the Finish Line$6,00025%
Helen Woodward Animal Center$5,50060%
Leelanau Conservancy$5,00050%
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park$5,00050%
State Policy Network$4,50050%
Cincinnati Parks Foundation$4,35040%
Cincinnati Fire Museum$4,00031%
The Fund for American Studies$3,95040%
Talbert House$3,50060%
Cardinal Land Conservancy$3,00040%
University of Colorado Foundation$3,00020%
Lighthouse Youth Services$3,00050%
Pets for Patients$2,50032%
Lake Leelanau Lake Association$2,50040%
Cincinnati Athletic Club$2,50010%
Cato Institute$2,00020%
National Space Society$2,00030%
Ashland University$1,75060%
Cincinnati Works$1,75040%
Big Fish Foundation$1,5001n/a
Freestore Foodbank Inc$1,20020%
The Cincinnati Tennis Foundation$1,00010%
De Cavel Family Sids Foundation$1,00011%
Fort Worth Country Day School Inc$1,00010%
Turner Farm Preservation Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Cincinnati Museum of Athletics$1,00019%
Samaritan's Purse$1,0001n/a
National Cutting Horse Association$1,00010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$97540%
Freedomworks Inc$90040%
Smithsonian Institution$75020%
Alley Cat Allies Inc$75030%
Opportunity Ohio Inc$70040%
Junior League of Cincinnati$65010%
The Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc$60020%
Mercatus Center Inc$55030%
Restavek Freedom Foundation$50020%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$50010%
Save the Animals Foundation$50020%
The Christ Hospital$50010%
Maui Humane Society$50010%
Strategies to End Homelessness Inc$50010%
Hyde Park Multi-Service Center for Older Adults$50010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$45030%
EdChoice Inc$45030%
Cincinnati Country Day School$40020%
Accuracy in Media Inc$40040%
Stepping Stones Inc$35010%
Mackinac Center$35020%
Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts$35020%
Art Academy of Cincinnati$35020%
The Heartland Institute$35020%
Institute for Justice$30030%
Maui Arts & Cultural Center$30030%
Bishop Museum$30030%
Turning Point USA Inc$25010%
Khan Academy Inc$25010%
St Xavier High School Inc$2501n/a
Humane World for Animals International$25010%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$25010%
Ronald McDonald House Global$25010%
Fishtown Preservation Society Inc$25010%
Junior Achievement of Oki Partners$25010%
Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati$25010%
The Christ Hospital Foundation$25010%
Valley View Foundation$25010%
Foundation for Economic Education Inc$20010%
Ohio Cancer Research Associates$20010%
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra$20020%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$20010%
Capital Research Center$20020%
Mountain States Legal Foundation$20020%
Pacific Legal Foundation$20010%
Ohio Funeral Directors Association Education Foundation$2001n/a
Opera America Inc$12510%
Wyoming School Foundation$10010%
Hospice of Cincinnati Incorporated$10010%
Usga Foundation$10010%
Hudson Institute Inc$10010%
National Park Foundation$10010%
Property and Environment Research Center$10010%
League for Animal Welfare$10010%
Judy & John Ruthven Foundation Inc$10010%
Voyageur Media Group Inc$10010%
Young America's Foundation$10010%
Leelanau Historical Society$10010%
Breakthrough Cincinnati Inc$10010%
Curry College$10010%
Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute$10010%
Greenacres Foundation Inc$10010%
Pets in Need of Greater Cincinnati Inc$10010%
Hearing Speech and Deaf Center of Grea$10010%
Boy Scouts of America Council 438 Dan Beard$10010%
National Review Institute$10010%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$10010%
Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum$10010%
National Legal and Policy Center$10010%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$10010%
Breakthrough T1d$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 75 recipients with no EIN on record ($580k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Alpaugh Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Hamilton County Spca Inc Dba Spca Cincinnati: $141,200 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $109,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Museum Association: $100,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Buckeye Institute: $97,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCity Gospel Mission and Affiliates: $72,462 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBeech Acres: $56,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTaft Museum of Art: $30,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMedia Research Center: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Nature Center: $27,600 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $25,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $19,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTax Foundation: $18,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $9,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClifton Cultural Arts Center: $8,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Museum Center: $8,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Cincinnati Foundation: $7,070 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens Against Government Waste: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Independent Institute: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAfter the Finish Line: $6,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetHelen Woodward Animal Center: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLeelanau Conservancy: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetState Policy Network: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation: $4,350 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Fire Museum: $4,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetThe Fund for American Studies: $3,950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTalbert House: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCardinal Land Conservancy: $3,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLighthouse Youth Services: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPets for Patients: $2,500 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetLake Leelanau Lake Association: $2,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCincinnati Athletic Club: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCato Institute: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Space Society: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAshland University: $1,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Works: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFreestore Foodbank Inc: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cincinnati Tennis Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDe Cavel Family Sids Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFort Worth Country Day School Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTurner Farm Preservation Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Museum of Athletics: $1,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetNational Cutting Horse Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $975 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFreedomworks Inc: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 113.

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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.

The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH54.4× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Millstone Fund · The Frances R Luther Charitable Trust · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Hcs Foundation · The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent · Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Alpaugh Foundation

How much does The Alpaugh Foundation give?
The Alpaugh Foundation reported 54 grants totaling $353,895 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 101 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Alpaugh Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (20%), Animals (18%), Public Benefit (12%).
Who are The Alpaugh Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Hamilton County Spca Inc Dba Spca Cincinnati ($141k), The Heritage Foundation ($110k), Cincinnati Museum Association ($100k).
Does The Alpaugh Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Alpaugh Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Alpaugh Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, The Thomas J Emery Memorial, John a Schroth Family Char Tr.
Where is The Alpaugh Foundation based?
The Alpaugh Foundation is based in OH.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 197 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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