Funding search · EIN 823859833 · Boston, MA

Algar 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.

120
grants reported
$2.0M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Maine College of Art and Design2 grants · $425,000
  • Cambridge School of Weston1 grant · $250,000
  • Gunsdown3 grants · $130,000
  • Utec3 grants · $120,000
  • New Venture Fund Fbo the Fund for a Safer Future2 grants · $100,000
  • Breakwater Learning3 grants · $97,750
  • Issue One3 grants · $90,000
  • Sandoway Discovery Center3 grants · $60,000
  • Citizens Schools2 grants · $60,000
  • Maine College of Art2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$662,000
2022
$463,900
2023
$857,750
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 120 grants.

  • $400,000

    Maine College of Art and Design · Portland, ME · 2024

    2024 meca pledge payment

  • $250,000

    Cambridge School of Weston · Weston, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $52,750

    Breakwater Learning · Portland, ME · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Global Impact Fbo Fund for a Safer Future · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Gunsdown · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    New Venture Fund Fbo the Fund for a Safer Future · Washington, DC · 2023

    F/b/o the fund for a safer future

  • $50,000

    New Venture Fund Fbo the Fund for a Safer Future · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    Utec · Lowell, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Gunsdown · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Utec · Lowell, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Gunsdown · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $40,000

    Utec · Lowell, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Issue One · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Citizens Schools · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Issue One · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Citizens Schools · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    College for Social Innovation · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Issue One · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Maine College of Art and Design · Portland, ME · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Breakwater Learning · Portland, ME · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Maine College of Art · Portland, ME · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Sandoway Discovery Center · Delray Beach, FL · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Maine College of Art · Portland, ME · 2022

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Sandoway Discovery Center · Delray Beach, FL · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Breakwater Learning · Portland, ME · 2022

    General operating support

  • $16,000

    Make a Change World · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Children'S Museum and Theatre of Maine · Portland, ME · 2022

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Brookline Arts Center · Brookline, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Caridad Center · Boynton Beach, FL · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Children'S Museum and Theatre of Maine · Portland, ME · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    College for Social Innovation · Boston, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Maine Donor Alliance Fund · Portland, ME · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Sail Maine · Portland, ME · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Sandoway Discovery Center · Delray Beach, FL · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    The Children'S Room · Arlington, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Tides Foundation Fbo Movement Voter Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Movement voter fund

  • $10,000

    Waynflete School · Portland, ME · 2024

    Annual fund

  • $10,000

    Brookline Arts Center · Brookline, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Caridad Center · Boynton Beach, FL · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Center for Disaster Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2023

    Maui recovery fund

  • $10,000

    College for Social Innovation · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023

    Aid to turkey

  • $10,000

    Full Plates Full Potential · Brunswick, ME · 2023

    Haute lunch special pledge

  • $10,000

    Le Jardin Academy · Kailua, HI · 2023

    2023-24 tuition of piper ingram

  • $10,000

    Maine Donor Alliance Fund · Portland, ME · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Sail Maine · Portland, ME · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    The Children'S Room · Arlington, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    American Civil Liberties Union of Maine · Portland, ME · 2022

    Alison beyea education equity and juvenile justice fund

  • $10,000

    Brookline Arts Center · Brookline, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Sail Maine · Portland, ME · 2022

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    State Leadership Project · Raleigh, NC · 2022

    Maine donor alliance fund - emerge maine

  • $5,000

    Achievement Centers for Children & Families · Delray Beach, FL · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    American Civil Liberties Union of Maine · Portland, ME · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    American Friends of Blue Ventures · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Caridad Center · Boynton Beach, FL · 2024

    College scholarship program

  • $5,000

    Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund · Huntington, VT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Maralliance · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Mechanics' Hall · Portland, ME · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Pitzer College · Claremont, CA · 2024

    Pitzer fund

  • $5,000

    Place of Hope · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood of Northern New England · Colchester, VT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Space Gallery · Portland, ME · 2024

    Youth programming

  • $5,000

    St Andrews School of Boca Raton · Boca Raton, FL · 2024

    Annual fund

  • $5,000

    Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Achievement Centers for Children & Families · Delray Beach, FL · 2023

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    American Civil Liberties Union of Maine · Portland, ME · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Children'S Museum and Theatre of Maine · Portland, ME · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund · Huntington, VT · 2023

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Maralliance · Houston, TX · 2023

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood of Northern New England · Colchester, VT · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Portland Parks Conservancy · Portland, ME · 2023

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Space Gallery · Portland, ME · 2023

    Youth programming

  • $5,000

    St Andrews School of Boca Raton · Boca Raton, FL · 2023

    Annual fund

  • $5,000

    Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Tides Foundation Fbo Movement Voter Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Movement voter fund

  • $5,000

    Unity School · Delray Beach, FL · 2023

    Annual fund

  • $5,000

    American Civil Liberties Union of Maine · Portland, ME · 2022

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Caridad Center · Boynton Beach, FL · 2022

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Film Independent Fbo After This · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    For after this

  • $5,000

    Full Plates Full Potential · Brunswick, ME · 2022

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood of North New England · Colchester, VT · 2022

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Space Gallery · Portland, ME · 2022

    Youth programming

  • $5,000

    St Andrews School of Boca Raton · Boca Raton, FL · 2022

    Annual fund

  • $5,000

    Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Unity School Endowment · Delray Beach, FL · 2022

    Annual fund

  • $2,500

    Maine Needs · Portland, ME · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Maine Needs · Portland, ME · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Pitzer College · Claremont, CA · 2023

    Pitzer fund

  • $2,500

    Power Speaks Louder · Moreno Valley, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $2,500

    Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Venice Arts · Marina Del Rey, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $2,500

    Concord Academy · Concord, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $2,500

    Oxbridge Academy · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022

    Oxbridge football program

  • $2,400

    Children'S Museum and Theatre of Maine · Portland, ME · 2023

    Centennial celebration

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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.