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The Alton Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0158% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$695kReligion$318kYouth Development$52kCivil Rights$38kHealth$31kPhilanthropy$30kPublic Benefit$24kInternational$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$8,872
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CORBIN COLLEGE$8,872
THE OAKS$8,872
EVERGREEN FREEDOM FOUNDATION$8,872
NW CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC$8,872
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST$6,654
SPOKANE YOUTH FOR CHRIST$2,218
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NA: $29k → 11%NA: $10k → 10%LINFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $25k → 11%CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $26k → 22%NA: $39k → 11%NA: $169k → 13%WORLD IN NEED INTERNATIONAL: $18k → 13%NA: $25k → 14%NA: $75k → 14%NA: $34k → 12%CAMAS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $58k → 9%RIVERSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $10k → 17%NA: $46k → 14%JON & SUZANNE WRIGHT: $14k → 11%LINFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $24k → 11%LIGONIER MINISTRIES: $19k → 11%NA: $149k → 13%NA: $16k → 13%NA: $10k → 14%CORBAN COLLEGE: $41k → 14%NA: $15k → 12%LONG ISLAND YOUTH GUIDANCE: $20k → 14%LINFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $21k → 11%NA: $13k → 11%NA: $148k → 13%NA: $12k → 13%NA: $25k → 14%NA: $14k → 14%LINFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $17k → 11%JESUS FILMCRU: $61k → 13%NA: $25k → 11%NA: $25k → 11%FRIENDS OF NW: $12k → 12%NA: $21k → 12%SPOKANE VALLEY YOUNG LIFE: $14k → 12%NA: $15k → 12%NA: $15k → 12%DAVID BARTH: $13k → 12%NA: $15k → 12%NA: $35k → 12%NW CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $32k → 12%NA: $29k → 12%NA: $26k → 12%NA: $25k → 12%NW CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $22k → 12%LIFE SERVICES: $20k → 12%NA: $16k → 12%NW CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $13k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
IL
MI
OR
PA
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
OK
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 18 repeat orgs$308k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
35

Total granted

$2.3M
$283k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+22%

Still filing today

56%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationReligionCivil RightsHealthPublic BenefitOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • LC
    LINFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $95k · revenue +59%
  • CC
    CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $40k · revenue +20%
  • LS
    LIFE SERVICES OF SPOKANE
    3× · 2020–2023 · $31k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $61k
  • CC
    CORBAN COLLEGE
    one grant, 2020 · $41k
  • FF
    FREEDOM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $35k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
Liberty Christian School Inc

To provide quality educational services to students in grades kindergarten through twelve, in a Christ-centered environment.

Education
3
Colleyville Covenant Christian

The mission is to provide a biblically based classical college preparatory education that inspires a passion for excellence a heart of grace and the character of Christ.

Education
4
Seattle Classical Christian School

Sccs builds the city of god by forming servant leaders who love goodness, truth, and beauty.

Education
5
Reformed University Inc

Provide education in theology, divinity, religious education, ministerial training, business and organizational leadership.

Education
6
Summit Classical Christian School

Summit Classical Christian School is a PreK-12 school that exists to cultivate generations of joyful disciples of Christ by partnering with faithful Christian families to educate their children from a Biblical worldview using classical…

Education
7
Eugene Christian School

To assist families by proving a Christ-centered bible-based education that inspires each student to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and pursue excellence in moral character, academics, and service to others.

Education
8
Abilene Christian School Inc

The mission of Abilene Christian School, Inc. is to equip students to excel academically, serve meaningfully, and walk faithfully with God.

Education
9
Arcadia Christian School

Christian day school

Education
10
Westminster Academy

The school provides classical christian education to students in grades junior kindergarten through twelve.

Education
11
Covenant Christian School

Covenant Christian School (CCS) is committed to the academic, spiritual, physical, and social growth of our children in a Christ-centered environment. Continued on Schedule O Covenant Christian School cultivates a distinctive generation…

Education
12
Arborbrook Christian Academy

Arborbrook Christian Academy partners with parents to equip, empower, and encourage students to cultivate godly character, pursue life-long learning, and love the Lord Jesus Christ.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alliance Defending Freedom; the most unlike its peers is Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 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. 21 of the 56 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
20/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NA: $1,621,016 · OtherNATHE OAKS: $196,677 · OtherTHE OAKSLINFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $95,263 · Other+34 more: $456,283 · Other+34 moreCROSSROADS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $40,196 · EducationRiverside Christian School: $28,600 · EducationGilbert Christian Schools Inc: $18,000 · EducationARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationAGAPE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $5,500 · EducationSPOKANE VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $3,500 · EducationLigonier Ministries Inc: $18,500 · ReligionWorld In Need International Inc: $18,000 · ReligionBY THE WELL FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Religion+2 more: $1,500 · ReligionLIFE SERVICES OF SPOKANE: $30,500 · Health+1 more: $200 · HealthWASHINGTON POLICY CENTER: $7,500 · Civil RightsALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $2,500 · Civil RightsFamily Policy Institute of Washington: $1,500 · Civil Rights+1 more: $250 · Civil RightsJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $2,750 · Public Benefit
Other$2,369,239Education$110,796Religion$44,000Health$30,700Civil Rights$11,750Public Benefit$2,750

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLINFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $95,263 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROADS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $40,196 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetLIFE SERVICES OF SPOKANE: $30,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetRiverside Christian School: $28,600 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWorld In Need International Inc: $18,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGilbert Christian Schools Inc: $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON POLICY CENTER: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBY THE WELL FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAGAPE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $5,500 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetSPOKANE VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREAT NORTHERN UNIVERSITY: $3,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Policy Institute of Washington: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREVELATION MEDIA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 LINFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LIFE SERVICES OF SPOKANE ↗
  • Who funds Riverside Christian School ↗
  • Who funds Ligonier Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds World In Need International Inc ↗
  • Who funds Gilbert Christian Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds EVERGREEN FREEDOM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BY THE WELL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AGAPE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds SPOKANE VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds GREAT NORTHERN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗

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.

Natl Christian Charit…Servant FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA13× affinity12 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Alton Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Alton Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 56 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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