· Private foundation
The Alper Foundation Inc
Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE | $4,500 |
| THE INNOCENCE PROJECT | $4,000 |
| EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY | $3,000 |
| SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER | $2,500 |
| AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION | $2,000 |
| COLUMBIA LAND TRUST | $2,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| CRADLES TO CRAYONS | $1,000 |
| NURTURING MINDS | $600 |
| FAYERWEATHER STREET SCHOOL | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2018, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IRInternational Rescue Committee INC2× · 2017–2018 · $7k · revenue +81%
COLUMBIA LAND TRUST2× · 2017–2018 · $4k · revenue +70%- MHMASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +69%
Funded once
- DADANFORTH ART ALLIANCE INCone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -100%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +98%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…
Ilsi is a global, nonprofit federation dedicated to generating and advancing emerging science and groundbreaking research to ensure foods are safe, nutritious and sustainable, and that they improve planetary and human health and well-being…
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
Namati, inc. (namati) is dedicated to putting the law in people's hands. we strive to build a just world, in which every one of us can take part in the decisions and demand accountability from the institutions that affect our lives.…
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.
Aclu foundation of ma was established to defend freedoms guaranteed in the constitution and bill of rights through public education and litigation.
To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 12 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds COLUMBIA LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds DANFORTH ART ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
- Who funds NURTURING MINDS INC ↗
- Who funds FAYERWEATHER STREET SCHOOL INC ↗
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: Boston Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Alper Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Alper Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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