Funding search · EIN 454104746 · Columbia, MO

The Alden Family Foundation

Name: The Alden Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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: $47,300
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report 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.

Top recipients

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

United Way4 grants · $12,500
The Food Bank4 grants · $5,500
Univ of Missouri Tiger Scholarship4 grants · $3,500
Granny'S House4 grants · $2,350
The Center Project2 grants · $2,000
Grade a Plus4 grants · $2,000
Minority Mens Network4 grants · $2,000
Be the Change Volunteers4 grants · $2,000
Hope for Tomorrow4 grants · $2,000
True North Womens Shelter4 grants · $1,850

Giving over time

$11,550

2022

$10,900

2023

$10,500

2024

$14,350

2025

Grant history

All 68 reported grants, largest first.

$5,000
United Way · Columbia, MO · 2022
Donation
$2,500
The Food Bank · Columbia, MO · 2025
Donation
$2,500
United Way · Columbia, MO · 2025
Donation
$2,500
United Way · Columbia, MO · 2024
Donation
$2,500
United Way · Columbia, MO · 2023
Donation
$1,000
Mtpc · Boston, MA · 2025
Donation
$1,000
The Center Project · Columbia, MO · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Univ of Missouri Tiger Scholarship · Columbia, MO · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Voluntary Action Center · Columbia, MO · 2025
Donation
$1,000
The Center Project · Columbia, MO · 2024
Donation
$1,000
The Food Bank · Columbia, MO · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Univ of Missouri Tiger Scholarship · Columbia, MO · 2024
Donation
$1,000
City of Refuge · Columbia, MO · 2023
Donation
$1,000
The Food Bank · Columbia, MO · 2023
Donation
$1,000
Univ of Missouri Tiger Scholarship · Columbia, MO · 2023
Donation
$1,000
The Food Bank · Columbia, MO · 2022
Donation
$750
City of Refuge · Columbia, MO · 2022
Donation
$750
Granny'S House · Columbia, MO · 2022
Donation
$600
Granny'S House · Columbia, MO · 2023
Donation
$600
True North Womens Shelter · Columbia, MO · 2023
Donation
$500
Be the Change Volunteers · Columbia, MO · 2025
Donation
$500
Grade a Plus · Columbia, MO · 2025
Donation
$500
Granny'S House · Columbia, MO · 2025
Donation
$500
Hope for Tomorrow · Rockville, MD · 2025
Donation
$500
Minority Mens Network · Columbia, MO · 2025
Donation
$500
Neighbor To Neighbor · Worcester, MA · 2025
Donation
$500
Olivet Christian Church · Columbia, MO · 2025
Donation
$500
True North Womens Shelter · Columbia, MO · 2025
Donation
$500
Be the Change Volunteers · Columbia, MO · 2024
Donation
$500
Grade a Plus · Columbia, MO · 2024
Donation
$500
Granny'S House · Columbia, MO · 2024
Donation
$500
Hope for Tomorrow · Rockville, MD · 2024
Donation
$500
Minority Mens Network · Columbia, MO · 2024
Donation
$500
Olivet Christian Church · Columbia, MO · 2024
Donation
$500
True North Womens Shelter · Columbia, MO · 2024
Donation
$500
Be the Change Volunteers · Columbia, MO · 2023
Donation
$500
Grade a Plus · Columbia, MO · 2023
Donation
$500
Hope for Tomorrow · Rockville, MD · 2023
Donation
$500
Minority Mens Network · Columbia, MO · 2023
Donation
$500
Olivet Christian Church · Columbia, MO · 2023
Donation
$500
Be the Change Volunteers · Columbia, MO · 2022
Donation
$500
Grade a Plus · Columbia, MO · 2022
Donation
$500
Hope for Tomorrow · Rockville, MD · 2022
Donation
$500
Minority Mens Network · Columbia, MO · 2022
Donation
$500
Univ of Missouri Tiger Scholarship · Columbia, MO · 2022
Donation
$350
Win for Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2025
Donation
$350
Columbia Public School Foundation · Columbia, MO · 2023
Donation
$350
Nora Stewart Early Learning Center · Columbia, MO · 2023
Donation
$300
United Community Builders · Columbia, MO · 2022
Donation
$250
Center for Urban Agriculture · Columbia, MO · 2025
Donation
$250
Columbia Public School Foundation · Columbia, MO · 2025
Donation
$250
Job Point · Columbia, MO · 2025
Donation
$250
Ragtag Film Society · Columbia, MO · 2025
Donation
$250
Center for Urban Agriculture · Columbia, MO · 2024
Donation
$250
Columbia Public School Foundation · Columbia, MO · 2024
Donation
$250
Job Point · Columbia, MO · 2024
Donation
$250
Mobility Worldwide · Columbia, MO · 2024
Donation
$250
Nora Stewart Early Learning Center · Columbia, MO · 2024
Donation
$250
Ragtag Film Society · Columbia, MO · 2024
Donation
$250
Access Arts · Columbia, MO · 2023
Donation
$250
Center for Urban Agriculture · Columbia, MO · 2023
Donation
$250
Job Point · Columbia, MO · 2023
Donation
$250
Ragtag Film Society · Columbia, MO · 2023
Donation
$250
Circrati · Columbia, MO · 2022
Donation
$250
Grant Montessorirolling Reading · Columbia, MO · 2022
Donation
$250
Nora Stewart Early Learning Center · Columbia, MO · 2022
Donation
$250
Ragtag Film Society · Columbia, MO · 2022
Donation
$250
True North Womens Shelter · Columbia, MO · 2022
Donation

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.