Loweth-Alvord Foundation
Wilmington, NC · EIN 27-6603609. Reported 158 grants totalling $203,500 to 65 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Loweth-Alvord Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,250; the smallest was $250 and the largest $5,750. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Episcopal Church of Connecticut | Mystic, CT | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Mark's Church | Mystic, CT | $15,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Wilmington, NC | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maine Maritime Academy | Castine, ME | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army of Wilmington Nc | Wilmington, NC | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Community Foundation | Raleigh, NC | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Mark's Episcopal Church | Mystic, CT | $5,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of Eastern Ct | Ne London, CT | $5,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Groton Scholarship Fund | Groton, CT | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Groton Utilities Energy Assistance Fund | Groton, CT | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mystic Seaport Advancement Office | Mystic, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| BSA Cape Fear Council | Wilmington, NC | $4,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brigade Boys and Girls Club | Wilmington, NC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Counseling Center | Wilmington, NC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Corner Closet | Mystic, CT | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc | Wilmington, NC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hartwick College | Oneonta, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Scientist Academy | Wilmington, NC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ukranian Crisis Relief Fund | Washington, DC | $3,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cape Fear Clinic | Wilmington, NC | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kids Making It | Wilmington, NC | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wilmington Symphony Orchestra | Wilmington, NC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Work Vessels for Veterans | Noank, CT | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Corefi - Vieques Is | Vieque, PR | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Carolina Canines | Wilmington, NC | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| First Fruit Ministries | Wilmington, NC | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Roots of Recovery | Hampstead, NC | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Good Shepherd Center | Wilmington, NC | $2,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Always Home | Mystic, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Groton Open Space Association | Groton, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mystic Garden Club | Noank, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safe Futures Inc | New London, CT | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Villages of Nc | Durham, NC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Denison Pequot Sepos Nature Center | Mystic, CT | $1,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | Albert Lea, MN | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northfield Mount Herman School | Mount Herman, MA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Save the Kid Fund | Preston, CT | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| USA for Unhcr | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity | Wilmington, NC | $1,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cape Fear Community Foundation | Wilmington, NC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cape Fear Literacy Council | Wilmington, NC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Wilmington, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lawrence & Memorial Hospital | New London, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mercy Corp | Boone, IA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nc Missions of Mercy | Cary, NC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| North Carolina Missions of Mercy | Cary, NC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nourish Nc | Wilmington, NC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Partners in Health | Frederick, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry | Wilmington, NC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Woods Hole, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childrens's Museum of Wilmington | Chapel Hill, NC | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| River Legacy Foundation | Arlington, TX | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Angel Flight | North Andover, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Angel Flight Ne | Andover, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cape Fear Literacy Counsel | Wilmington, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stepup Wilmington | Wilmington, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| West End House Camp | Allston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cape Fear Community College | Wilmington, NC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cazenova College | Cazenovia, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gemma E Moran Food Center | Gales Ferry, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Green Chair Project | Raleigh, NC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
47 of 65 (72%) 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 76%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 79 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 42 | $53,750 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 35 | $50,250 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 42 | $49,500 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 39 | $50,000 | $1,000 |
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. 40% of this one's giving went to organizations in Connecticut. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Connecticut.
- 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.
- 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 Loweth-Alvord Foundation'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: 1127 Floral Parkway Apt 200, Wilmington, NC, 28403. 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.
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