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The Armstrong Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$154k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
54
Grants FY2025
46
Organizations funded FY2024
11%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$34,550
Organizations funded a year
46 to 51
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
16
Total assets, FY2025
$2.9M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Armstrong Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEducationReligionFood & NutritionOther
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 arriving51$154k18%
FY202446$145k11%
FY202351$145k25%
FY202251$163k25%
FY202146$139kn/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.

Education$309kHealth$194kReligion$72kFood & Nutrition$49kInternational$49kHuman Services$26kArts & Culture$13kPublic Safety & Disaster$11kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
OH
NJ
RI
CO
KY
WV
VA
KS
TN
NC
DC
LA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Elon University$86,25050%
Jesuit Retreat House$27,5005n/a
Guilford College$22,50050%
The Institute of World Politics$21,00050%
Hawken School$17,50050%
Place of Hope Inc$14,00050%
Compassion International Incorporated$14,0005n/a
Samaritan's Purse$12,00040%
Central Michigan University$6,8005n/a
Southern Methodist University$6,00050%
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All grantees of The Armstrong Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Elon University$86,25050%
Jesuit Retreat House$27,5005n/a
Guilford College$22,50050%
The Institute of World Politics$21,00050%
Hawken School$17,50050%
Place of Hope Inc$14,00050%
Compassion International Incorporated$14,0005n/a
Samaritan's Purse$12,00040%
Central Michigan University$6,8005n/a
Southern Methodist University$6,00050%
Boca Raton Police Foundation Inc$6,00041%
Woodberry Forest School$5,00050%
Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation Inc$5,00050%
Buffalo Presbyterian Church$4,5003n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$4,50030%
Boca Helping Hands Inc$4,10040%
The Jed Foundation$3,75040%
Isidore Newman School$3,50050%
Beacon of Hope Inc$3,2505n/a
Greensboro Independent School Corp$3,10050%
Davidson College$3,00050%
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation Inc$3,00030%
Project Hood Community Development Corporation$3,00010%
Dream Foundry$2,50022%
Family Service of the Piedmont Inc$2,00030%
Lake Erie Ink$2,00040%
Hunger Task Force Inc$2,00030%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$1,50010%
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School$1,25020%
Providence Public Library$1,20050%
Lynchburg Grows$1,20040%
Best Friends Foundation$1,00010%
Miriam's House Inc$1,00010%
LitArts RI$1,00010%
Nashville Rescue Mission$1,00010%
Guaranty Foundation$75011%
Friends of Rogers Free Library Inc$70020%
Bethany College$65050%
The Servant Center Inc$50010%
Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity$50020%
Oconomowoc Food Pantry Inc$50010%
Oconomowoc Silver Streak Inc$5001n/a
Grand Blanc Community Schools$5001n/a
Vanderbilt University$50010%
Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation$50010%
Caldwell Academy$50020%
Elmbrook Humane Society Inc$1001n/a
Caring Services Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($443k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetElon University: $86,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGuilford College: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Institute of World Politics: $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHawken School: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPlace of Hope Inc: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Raton Police Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetWoodberry Forest School: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLynchburg City Schools Education Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Helping Hands Inc: $4,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jed Foundation: $3,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIsidore Newman School: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGreensboro Independent School Corp: $3,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDavidson College: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVictims of Communism Memorial Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProject Hood Community Development Corporation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDream Foundry: $2,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetFamily Service of the Piedmont Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLake Erie Ink: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHunger Task Force Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProvidence Public Library: $1,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLynchburg Grows: $1,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBest Friends Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMiriam's House Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLitArts RI: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNashville Rescue Mission: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuaranty Foundation: $750 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFriends of Rogers Free Library Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBethany College: $650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Servant Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOconomowoc Food Pantry Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVanderbilt University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKappa Kappa Gamma Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaldwell Academy: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCaring Services Inc: $100 over 1y, 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 40.

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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.

Amg Charitable Gift FoundationCO14.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Harry D Forsyth Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Baird Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase 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.

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About The Armstrong Family Foundation

How much does The Armstrong Family Foundation give?
The Armstrong Family Foundation reported 54 grants totaling $154,080 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 51 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does The Armstrong Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Health (22%), Religion (8%).
Who are The Armstrong Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Elon University ($86k), Jesuit Retreat House ($28k), Guilford College ($23k).
Does The Armstrong Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Armstrong Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Armstrong Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amg Charitable Gift Foundation, Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc, The Harry D Forsyth Foundation.
Where is The Armstrong Family Foundation based?
The Armstrong Family Foundation is based in WI.

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 86 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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