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Alloy Family Foundation Inc

Reston, VA · EIN 20-3142787. Reported 175 grants totalling $2,961,333 to 88 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$2,961,333granted, 2020-2024
88organizations funded
51%of grantees funded again the next year
$16.4Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Alloy Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $305,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
9 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
48 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
49 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
35 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
19 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
9 grants
$100,000 and Up
6 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Northern Virginia Family ServiceOakton, VA$661,530552024
Northern Virginia Science CtrFairfax, VA$350,000222023
The Kennedy CenterWashington, DC$189,106332022
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County IncWest Palm Beach, FL$186,800222024
Cornerstones IncReston, VA$155,000442024
Jewish Social Service AgencyRockville, MD$102,500442023
Inova Health System FoundationFairfax, VA$100,000112024
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY$100,000222024
Wolf Trap FoundationVienna, VA$77,000332023
Women Giving BackSterling, VA$60,000552024
Northern Virginia Science Center FoundationFairfax, VA$50,000112024
Usta Mid Atlantic FdnHerndon, VA$50,000222023
Doorways for Women and FamiliesArlington, VA$45,000552024
Shelter HouseReston, VA$45,000652024
Homeaid Northern VirginiaWoodbridge, VA$40,000442023
Junior Achievement of Greater WashingtonWashington, DC$35,000442023
So Others Might EatWashington, DC$35,000222021
PathwaysChillicothe, OH$30,000442023
Second StoryDunn Loring, VA$30,000332022
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsWashington, DC$27,650112024
Kennedy Center for Performing ArtsWashington, DC$27,605112023
Alzheimers AssociationWashington, DC$25,000112023
Bright BeginningsMiddletown, DE$25,000332022
Fairfax Court Appointed Special Advocates IncFairfax, VA$25,000112024
Girls Inc of BristolBristol, VA$25,000112021
Jewish Fed Wash DC UkraineNorth Bethesda, MD$25,000112022
Jewish Federation of Greater WashingtonNorth Bethesda, MD$25,000112021
Usta Mid Atlantic FoundationArlington, VA$25,000112024
Experience CampsWestport, CT$20,113552024
Fairfax CASAChagrin Falls, OH$20,000442023
Flint Hill SchoolOakton, VA$20,000442023
Homeaid America IncIrvine, CA$15,000112024
Autism SpeaksPrinceton, NJ$13,500222021
BritepathsFairfax, VA$12,500332022
FacetsAllegan, MI$12,500332022
Food for OthersFairfax, VA$12,500332022
Friendship PlaceWashington, DC$12,500332022
Good Shepherd HousingFostoria, OH$12,500332022
Loudoun Hunger ReliefLeesburg, VA$12,500332022
Martha's TableWashington, DC$12,500332022
New Hope HousingHouston, TX$12,500332022
Oar of Northern VirginiaFalls Church, VA$12,500332022
Temple Rodef ShalomFalls Church, VA$12,500222022
The Arc of Northern VirginiaFalls Church, VA$12,500332022
Hit the BooksNew York, NY$10,400332024
Children's Defense FundWashington, DC$10,000112020
New FuturesNew York, NY$10,000112022
Second Story IncWhite House, TN$10,000112024
Boys & Girls Club of Greater WashingtonWashington, DC$9,500112021
Stanley MartinReston, VA$8,400222022
JtccLake Jackson, TX$8,250332022
Generation Hope-WashingtonChicago, IL$7,500222021
Thrive DCWashington, DC$7,500222021
Charidy Friendship (charidycom)Brooklyn, NY$6,000222021
Friendship CircleBrooklyn, NY$6,000112022
Ability Fitness CenterLeesburg, VA$5,000112022
Food Rescue US DCStamford, CT$5,000112022
Natl Ctr for ChildrenNew York, NY$5,000112022
Oar of Fairfax County IncFairfax, VA$5,000112024
Refugees InternationalWashington, DC$5,000112020
Shared HorizonsWashington, DC$5,000112022
Easter SealsChicago, IL$3,500222021
Crohns & Colitis FoundationNew York, NY$2,789222022
Alzheimers AssociationChicago, IL$2,500112020
American Cancer SocietyAtlanta, GA$2,500112020
Anti-Defamation League & FoundationNew York, NY$2,500112020
Emerging ScholardsArlington, VA$2,500112020
Emerging ScholarsArlington, VA$2,500112021
Emerging Scholars Program IncArlington, VA$2,500112024
Good 360Alexandria, VA$2,500112020
National Ms SocietyNew York, NY$2,500112020
The Jewish Federation of Palm BeachWest Palm Beach, FL$1,800112023
Caring MattersGaithersburg, MD$1,500112022
College Bound-Washington DCWashington, DC$1,000112020
First Generation College Bound-LaurelLaurel, MD$1,000112020
Literary Council of Northern VirginiaFalls Church, VA$1,000112020
New Futures-Washington DCWashington, DC$1,000112020
Rcr-CharityBartlett, IL$1,000112021
Service SourceOakton, VA$1,000112020
Source AmericaVienna, VA$1,000112020
The Women's CenterChapel Hill, NC$1,000112020
CaringmattersGaithersburg, MD$512112020
University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA$500112021
American Heart AssociationDallas, TX$250112021
Als AssociationArlington, VA$225112023
Cmn Dance MarathonSalt Lake City, UT$200112021
Nfg Ambleside SchoolMclean, VA$103112021
Johns HopkinsBaltimore, MD$100112023

41 of 88 (47%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 51%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 90 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
18 grants
Housing & Shelter
16 grants
Youth Development
8 grants
Arts & Culture
8 grants
Diseases & Disorders
7 grants
Education
6 grants
International Affairs
5 grants
Employment
5 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202049$427,512$2,500
202146$651,264$5,000
202241$552,877$5,000
202321$624,730$10,000
202418$704,950$12,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Already committed for future years

Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Alloy Family Foundation Inc has 1 of them, worth $27,650. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.

OrganizationLocationApproved
Kennedy Center for Performing ArtsWashington, DC$27,650

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 63% of this one's giving went to organizations in Virginia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Virginia
$1.9M
District of Columbia
$403K
Florida
$189K
Maryland
$156K
New York
$145K
Ohio
$62K
Connecticut
$25K
Delaware
$25K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Virginia.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Alloy Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 11710 Plaza America Drive 1100, Reston, VA, 20190. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 20-3142787 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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