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The Alton Foundation

Name: The Alton Foundation grants, 2023–2025
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.

120
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2023–2025
filing years: $6,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

animals children cruelty educational literacy prevention public religious

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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.

Evangelical Church of Christ3 grants · $140,049
Hoyleton Youth and Family Services3 grants · $95,291
Crisis Food Center3 grants · $95,000
Hitz Memorial Home3 grants · $71,468
Operation Blessing3 grants · $60,000
Wm Bedell Achievement & Resource Center6 grants · $51,500
Alton Salvation Army3 grants · $47,646
Father Flanagan'S Boys Home3 grants · $47,646
Boys and Girls Club of Alton3 grants · $38,600
St Mary'S School3 grants · $36,500

Giving over time

$324,920

2023

$392,315

2024

$424,232

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 120 grants.

$56,316
Evangelical Church of Christ · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$45,060
Evangelical Church of Christ · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$38,673
Evangelical Church of Christ · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$37,544
Hoyleton Youth and Family Services · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$35,000
Crisis Food Center · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$31,076
Hoyleton Youth and Family Services · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
Crisis Food Center · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$30,000
Crisis Food Center · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$28,158
Hitz Memorial Home · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$26,671
Hoyleton Youth and Family Services · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Operation Blessing · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$23,307
Hitz Memorial Home · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,003
Hitz Memorial Home · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Operation Blessing · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
St Mary'S School · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$19,600
Boys and Girls Club of Alton · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$18,772
Alton Salvation Army · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$18,772
Father Flanagan'S Boys Home · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,538
Alton Salvation Army · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,538
Father Flanagan'S Boys Home · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Operation Blessing · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$13,336
Alton Salvation Army · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$13,336
Father Flanagan'S Boys Home · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$12,500
Boys and Girls Club of Alton · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$12,000
The Restore Network · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$12,000
Wm Bedell Achievement & Resource Center · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$12,000
American Red Cross · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$12,000
Wm Bedell Achievement & Resource Center · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$11,000
American Red Cross · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$11,000
The Alton Mission · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$11,000
The Restore Network · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,400
Be a Bridge · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Centerstone · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Riverbend Head Start · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Centerstone · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Lewis and Clark Community College · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Riverbend Head Start · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Salvation Army · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Restore Network · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$9,500
St Mary'S School · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$9,386
Madison County American Cancer Society · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$9,300
Beverly Farm Foundation · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$9,000
Lewis and Clark Community College · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$8,500
Wm Bedell Achievement & Resource Center · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$8,500
Riverbend Head Start · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$8,000
Beverly Farm Foundation · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$8,000
Wm Bedell Achievement & Resource Center · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$8,000
Madison County Catholic Charities · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$8,000
The Alton Mission · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$8,000
Wm Bedell Achievement & Resource Center · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$7,769
Madison County American Cancer Society · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$7,700
Greater Alton Community Development · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$7,700
Marquette Catholic High School · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$7,681
Marquette Catholic High School · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,055
St Ambrose School · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,000
Lewis and Clark Community College · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$7,000
St Ambrose School · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$7,000
St Mary'S School · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,668
Madison County American Cancer Society · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$6,500
Be a Bridge · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$6,500
American Red Cross · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,500
Boys and Girls Club of Alton · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
Madison County Catholic Charities · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$6,000
St Ambrose School · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$6,000
Community Hope Center · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,800
Be a Bridge · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,500
Madison County Catholic Charities · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Community Hope Center · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Evangelical Elementary School · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Marquette Catholic High School · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Pink Ribbon Good · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Riverbend Family Ministries · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Special Olympics · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Alton Mission · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Community Hope Center · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Special Olympics · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
United Methodist Village · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Centerstone · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$4,000
Options Nowthrive · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$4,000
Overnight Warming Locations · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$3,700
Madison County Association of the Blind · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$3,500
Greater St Louis Boy Scouts · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$3,500
Greater St Louis Boy Scouts · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,500
Osf Healthcare St Anthony'S · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
Riverbend Development Foundation · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$3,000
Ywca · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$3,000
Ywca · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
Alton Little Theatre · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
Riverbend Development Foundation · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
Ss Peter and Paul School · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
Wm Bedell Achievement & Resource Center · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
Ywca · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,873
Alton Police Youth Camp · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,873
Boy Scouts Trail West Council · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,873
Girl Scouts S Council · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestrcited
$2,873
Ywca · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Great Rivers Choral Society · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Pink Ribbon Good · Alton, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Mississippi Valley Christian School · Alton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,496
Alton Police Youth Camp · Alton, IL · 2025
Unrestricted

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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.