Alpha Phi Foundation Inc
Denver, CO · EIN 36-3895478. Reported 118 grants totalling $8,888,547 to 90 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Alpha Phi Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B830) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 90 distinct organizations, with 53% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 26% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $11,500. Half of what it reported fell between $7,123 and $19,300; the smallest was $5,050 and the largest $1,836,137. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charity Navigator | Union City, NJ | $4,746,840 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alpha Phi Fraternity | Evanston, IL | $2,127,836 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Alpha Phi House Corporation Board- University of Missouri | Columbia, MO | $147,115 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| State University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital | Saint Louis, MO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Florida Foundation Inc | Gainesville, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $82,747 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $81,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Washington Foundation | Seattle, WA | $74,437 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rush Medical College | Chicago, IL | $64,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $56,195 | 4 | 2 | 2021 |
| Rush University | Chicago, IL | $53,700 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | $43,125 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Bryan Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $42,414 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $41,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of California | Oakland, CA | $38,400 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $29,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $26,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kansas City University | Kansas City, MO | $25,600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Special Tr | Columbia, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washburn University | Topeka, KS | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $22,600 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA | $21,625 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Univeristy of Denver | Denver, CO | $21,625 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yale Univeristy | New Haven, CT | $21,625 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $21,200 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Albert Einstein College of Me | Bronx, NY | $20,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Case Western Reserve Universi | Cleveland, OH | $20,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tallahassee Memorial Hospital | Tallahassee, FL | $19,869 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Nebraska at Kea | Kearney, NE | $19,300 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $18,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology | Hoboken, NJ | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Denver | Denver, CO | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $17,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Yale School of Medicine | New Haven, CT | $17,300 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $17,226 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wichita State University | Wichita, KS | $16,700 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $16,150 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southern Utah University | Cedar City, UT | $15,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sarver Heart Center | Tucson, AZ | $15,363 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Crieghton University Heart Mi | Omaha, NE | $15,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Santa Clara University | Santa Clara, CA | $15,100 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| UC Regents | Berkeley, CA | $14,900 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | $14,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Texas A&m University-Commerce | Commerce, TX | $14,525 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | $13,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $12,950 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wichita State University | Wichita, KS | $12,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bentley University | Waltham, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado School of Mines | Golden, CO | $12,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR | $11,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | $11,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Drake University | Des Moines, IA | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Jose State University | San Jose, CA | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bryan Health | Lincoln, NE | $11,192 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Regents Univ of California | Los Angeles, CA | $10,150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester, MA | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washburn University | Topeka, KS | $9,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oklahoma State University | Tulsa, OK | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Appalachian Regional Healthcare Inc | Lexington, KY | $8,244 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgia Institute of Technolo | Atlanta, GA | $8,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heart Reach Carmel Inc | Carmel, IN | $8,061 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Memorial Foundation | Cedar Falls, IA | $8,024 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Creighton University | Omaha, NE | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Denver | Denver, CO | $7,950 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Montana Foundation | Missoula, MT | $7,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northwestern Univeristy | Evanston, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $7,212 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Louisiana State University | Baton Rouge, LA | $7,100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| North Caroline State Universi | Raleigh, NC | $7,100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY | $7,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Oklahoma | Norman, OK | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association of Black Cardiolo | Washington, DC | $6,786 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Altru Health Foundation | Grand Forks, ND | $6,714 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Butler University | Inianapolis, IN | $6,670 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harvard Medical School | Boston, MA | $6,600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $6,550 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas A&m Commerce | Commerce, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Oklahoma | Norman, OK | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Indiana State University | Terra Haute, IN | $5,965 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Altru Health Foundation | Grand Forks, ND | $5,612 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| California State University Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $5,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indiana University | Indianapolis, IN | $5,600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $5,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $5,050 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
22 of 90 (24%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 28 of 90 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 30 | $1,308,659 | $12,650 |
| 2021 | 25 | $1,653,372 | $9,100 |
| 2022 | 24 | $1,940,545 | $10,400 |
| 2023 | 19 | $2,130,102 | $11,000 |
| 2024 | 20 | $1,855,869 | $12,625 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
54% of its giving went to organizations in New Jersey. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $11,500 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New Jersey.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Alpha Phi Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I 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: 1985 S Josephine St, Denver, CO, 80210.
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