The Warren Alpert Foundation

• This foundation funds work aimed at improving public health, with a particular interest in medical research, medical education and health education, and it sometimes also accepts proposals in general education and basic human services; a small nonprofit whose work sits outside these fields is unlikely to be a fit.
• Its geographic focus is the United States, with priority given to New England, and for general funding requests of $25,000 and under it gives priority consideration to the general New England area.
• Typical grants to organisations run from $5,000 to $500,000, with a median of $35,000, so a modest request in that range is realistic for most applicants, though occasional much larger grants (up to around $9,700,000) also occur.
• The application route depends on the size of the request: use the general grant application for $25,000 and under, but start with a Letter of Inquiry for anything larger, with such requests reviewed quarterly ahead of board meetings, so timing should be planned around those quarterly cycles.
• A substantial share (78%) of its grant dollars go to organisations it has funded in recent prior years, which suggests an element of relationship-led, repeat giving, so new applicants should be prepared for some competition for the remaining funding.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Brown University · Donation - education
  $6,408,2532024 tax year
• University of Pennsylvania · Donation - education
  $4,588,8762024 tax year
• Harvard College · Donation - education
  $1,939,7292024 tax year
• Intermountain Foundation · Donation
  $1,611,3132024 tax year
• University of California · Donation - education
  $1,080,1292024 tax year
• Stanford University · Donation - education
  $890,9402024 tax year
• Childrens Hospital Corporation · Donation
  $775,0002024 tax year
• South County Health · Donation
  $621,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.