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 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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
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