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The Alper Family Foundation

Name: The Alper Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

68
grants reported: $1.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $7,975
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

further alper family endowed scholarship teach work based

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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.

Top recipients

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

Phillips Collection3 grants · $140,320
American University4 grants · $135,000
Kenyon College3 grants · $95,000
American Universitykatzen Arts Center1 grant · $67,500
Convergence Center for Policy Resolution2 grants · $65,000
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship2 grants · $63,000
Colorado State University Foundation2 grants · $55,000
The Washington Center3 grants · $45,000
Eastern Mennonite University4 grants · $37,500
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship(New York)1 grant · $30,000

Giving over time

$350,000

2022

$325,000

2023

$345,000

2024

Grant history

All 68 reported grants, largest first.

$67,500
American Universitykatzen Arts Center · Washington, DC · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$52,000
Phillips Collection · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$46,000
Phillips Collection · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$42,320
Phillips Collection · Washington, DC · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$40,000
American University · Washington, DC · 2024
Alper initiative for washington art endowed fund
$40,000
Colorado State University Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Ccc programs and activities
$40,000
Convergence Center for Policy Resolution · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Kenyon College · Gambier, OH · 2023
General operating support
$35,000
American University · Washington, DC · 2024
Museum exhibitions fund
$35,000
American University · Washington, DC · 2023
Alper initiative for washington art endowed fund
$35,000
Kenyon College · Gambier, OH · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$33,000
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$30,000
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship(New York) · New York, NY · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$25,000
American University · Washington, DC · 2023
Museum exhibitions fund
$25,000
Convergence Center for Policy Resolution · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$22,000
Colorado State Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$20,000
Kenyon College · Gambier, OH · 2024
General operating support
$16,000
Capital Jewish Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$15,000
Ashoka Innovators for the Public · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Eastern Mennonite University · Harrisonburg, VA · 2024
Alper family endowed scholarship
$15,000
The Washington Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Teach to work project-based mentoring program
$15,000
Colorado State University Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Ccc programs and activities
$15,000
The Washington Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Teach to work project-based mentoring program
$15,000
The Washington Center · Washington, DC · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$10,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Society of fellows
$10,000
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Foundation for Colorado Community Colleges · Denver, CO · 2023
Alper family scholarship fund
$10,000
Jazz Aspen Snowmass · Aspen, CO · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$10,000
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Au · Washington, DC · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$8,750
Jazz Aspen Snowmass · Aspen, CO · 2024
General operating support
$8,450
Jazz Aspen Snowmass · Aspen, CO · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$7,500
Eastern Mennonite University · Harrisonburg, VA · 2023
Cjp annual fund
$7,500
Eastern Mennonite University · Harrisonburg, VA · 2023
Alper family endowed scholarship
$7,500
Big Thompson Watershed Coalition · Loveland, CO · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$7,500
Colorado Open Lands · Lakewood, CO · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$7,500
Eastern Mennonite University · Harrisonburg, VA · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$7,500
Foundation for Colorado Community Colleges · Denver, CO · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$7,500
University of Virginia College at Wise · Wise, VA · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$6,000
Colorado Education Initiative · Denver, CO · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$5,000
California State University Northridge Foundation · Northridge, CA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Palm Beach State College Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
The alper family foundation teach to work fund
$5,000
Signature Theater · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Ashoka Innovators for the Public · Arlington, VA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Society of fellows
$5,000
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Knowledge Impact Network · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Palm Beach State College Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
The alper family foundation teach to work fund
$5,000
Signature Theater · Arlington, VA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Ashoka Innovators for the Public · Arlington, VA · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$5,000
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$5,000
Convergence-Center for Policy Resolution · Washington, DC · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$5,000
Palm Beach State College Foundation · Lake Worth, FL · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$5,000
Pbl Works-Buck Institute for Education · Novato, CA · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$5,000
Signature Theatre · Arlington, VA · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$5,000
The Knowledge Pledge · Menlo Park, CA · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$5,000
Unc Foundation · Greeley, CO · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$5,000
Washington Hebrew Congregation · Washington, DC · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$3,750
Capital Jewish Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$3,500
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
Annual fund
$3,500
University of Virginia'S College at Wise Foundation · Wise, VA · 2023
Alper-krogmann scholarship
$3,500
Friends Meeting School · Ijamsville, MD · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$1,730
Fishtails Animal Rescue · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To further the charitable purpose
$1,500
Fishtails Animal Rescue · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General operating support
$1,500
Fishtails Animal Rescue · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operating support
$1,500
University of Virginia'S College at Wise Foundation · Wise, VA · 2023
Alper-krogmann chancellor's fund for excellence

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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.