Funding search · EIN 046820195 · Boston, MA

Alvord Family Foundation

Name: Alvord Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

178
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.

Our Sister'S School4 grants · $406,125
New Bedford Light3 grants · $242,200
Rehearsal for Life3 grants · $140,000
Loomis Chaffee School2 grants · $90,000
Connecticut College3 grants · $80,000
New Bedford Lightthe Ground Truthproject1 grant · $55,900
Friends of Dartmouth Football3 grants · $40,000
Urban Improvfreelance Players1 grant · $40,000
New Bedford Whaling Museum3 grants · $29,000
Proctor Academy3 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$309,450

2021

$351,525

2022

$379,250

2023

$361,750

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 178 grants.

$106,125
Our Sister'S School · New Bedford, MA · 2022
General contribution
$100,000
New Bedford Light · New Bedford, MA · 2024
General contribution
$100,000
Our Sister'S School · New Bedford, MA · 2024
General contribution
$100,000
New Bedford Light · New Bedford, MA · 2023
General contribution
$100,000
Our Sister'S School · New Bedford, MA · 2023
General contribution
$100,000
Our Sister'S School · New Bedford, MA · 2021
General contribution
$65,000
Rehearsal for Life · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
General contribution
$55,900
New Bedford Lightthe Ground Truthproject · South Dartmouth, MA · 2021
General contribution
$55,000
Loomis Chaffee School · Windsor, CT · 2022
General contribution
$42,200
New Bedford Light · New Bedford, MA · 2022
General contribution
$40,000
Rehearsal for Life · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
General contribution
$40,000
Urban Improvfreelance Players · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
General contribution
$35,000
Loomis Chaffee School · Windsor, CT · 2023
General contribution
$35,000
Rehearsal for Life · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2021
General contribution
$30,000
Connecticut College · New London, CT · 2021
General contribution
$25,000
Connecticut College · New London, CT · 2024
General contribution
$25,000
New Bedford Whaling Museum · New Bedford, MA · 2024
General contribution
$25,000
Connecticut College · New London, CT · 2023
General contribution
$20,000
Friends of Dartmouth Football · Hanover, NH · 2024
General contribution
$15,000
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2024
General contribution
$15,000
Proctor Academy · Andover, NH · 2022
General contribution
$10,250
Westport Land Conservation Trust · Westport, MA · 2021
General contribution
$10,000
Friends of Dartmouth Football · Hanover, MA · 2023
General contribution
$10,000
Friends of Dartmouth Football · Hanover, MA · 2021
General contribution
$10,000
Zeiterion Theatre · New Bedford, MA · 2021
General contribution
$7,500
Northfield Mount Hermon · Gill, MA · 2022
General contribution
$6,000
Huntington Theatre Company · Boston, MA · 2023
General contribution
$6,000
Northfield Mount Hermon · Gill, MA · 2023
General contribution
$5,250
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2023
General contribution
$5,250
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022
General contribution
$5,000
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
General contribution
$5,000
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2023
General contribution
$5,000
Proctor Academy · Andover, NH · 2023
General contribution
$5,000
National Outdoor Leadership School · Lander, WY · 2022
General contribution
$5,000
Outdoor Academy · Pisgah Forest, NC · 2022
General contribution
$5,000
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2022
General contribution
$5,000
American Repertory Theater · Cambridge, MA · 2021
General contribution
$5,000
Massachusetts Design Art Tech Institute · New Bedford, MA · 2021
General contribution
$5,000
Northfield Mount Hermon · Mount Hermon, MA · 2021
General contribution
$5,000
Proctor Academy · Andover, NH · 2021
General contribution
$5,000
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2021
General contribution
$4,500
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2024
General contribution
$4,000
Immigrant Assistance Center · New Bedford, MA · 2023
General contribution
$4,000
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra · New Bedford, MA · 2023
General contribution
$3,500
The Park School · Brookline, MA · 2022
General contribution
$3,500
The Park School · Brookline, MA · 2021
General contribution
$3,000
Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
General contribution
$3,000
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra · New Bedford, MA · 2024
General contribution
$3,000
Tuck Annual Giving · Hanover, NH · 2024
General contribution
$3,000
Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
General contribution
$3,000
Tuck Annual Giving · Hanover, MA · 2023
General contribution
$3,000
Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
General contribution
$3,000
Lloyd Center for the Environment · Dartmouth, MA · 2021
General contribution
$3,000
Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2021
General contribution
$2,500
Arethusa Farm Foundation · Litchfield, NH · 2024
General contribution
$2,500
St Peter Parish · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General contribution
$2,500
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art · Hartford, CT · 2023
General contribution
$2,500
Immigrant Assistance Center · New Bedford, MA · 2022
General contribution
$2,500
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art · Hartford, CT · 2022
General contribution
$2,500
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2021
General contribution
$2,500
New Bedford Whaling Museum · New Bedford, MA · 2021
General contribution
$2,500
Wadsworth Atheneum · Hartford, CT · 2021
General contribution
$2,000
Old Dartmouth Historical Society · New Bedford, MA · 2023
General contribution
$2,000
Rogerson Communities · Boston, MA · 2022
General contribution
$2,000
Immigrant Assistance Center · New Bedford, MA · 2021
General contribution
$1,500
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2023
General contribution
$1,500
Community Foundation for Nantucket · Nantucket, MA · 2023
General contribution
$1,500
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2022
General contribution
$1,500
New Bedford Whaling Museum · New Bedford, MA · 2022
General contribution
$1,500
Tuck Annual Giving · Hanover, MA · 2022
General contribution
$1,500
Tuck School of Business · Hanover, MA · 2022
General contribution
$1,500
Rogerson Communities · Boston, MA · 2021
General contribution
$1,400
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra · New Bedford, MA · 2022
General contribution
$1,300
Mill Reef Fund · Detroit, MI · 2022
General contribution
$1,000
Breakthrough T1d · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General contribution
$1,000
Communities for Restorative Justice · Boston, MA · 2024
General contribution
$1,000
Design & Art Technology Massachusetts-Ma Design & Art Technology Institute · New Bedford, MA · 2024
General contribution
$1,000
Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra · Farmington, CT · 2024
General contribution
$1,000
Jupiter Island Medical Clinic · Hobe Sound, FL · 2024
General contribution
$1,000
Nantucket Cottage Hospital · Nantucket, MA · 2024
General contribution
$1,000
Southcoast Community Foundation · New Bedford, MA · 2024
General contribution
$1,000
Ymca Southcoast · New Bedford, MA · 2024
General contribution
$1,000
Community Music Works · Providence, RI · 2023
General contribution
$1,000
Cradles To Crayons · Newtonville, MA · 2023
General contribution
$1,000
Focus · Golden, CO · 2023
General contribution
$1,000
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2023
General contribution
$1,000
Lloyd Center for the Environment · South Dartmouth, MA · 2023
General contribution
$1,000
Massachusetts Design Art Tech Institute · New Bedford, MA · 2023
General contribution
$1,000
New Bedford Yacht Club Foundation · Dartmouth, MA · 2023
General contribution
$1,000
Rogerson Communities · Boston, MA · 2023
General contribution
$1,000
Watershed Center for Ceramicswatershed Now · Edgecomb, ME · 2023
General contribution
$1,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited · New Bedford, MA · 2023
General contribution
$1,000
152 Commonwealth Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
General contribution
$1,000
Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2022
General contribution
$1,000
Cradles To Crayons · Newtonville, MA · 2022
General contribution
$1,000
Emerald Necklace Conservancy · Boston, MA · 2022
General contribution
$1,000
Interlochen Center for Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2022
General contribution
$1,000
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2022
General contribution
$1,000
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General contribution
$1,000
Lloyd Center for the Environment · South Dartmouth, MA · 2022
General contribution

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