Massachusetts · Private foundation
The George I Alden Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $11M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 79
- Grants FY2024
- 73
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 51%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 73 to 115
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $214M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 51% of the organizations The George I Alden Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.4M 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 | 78 | $11M | 40% |
| FY2023 | 73 | $11M | 51% |
| FY2022 | 93 | $11M | 58% |
| FY2021 | 115 | $11M | 94% |
| FY2020 | 92 | $10M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $4,050,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc | $1,845,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Trustees of Clark University | $1,450,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Worcester Natural History Society Inc | $1,300,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Worcester Historical Museum | $1,065,000 | 2 | 82% |
| St Johns High School | $800,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Worcester Academy | $800,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Music Worcester Inc | $780,000 | 4 | 13% |
| Worcester Educational Development Foundation Inc | $745,000 | 4 | 46% |
| Worcester County Mechanics Association Dba Mechanics Hall | $600,000 | 3 | 11% |
Show all 189 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 133 recipients with no EIN on record ($18M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The George I Alden Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 187 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · The Fletcher Foundation · Stoddard Charitable Trust · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · Webster Five Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc · Ruth H & Warren a Ellsworth Foundation · Schwartz Charitable Foundation · Hoche-Scofield Foundation-Equity · Wyman Gordon · Coghlin Services Fund · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The George I Alden Trust
- How much does The George I Alden Trust give?
- The George I Alden Trust reported 79 grants totaling $11,478,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 73 and 115 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The George I Alden Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (54%), Human Services (14%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are The George I Alden Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Worcester Polytechnic Institute ($4.0M), United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc ($1.8M), Trustees of Clark University ($1.4M).
- Does The George I Alden Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 51% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The George I Alden Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The George I Alden Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc, The Fletcher Foundation, Stoddard Charitable Trust.
- Where is The George I Alden Trust based?
- The George I Alden Trust is based in MA.
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