Funding search · EIN 137228276 · Greenwich, CT

The Alfa Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

47
grants reported
$10.7M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

furtherobjectiveeducationalresearchabilitiesbecomefoodfoundation

Full IRS filings ↗How this is builtReport an error

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Sign in to analyze this funder’s giving pattern. Free in early access.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Rippowam Cisqua School7 grants · $5.0M
  • Hospital for Special Surgery4 grants · $1.0M
  • Greenwich Hospital4 grants · $700,000
  • Indian Harbor Yacht Club Foundation1 grant · $500,000
  • Columbia University (Opthalmology Annual Fund Unrestricted)4 grants · $450,000
  • Sun Valley Music Festival Sun Valley Summer Symphony3 grants · $300,000
  • Clubhouse International International Center for Clubhouse Development3 grants · $300,000
  • Brunswick School1 grant · $250,000
  • Columbia University Medical Center (Cuimcoccc)1 grant · $250,000
  • Columbia University Medical Center (Ccti)1 grant · $250,000

Giving over time

$1.9M
2022
$3.0M
2023
$2.6M
2024
$3.2M
2025

Grant history

All 47 reported grants, largest first.

  • $1.3M

    Rippowam Cisqua School · Bedford, NY · 2025

    Educational support

  • $1.3M

    Rippowam Cisqua School · Bedford, NY · 2024

    Educational purposes

  • $1.3M

    Rippowam Cisqua School · Bedford, NY · 2023

    Educational support

  • $500,000

    Rippowam Cisqua School · Bedford, NY · 2025

    Educational purposes

  • $500,000

    Rippowam Cisqua School · Bedford, NY · 2024

    Educational support

  • $500,000

    Indian Harbor Yacht Club Foundation · Greenwich, CT · 2023

    To support indian harbor yacht club foundation

  • $250,000

    Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2025

    To support institution-wide research intitiatives in periprosthetic joint infection

  • $250,000

    Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2024

    To support institution-wide research intitiatives in periprosthetic joint infection

  • $250,000

    Greenwich Hospital · Cos Cob, CT · 2023

    To support the greenwich hospital annual fund

  • $250,000

    Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2023

    To support institution-wide research intitiatives in periprosthetic joint infection

  • $250,000

    Waterside School · Stamford, CT · 2023

    To support duncan edwards endowment fund

  • $250,000

    Brunswick School · Greenwich, CT · 2022

    Support for academic and extracurricular activities to boys in the broader communities

  • $250,000

    Columbia University Medical Center (Ccti) · New York, NY · 2022

    Support for providing health care research in human immunology

  • $250,000

    Columbia University Medical Center (Cuimcoccc) · New York, NY · 2022

    Support for providing health care research

  • $250,000

    Greenwich Hospital · Cos Cob, CT · 2022

    To support the greenwich hospital annual fund

  • $250,000

    Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2022

    Complex joint reconstruction center endowment

  • $200,000

    Los Angeles Regional Food Bank · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    To support food security in lower fairfield county

  • $200,000

    Northern Westchester Hospital Association · Mt Kisco, NY · 2025

    Operational support

  • $200,000

    Co-Operative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc (Care Inc) · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    To support the ukraine crisis fund

  • $150,000

    Columbia University (Opthalmology Annual Fund Unrestricted) · New York, NY · 2025

    To support the ophthalmology fund

  • $150,000

    Rippowam Cisqua School · Bedford, NY · 2022

    Support for pandemic relief

  • $100,000

    Clubhouse International International Center for Clubhouse Development · New York, NY · 2025

    Further charitable objective

  • $100,000

    Greenwich Hospital · Cos Cob, CT · 2025

    To support the greenwich hospital annual fund

  • $100,000

    Rippowam Cisqua School · Bedford, NY · 2025

    Educational purposes

  • $100,000

    St Luke'S Wood River Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2025

    To support st. Luke's wood river foundation

  • $100,000

    Sun Valley Music Festival Sun Valley Summer Symphony · Sun Valley, ID · 2025

    To further charitable objective

  • $100,000

    The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County · Stamford, CT · 2025

    To support those who are food insecure

  • $100,000

    Clubhouse International International Center for Clubhouse Development · New York, NY · 2024

    Further charitable objective

  • $100,000

    Columbia University (Opthalmology Annual Fund Unrestricted) · New York, NY · 2024

    To support the ophthalmology fund

  • $100,000

    Greenwich Hospital · Cos Cob, CT · 2024

    To support the greenwich hospital annual fund

  • $100,000

    Sun Valley Music Festival Sun Valley Summer Symphony · Sun Valley, ID · 2024

    To further charitable objective

  • $100,000

    Clubhouse International International Center for Clubhouse Development · New York, NY · 2023

    Further charitable objective

  • $100,000

    Columbia University (Opthalmology Annual Fund Unrestricted) · New York, NY · 2023

    To support the ophthalmology fund

  • $100,000

    Sun Valley Music Festival Sun Valley Summer Symphony · Sun Valley, ID · 2023

    To further charitable objective

  • $100,000

    Baylor College of Medicine (Robert J Luchi Clinical Chair in Geriatrics) · Houston, TX · 2022

    To support medical research directed toward the robert j. Luchi clinical chair in geriatrics

  • $100,000

    Columbia University (Opthalmology Annual Fund Unrestricted) · New York, NY · 2022

    To support the ophthalmology fund

  • $50,000

    The Writing Revolution · New York, NY · 2025

    Support for all students' abilities to become proficient writers, readers, and critical thinkers

  • $50,000

    A Walk On Water · Malibu, CA · 2024

    To further the charitable objective

  • $50,000

    St Luke'S Wood River Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2024

    To support st. Luke's wood river foundation

  • $50,000

    The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County · Stamford, CT · 2024

    To support those who are food insecure

  • $50,000

    The Writing Revolution · New York, NY · 2024

    Support for all students' abilities to become proficient writers, readers, and critical thinkers

  • $50,000

    A Walk On Water · Malibu, CA · 2023

    To further the charitable objective

  • $50,000

    St Luke'S Wood River Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2023

    To support st. Luke's wood river foundation

  • $50,000

    The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County · Stamford, CT · 2023

    To support those who are food insecure

  • $50,000

    The Writing Revolution · New York, NY · 2023

    Support for all students' abilities to become proficient writers, readers, and critical thinkers

  • $50,000

    The Writing Revolution · New York, NY · 2022

    Support for all students' abilities to become proficient writers, readers, and critial thinkers

  • $25,000

    Eagle Hill Foundation · Greenwich, CT · 2024

    Educational support

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.