Ohio · Public charity
The John and Mary Alford Foundation
To provide support of educational, social, religious and cultural programs to meet the needs of the growing and changing licking county, ohio community.
- $466k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations The John and Mary Alford Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 13 | $458k | 62% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $196k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $451k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $318k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $352k | 54% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $345k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $260k | 64% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $360k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newark Campus Development Fund | $502,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Newark Development Partners | $255,000 | 5 | 6% |
| The Works - Ohio Center for History Art & Technology | $150,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Habitat for Humanity - Midohio | $145,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Boys & Girls Clubs of Newark Inc | $120,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Licking Memorial Health Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $98,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Granville Athletic Boosters | $75,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Hospice of Central Ohio | $63,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Dawes Arboretum | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 39 grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($507k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The John and Mary Alford Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 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: Licking County Foundation Inc · First Federal Foundation · Energy Cooperative Roundup Foundation Inc · Park National Corporation Foundation · The Lindorf Family Foundation · Columbus Foundation · Licking Memorial Health Foundation · Cecil Mauger Charitable Trust · The O'Neill Foundation · The Englefield Foundation · The Lefevre Foundation · The Patricia R and Herbert J Murphy Foundation
How this is measured
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About The John and Mary Alford Foundation
- How much does The John and Mary Alford Foundation give?
- The John and Mary Alford Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $466,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The John and Mary Alford Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (23%), Arts & Culture (13%), Housing & Shelter (9%).
- Who are The John and Mary Alford Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Newark Campus Development Fund ($502k), Newark Development Partners ($255k), The Works - Ohio Center for History Art & Technology ($150k).
- Does The John and Mary Alford Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The John and Mary Alford Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Licking County Foundation Inc, First Federal Foundation, Energy Cooperative Roundup Foundation Inc.
- Where is The John and Mary Alford Foundation based?
- The John and Mary Alford Foundation is based in OH.
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