Grants for alumni associations

Name: Top 25 grants made to alumni associations
Creator: Cause IQ
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344 alumni associations received at least $24.6 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 386 grants made from 285 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 285 foundations, 88% made just a single grant to alumni associations, and 3% made grants to four or more alumni associations. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$24,634,076

Total grant dollars given to alumni associations

386

Number of grants made annually to alumni associations

285

Number of grantmakers funding alumni associations

$1,000

Median grant size to alumni associations

Foundations that support alumni associations

Out of all grants made to alumni associations, 70% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 97% of the dollar-value of grants to alumni associations. Foundations funding alumni associations also made grants to scholarship organizations, colleges, universities, multiservice human service organizations, and educational service providers.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	200
Medium	31
Large	53

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	15
Private	215
Corporate	29
Other	26

Grants made

Grants made to alumni associations	Number of grantmakers
1	252
2-3	22
4-10	9
11+	2

Top 10 foundations supporting alumni associations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to alumni associations	Number of grants made to alumni associations	Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	19	$104
Fidelity Foundation	MA	National	0.0%	11	$3,000
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	10	$458
Synchrony Foundation	CT	National	0.0%	10	$175
Baxter	IL	National	0.1%	7	$625
Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region	NY	Metro	0.2%	6	$1,000
Community Foundation of North Texas (NTXCF)	TX	State	0.0%	5	$1,000
Sempra Energy Foundation	CA	State	0.2%	5	$65
Albemarle Foundation	NC	National	0.1%	4	$400
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.1%	4	$450

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Alumni associations grantees

Alumni associations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 77% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 33% of all alumni associations.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	379
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	7

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$890
$500k-$1M	$1,000
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$875

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	51
Texas	39
California	29
Connecticut	26
Other	241

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New Haven	19
Poughkeepsie	18
Albany, NY	17
San Francisco	16
Other	277

Top 25 grants made to alumni associations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Washington University School of Medicine Health Admin Program	$5,000,000	Support Medical Education, Research, & Patient Care Needs in the BJH Communities	BJC Health System
United States Naval Academy Alumni Association	$4,379,988	General Support	Us Naval Academy Foundation
Georgia Tech Alumni Association	$3,668,965	Alumni Association	Georgia Tech Foundation
Rutgers Alumni Association	$2,939,413		Cornell University
KU Alumni Association	$2,691,802	General Support To Further the Mission of the Alumni Association To Inform, Engage, and Mobilize the Ku Community.	KU Endowment
The Rampart Chapter of the Association of Graduates Usafa	$2,679,600	General	Dorothy D. & Joseph A. Moller Foundation
University of California San Francisco	$2,651,522	Sub-Award	Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
Alumni Association of the University of Michigan	$5,000	Program Support	The Miami Foundation
Uc Berkeley Chicano Latino Alumni Association	$5,000	For Core Operating Support To Develop A Prevention Wellness Model for Chicano Latino Alumni in the Bay Area That Consists of Mental Health Workshops, A Mentoring Program, and A Cultura Cura Health Summit.	California Wellness Foundation
John Gardner Fellowship Association	$5,000	For Core Operating Support of the Alumni Association and To Honor the 30th Anniversary of the John Gardner Fellowship Program Which Promotes Students' Involvement in Public Service Careers.	California Wellness Foundation
West Point Association of Graduates	$5,000	Charitable	The Noble Causes Foundation
Diamond Derby Barnstable Brown Party	$5,000	The Foundation Donated $5,000 To Support the Barnstable Frown Diabetes and Obesity Center at the University of Kentucky.	The Vince Wilfork Foundation
Stephen F Austin State University Alumni Association	$5,000	B84 Alumni Associations	The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository
West Point Association of Graduates	$5,000	Superintendant's Annual Fund	The Castle Foundation
University of California San Francisco	$5,000	Division of Gastroenterology	Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund
University of Baltimore Foundation	$5,000	For Program Services	William E Cross Foundation
Stephen F Austin High School Alumni Association	$5,000	Unrestricted	The Ralph H and Ruth J Mccullough Foundation
Burleson Ex-Students Association	$5,000	Scholarships-High School Graduates	Baker Foundation of Burleson
Kia Kima Alumni Association	$5,000	General Program Support	T-Mobile USA Foundation
Chicago Blackhawk Alumni Association	$5,000	To Support the Chicago Blackhawks Alumni Association	John F and Joan P Mullins Charitable Foundation
AA Alumni Foundation	$5,000	Education Contribution	Eric Javits Family Foundation
M Club of the University of Michigan	$5,000	Letterwinners M Club	The Wadhams Family Foundation
Alumni Association of the University of Michigan	$5,000	Educational	DevTo Support Foundation
Cornell University Medical College Alumni Association	$5,000	Awards for Research, Education and Medical Stipends	American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APAF)
Genco Alumni Association of Michigan	$5,000	To Enhance the Charitable Operations of the Organization.	Sandhu Charitable Foundation Ii

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Alumni associations" category for this page is determined by the "B84: Alumni Associations" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.