Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Workable Alternatives 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.
- $120k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Workable Alternatives Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 11 | $120k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $115k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $115k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $120k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $130k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $115k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $125,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| 350org | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Democracy Now Productions Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Global Links | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War | $45,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Type Media Center Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Physicians for a National Health Program | $35,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $125,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| 350org | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Democracy Now Productions Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Global Links | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War | $45,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Type Media Center Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Physicians for a National Health Program | $35,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Thomas Merton Center Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 4% |
| A Jewish Voice for Peace | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Workable Alternatives 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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Workable Alternatives Foundation
- How much does The Workable Alternatives Foundation give?
- The Workable Alternatives Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $120,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Workable Alternatives Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (22%), Civil Rights (22%), International (19%).
- Who are The Workable Alternatives Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc ($125k), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc ($105k), 350org ($60k).
- Does The Workable Alternatives Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Workable Alternatives 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 Workable Alternatives Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Workable Alternatives Foundation based?
- The Workable Alternatives Foundation is based in PA.
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