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Judith Alexander Foundation Inc

Decatur, GA · EIN 20-2432220. Reported 48 grants totalling $964,250 to 47 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$16,000median grant
$964,250granted, 2021-2024
47organizations funded
0%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,910,147assets, 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. Judith Alexander 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 $16,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $115,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
7 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
3 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
24 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
12 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

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
Brooklyn Art MuseumBrooklyn, NY$115,000112022
African Diasperic Art MuseumAtlanta, GA$60,000112023
Moderna MuseetStockholm, GA$45,000112023
Emory University Museum Michael C Carlos Museum Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA$40,000112024
Harvard University Harvard University Harvard Art MuseumsCambridge, MA$40,000112024
National Museum of WomenWashington, DC$31,500112023
American Visionary Art MuseumBaltimore, MD$25,000112023
Deyounglegion of Honor MuseumSan Francisco, CA$25,000112023
Fisk University Fisk Universitycarl Van Vechten Art GalleryNashville, TN$25,000112024
Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art of GaAtlanta, GA$25,000112024
Springfield Museum of ArtSpringfield, OH$25,000112023
The Menil Foundation IncHouston, TX$25,000112023
Twinmo Documentary Music DevAtlanta, GA$25,000112021
Winston Salem State UniversityWinston Salem, NC$25,000112023
California Afircan American MuseumLos Angeles, CA$22,000112023
Hampton UniversityHampton, VA$22,000112023
Nelson-Atkins MuseumKansas City, MO$22,000112023
Smithsonia National MuseumWashington, DC$22,000112023
Berea College Berea Collegedoris Ulmann GalleriesBerea, KY$20,000112024
Intuit Art MuseumChicago, IL$20,000112023
Hunter Museum of ArtChattanooga, TN$17,000112023
Oglethorpe University Oglethorpe University Museum of ArtAtlanta, GA$16,500112024
Crystal Bridges MuseumBentonville, AR$16,000112023
Duke University Duke University Nasher Museum of ArtDurham, NC$16,000112024
Kohler Arts CenterSheboygan, WI$16,000112023
Ohr-Keefe Museum of Art Ohr-Okeefe Museum of ArtBiloxi, MS$16,000112024
Princeton University Princeton University Art MuseumPrinceton, NJ$16,000112024
The Morgan Library & Museum the Morgan Library & MuseumNew York, NY$16,000112024
Tougaloo College Tougaloo College Art CollectionsTougaloo, MS$16,000112024
Yale University Yale University Art GalleryNew Haven, CT$16,000112024
Atlanta Univeristy Center LibraryAtlanta, GA$15,000112023
Milwaukee Art MuseumMilwaukee, WI$15,000112023
Oberlin College Oberlin Collegeallen Memorial Art MuseumOberlin, OH$15,000112024
University of Georgia University of Georgia Georgia Museum of Art Uga FoAthens, GA$15,000112024
Xavier University of LouisianaNew Orleans, LA$11,000112023
Opendox Org IncBrooklyn, NY$10,000112022
Speed Art MuseumLouisville, KY$10,000112023
Talladega College Talladega College Savery Library Special CollectioTalladega, AL$10,000112024
Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsRichmond, VA$8,500112023
Georgia Historical SocietySavannah, GA$5,000112023
High Museum of ArtAtlanta, GA$5,000112021
National Museum for Women in ArtsWashington, DC$5,000222022
Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA$4,750112023
Atlanta High Museum of ArtAtlanta, GA$4,500112023
Montgomery Museum of Fine ArtsMotgomery, AL$4,500112023
Atlanta Jewish Film Society Atlanta Jewish Film Society (ajff)Atlanta, GA$2,500112024
Georgia Committee National Museum Georgia Committee National Museum of Women in theAtlanta, GA$2,500112024

1 of 47 (2%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 0%, across 3 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 the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 12 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
8 grants
Education
3 grants
Human Services
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
20213$32,500$5,000
20223$127,500$10,000
202325$496,750$20,000
202417$307,500$16,000

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.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 27% of this one's giving went to organizations in Georgia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Georgia
$261K
New York
$141K
District of Columbia
$58K
California
$47K
Tennessee
$42K
North Carolina
$41K
Ohio
$40K
Massachusetts
$40K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $16,000. 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 Georgia.
  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 Judith Alexander Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 1709 Carter Road, Decatur, GA, 30032. 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 20-2432220 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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