Texas · Private foundation
The Stanford & Joan Alexander 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.
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,749,645
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 79
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $32k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations The Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $286k 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 | 16 | $2.7M | 56% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $370k | 58% |
| FY2023 | 79 | $9.6M | 61% |
| FY2022 | 66 | $2.6M | 86% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $225k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $1.8M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $1.3M | 38% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $693k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holocaust Museum Houston | $1,090,000 | 5 | 3% |
| University of Texas Health Science Center Houston | $1,025,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Gladney Center for Adoption | $753,694 | 2 | 0% |
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | $671,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $625,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $530,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The United Way Inc | $400,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Wonderland Educational Estate Dba Beatrice Mayes Institute | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Judaism and Democracy Action Alliance of North America Inc | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Family Service | $124,404 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 108 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 57 recipients with no EIN on record ($14M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 Houston Community Foundation · Houston Jewish Community Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · MD Anderson Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Mechia Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · Strake Foundation · The Brodsky Foundation · Marek Family Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation with peer funders
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About The Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation
- How much does The Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation give?
- The Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $2,748,594 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 79 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (50%), Arts & Culture (17%), Health (15%).
- Who are The Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Holocaust Museum Houston ($1.1M), University of Texas Health Science Center Houston ($1.0M), The Gladney Center for Adoption ($754k).
- Does The Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Houston Jewish Community Foundation, Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation based?
- The Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation is based in TX.
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