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Alku Foundation

Name: Alku 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.

111
grants reported: $1.5M
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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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.

Mass Mentoring Partnership2 grants · $350,430
Dove3 grants · $70,258
Silver Lining Mentoring1 grant · $65,000
Reproductive Equity Now Foundation1 grant · $60,000
A Better Chance of Andover2 grants · $60,000
Coaching 4 Change2 grants · $60,000
Bagly2 grants · $60,000
Shine Initiative1 grant · $50,500
Boston Scores2 grants · $46,040
Uncommon Threads2 grants · $45,777

Giving over time

$10,224

2022

$583,596

2023

$864,000

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 111 grants.

$195,430
Mass Mentoring Partnership · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$155,000
Mass Mentoring Partnership · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$65,000
Silver Lining Mentoring · Waltham, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$60,000
Reproductive Equity Now Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$60,000
Dove · Quincy, MA · 2023
General support
$55,000
Coaching 4 Change · Taunton, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$50,500
Shine Initiative · Worcester, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$50,000
Bagly · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$45,000
A Better Chance of Andover · Andover, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$40,777
Uncommon Threads · Lawrence, MA · 2023
General support
$40,000
Boys and Girls Club of Boston · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$40,000
Girls On the Run Greater Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$35,000
Third Sector New England (Future Chefs) · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$30,000
Girl Start · Austin, TX · 2024
General operating grant
$26,040
Boston Scores · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Boston Partners Edu · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Mosaic Interfaith Youth Activity · Newton Highlands, MA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Boston Scores · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$20,000
One Tree Planted · Shelburne, VT · 2023
General support
$15,000
Young Man With a Plan · Hyde Park, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$15,000
A Better Chance of Andover · Andover, MA · 2023
General support
$15,000
Youth Enrichment Services · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Bagly · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$10,000
Boston Partners in Education · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$10,000
Caties Closet · Dracut, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$10,000
City School · Dorchester, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$10,000
Dove · Quincy, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$10,000
Empower · Cohasset, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$10,000
Kids in Tech · Lowell, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$10,000
Mosaic Interfaith Youth Activity · Newton Highlands, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$10,000
The Food Project · Lincoln, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$10,000
Youth Enrichment Services · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$10,000
Young Man With a Plan · Hyde Park, MA · 2023
General support
$7,500
Community Art Center · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,307
Raw Artworks · Lynn, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
826 Boston · Roxbury, ME · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
A Better Chance of Winchester · Winchester, ME · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Beyond Soccer · Lawrence, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of Lowell · Lowell, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Boys and Girls Clubs Lawrence · Lawrence, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Buildon · Stamford, CT · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Community Youth Empowerment · West Wareham, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Family Services of Merrimack · Lawrence, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Greenagers · South Egremont, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Ground Level · Dorchester, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Junior Achievement · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Literations · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Mare Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange · Newton, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Massachusetts Science & Engineering Fair · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Nagly · Salem, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Project 351 · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Salesian Boys Girls Club · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Science Club for Girls · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Shooting Touch · Hyde Park, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Someone Elses Child Foundation · Dorchester, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Strong Women Strong Girls · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
The Chica Project · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Uncommon Threads · Lawrence, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Waltham Partnership for Youth · Waltham, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Boston Partners in Ed · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs Lawrence · Lawrence, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Lowell · Lowell, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Coaching 4 Change · Taunton, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Community Youth Empowerment · West Wareham, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Empower · Cohasset, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Girl Start · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
$5,000
Girls Inc Lowell · Lowell, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Kids in Tech · Lowell, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Literations · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Roots Teen Ctr · North Adams, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Salesian Boys Girls Club · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Sisters Unchained · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
The Shine Initiative · Worcester, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Unagb · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Waltham Partnership for Youth · Waltham, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Zumix · East Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Pop Warner Little Scholars · Dorchester Center, MA · 2022
General support
$2,500
Amazing Grace of Cape Cod · Centerville, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$2,500
Boothbay Ymca · Boothbay Harbor, ME · 2024
General operating grant
$2,500
Connors Kindness Project · Lynnfield, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$2,500
Good Shepherd Food Bank · Yarmouth, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$2,500
Hearty Roots · Damariscotta, ME · 2024
General operating grant
$2,500
Pa'Lante Transformative Justice · Holyoke, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$2,500
Playworks · Dorchester, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$2,500
Ria · Framingham, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$2,500
Roots Rising · Pittsfield, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$2,500
Sponsor Inc (Joyweavers) · Dedham, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$2,500
Someone Elses Child Fdn · Dorchester, MA · 2023
General support
$2,500
Youth Connect · Roxbury, MA · 2023
General support
$2,500
Amateur Athletic Union of the United States · Mattapan, MA · 2022
General support
$1,050
Stoneham B&G Club · Stoneham, MA · 2023
General support
$1,038
Cradles To Crayons · Newtonville, MA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Massachusetts Youth Leadership Foundation · Westwood, MA · 2024
General operating grant
$1,000
Reproductive Equity Now · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$825
Boston Lions Track Club · Mattapan, MA · 2022
General support
$618
Food Project · Lincoln, MA · 2023
General support
$547
Special Olympics · Marlborough, MA · 2023
General support
$515
Malden Warming Center · Malden, MA · 2023
General support
$483
Liken · Dedham, MA · 2022
General support
$414
Boys On the Right Track · Lake View, NY · 2023
General support

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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.