Washington · Private foundation
The Alton Family 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.
- $44k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,872
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,872
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations The Alton Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $44k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $100k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $94k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $87k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $169k | 39% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $454k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $678k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $577k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linfield Christian School | $95,263 | 5 | 0% |
| Crossroads Christian School | $40,196 | 2 | 2% |
| Life Services of Spokane | $30,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Riverside Christian School | $28,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Ligonier Ministries Inc | $18,500 | 1 | n/a |
| World In Need International Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Gilbert Christian Schools Inc | $18,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Arizona Christian University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evergreen Freedom Foundation | $8,872 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Policy Center | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linfield Christian School | $95,263 | 5 | 0% |
| Crossroads Christian School | $40,196 | 2 | 2% |
| Life Services of Spokane | $30,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Riverside Christian School | $28,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Ligonier Ministries Inc | $18,500 | 1 | n/a |
| World In Need International Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Gilbert Christian Schools Inc | $18,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Arizona Christian University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evergreen Freedom Foundation | $8,872 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Policy Center | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| By the Well Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Agape Christian Academy Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 10% |
| Spokane Valley Christian School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Great Northern University | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $2,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Policy Institute of Washington | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Revelation Media Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Embrace Equine Ministry | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| State Policy Network | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Alton Family 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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Servant Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Alton Family Foundation
- How much does The Alton Family Foundation give?
- The Alton Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $44,360 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Alton Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Religion (12%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are The Alton Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Linfield Christian School ($95k), Crossroads Christian School ($40k), Life Services of Spokane ($31k).
- Does The Alton Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Alton Family 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 Alton Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Servant Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Alton Family Foundation based?
- The Alton Family Foundation is based in WA.
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