Illinois · Private foundation
The Alsam 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.
- $49M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $750,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,650,237
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 31
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $50M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations The Alsam Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32M 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 | 20 | $49M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $67M | 26% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $38M | 36% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $28M | 48% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $31M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Scripps Research Institute | $36,635,331 | 4 | 2% |
| University of Utah | $24,150,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Skaggs Catholic Center LLC | $21,039,333 | 4 | n/a |
| Idaho State University | $14,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Living Planet Inc | $6,492,729 | 3 | 19% |
| Westminster University | $5,000,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Scripps Health | $4,501,869 | 1 | 0% |
| University of San Diego | $4,125,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Idaho Youth Ranch Inc | $2,000,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Ducks Unlimited Inc | $2,000,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Scripps Research Institute | $36,635,331 | 4 | 2% |
| University of Utah | $24,150,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Skaggs Catholic Center LLC | $21,039,333 | 4 | n/a |
| Idaho State University | $14,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Living Planet Inc | $6,492,729 | 3 | 19% |
| Westminster University | $5,000,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Scripps Health | $4,501,869 | 1 | 0% |
| University of San Diego | $4,125,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Idaho Youth Ranch Inc | $2,000,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Ducks Unlimited Inc | $2,000,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Idaho State University Foundation Inc | $1,500,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Vital Ground Foundation Inc | $1,200,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Idaho Foodbank Warehouse | $700,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Tracy Aviary | $645,000 | 2 | 8% |
| North Carolina State | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wasatch Homeless Health Care | $500,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Billings Catholic Schools Foundation | $300,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Wasatch Mountain Institute | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Patrick Catholic Church | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Cross Ministries of Utah | $250,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Neighborhood House Association | $222,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Utah Food Bank | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighborhood House Assn | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Raptors of the Rockies | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($87M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Alsam Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: McCarthey Family Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Making a Difference Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About The Alsam Foundation
- How much does The Alsam Foundation give?
- The Alsam Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $49,056,610 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 31 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Alsam Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (43%), Health (23%), Religion (11%).
- Who are The Alsam Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Scripps Research Institute ($37M), University of Utah ($24M), Skaggs Catholic Center LLC ($21M).
- Does The Alsam Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Alsam 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 Alsam Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include McCarthey Family Foundation, Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation, Sorenson Legacy Foundation.
- Where is The Alsam Foundation based?
- The Alsam Foundation is based in IL.
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