· Private foundation
The Lynn & Rovena Alexander Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $11k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $105k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE JUSTIN KING FOUNDATION | $104,856 |
| CHRISTIAN STUDENT FELLOWSHIP | $10,000 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $10,000 |
| ASBURY UNIVERSITY EQ | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| MARCH OF DIMES | $1,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $500 |
| ALL GOD'S CHILDREN INC | $500 |
| KENTUCKY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FUND | $500 |
| GOD'S PANTRY FOOD BANK | $500 |
| KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TJTHE JUSTIN KING FOUNDATION INCORPORATED5× · 2020–2024 · $408k · revenue +130% · 25% of their budget
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN3× · 2017–2019 · $23k · revenue +120%
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC5× · 2017–2021 · $21k · revenue +145%
Funded once
- WIWINSPIRE INCone grant, 2023 · $12k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $6k
- MCMCLEOD'S COFFEE HOUSEone grant, 2020 · $2k
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.
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.
For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…
Wipe out kids cancer offers comfort and hope to kids with cancer through support programs serving the entire family and funds innovative research leading to new discoveries and treatments in the fight against pediatric cancer. "support and…
East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.
Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…
We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.
Kennedy krieger children's hospital (kkch) offers clinical programs to meet the specialized needs of children and adolescents with developmental disabilities. more than 35 different outpatient programs and four inpatient units address the…
Dedicated to the mission of providing the best possible care and services for all children who come to us because of sickness and injury.
Sibley memorial hospital in washington, d.c., a member of johns hopkins medicine, has a distinguished history of serving the community since its founding in 1890. as a not-for-profit, full-service community hospital, sibley offers…
The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…
To bring expert care, peace of mind, comfort, guidance and hope to people who are affected by serious illness or by grief.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 28 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE JUSTIN KING FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds LEXINGTON SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
- Who funds KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds THE HOPE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds ALL GOD'S CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds GOD'S PANTRY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS KENTUCKY INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MARKEY CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PRISON EVANGELISM INC ↗
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: Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Lynn & Rovena Alexander Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lynn & Rovena Alexander Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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