Michigan · Nonprofit
Alia Foundation
Alia Foundation (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being MICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $73k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $477
What Alia Foundation does
Mission
The Alia Foundation was formed by first generation educators to empower communities overcoming systemic inequities that limit their educational and economic mobility. Giving back to the communities that raised them first and second generation educators champion the literacy advancement of youth by further educating families as well as teachers through partnerships across the PK-20 education continuum. Community funded literacy initiatives across the EPIC and CEEN WeEnvision suite of programs include community continuing education outreach coaching workshops conferences and symposiums.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Monthly professional development days for educators. Biannual Literacy Conferences October 2024 March 2025: Convenings of language acquisition and literacy researchers and practitioners to facilitate interactive breakout sessions to PK12 educators of multilingual learners. Over 20,000 students impacted 420 teachers serviced and 7 professional learning communities established for ongoing coaching and networking.
$56,300 spent82% of program spendingMCAN ReConnect: Held monthly outreach events providing culturally and linguistically relevant talks and materials to provide tuition-free access to returning to college. Approximately 9,000 families individuals were reached across Wayne and Washtenaw Counties.
$12,500 spent18% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $68,800.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Alia Foundation’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.
Where its funders are
100% of Alia Foundation's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
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.
Against its field
Alia Foundation receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Alia Foundation: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Alia Foundation?
- Alia Foundation (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being MICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Alia Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to Alia Foundation.
- Who is the largest funder of Alia Foundation?
- MICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Alia Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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