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ALEXANDER FRANKLIN CHARITABLE FDN

ALEXANDER FRANKLIN CHARITABLE FDN (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being BURTON & PHYLLIS HOFFMAN FOUNDATION INC ($2,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$29k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$5k
Net assets
$28k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 16%
01What it does

What Alexander Franklin Charitable Fdn does

Mission

Scholarships and support non-profit groups

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Provide scholarships to students and contributions to various non-profit organizations, including the boy scouts, public libraries, and other youth organizations.

    $28,478 spentof which $22,594 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $28,478.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($21k) Expenses 100 ($27k) Net assets 100 ($34k)2018 Revenue 98 ($21k) Expenses 107 ($29k) Net assets 67 ($22k)2019 Revenue 112 ($24k) Expenses 75 ($20k) Net assets 80 ($27k)2020 Revenue 79 ($17k) Expenses 49 ($13k) Net assets 92 ($31k)2021 Revenue 101 ($22k) Expenses 57 ($15k) Net assets 99 ($33k)2022 Revenue 22 ($5k) Expenses 52 ($14k) Net assets 71 ($24k)2023 Revenue 123 ($26k) Expenses 112 ($30k) Net assets 95 ($32k)2024 Revenue 120 ($26k) Expenses 114 ($31k) Net assets 79 ($27k)2025 Revenue 136 ($29k) Expenses 105 ($28k) Net assets 82 ($28k)
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Revenue (136)Expenses (105)Net assets (82)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $34k to $22k (−33%).

$34k
$22k
$27k
$31k
$33k
$24k
$32k
$27k
$28k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

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2018
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2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of ALEXANDER FRANKLIN CHARITABLE FDN’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,549 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$6k
’17
−$8k
’18
$4k
’19
$4k
’20
$6k
’21
−$9k
’22
−$4k
’23
−$5k
’24
$742
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $750.

From the IRS filings of ALEXANDER FRANKLIN CHARITABLE FDN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

ALEXANDER FRANKLIN CHARITABLE FDN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

50%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 67% · 2022 67% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of ALEXANDER FRANKLIN CHARITABLE FDN's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.

CT

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ALEXANDER FRANKLIN CHARITABLE FDN has grown faster than half of the 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds ALEXANDER FRANKLIN CHARITABLE FDN?
ALEXANDER FRANKLIN CHARITABLE FDN (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being BURTON & PHYLLIS HOFFMAN FOUNDATION INC ($2,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ALEXANDER FRANKLIN CHARITABLE FDN have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $5,000 in grants to ALEXANDER FRANKLIN CHARITABLE FDN, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ALEXANDER FRANKLIN CHARITABLE FDN?
BURTON & PHYLLIS HOFFMAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ALEXANDER FRANKLIN CHARITABLE FDN find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing