The Allen Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected, so you should not send a cold application.
- Its recipients are varied, including schools, arts groups, churches, social-service organisations and environmental groups, so your work may fit, but reaching it depends on an introduction or invitation.
- If you are invited, a modest request matches its pattern: about 8 in 10 of its 80 grants fall between $3,000 and $55,000, and half were $10,000 or less, though its largest grant was $565,000, so that band is not a ceiling.
- Most of its grant dollars go to organisations it has funded before (90% in the latest filing), so building the relationship matters more than the size of your ask.
- The filings show grants mainly in Louisiana, New Jersey, Washington, New York and Florida, but no geographic focus is stated.
Overview
The Allen Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Across its filed grant record, the foundation supported a varied group of charitable organisations rather than a single stated field. Recipients included schools and universities, arts organisations, churches, social-service organisations, and environmental and conservation groups. Some grants had education-related purposes, including needs-based scholarships, school support, internships and an education and administration centre; other named purposes included food assistance, kidney-related work, malaria programming, theatre development and policy reform. Many payments were recorded as general support, annual operating requirements or budgetary needs, rather than being tied to a specific project. Its stated approach is to make contributions only to preselected charitable organisations.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Louisiana, New Jersey, Washington, New York and Florida.
How to apply
The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests; it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2023 filing, 90% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022 and TY2023 filings, half of its 80 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2023.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 16%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 1%
- The largest single recipient received 29% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2023, 90% of grant dollars went to organisations The Allen Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 4% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 38 grants in tax year 2023 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2023)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Islesboro Islands Trust · General support and contribution towards the creation of an islesboro islands trust education and administration center$112,0002023 tax year
- Pilgrim Africa · $25,000- beacon of hope school, general- remainder$105,0002023 tax year
- Mane Stream · General support$66,0002023 tax year
- Xavier University of Louisiana · The st. katharine drexel scholarship fund- $50k; for the benefit of needs-based scholarship assistance- $15k$65,0002023 tax year
- Lifecamp · Annual operational requirements$60,0002023 tax year
- Harlem Academy · Annual budgetary needs.$52,5002023 tax year
- American Repertory Ballet · General support$50,0002023 tax year
- Kids Connect Charitable Fund · In support of the children's prize foundation prize program$37,5002023 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Dorothy C Echodu — Vice President / Director
- Alexandra F Allen — President / Director
- Martin C Zetterberg — Director
- Theodore Caplow — Director
- Philip D Allen — Director
- Nicholas E Allen — Director
- Elisabeth F Allen — Director
- Douglas E Allen — Director
- Christopher D Allen — Director
- Andrew D Allen — VP Of Finance / Director
- Marcus Siezing — Treasurer
- Eileen B Kane — Secretary
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
2 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,495,747 | $1,302,500 | $21,457,938 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,038,102 | $865,500 | $23,874,053 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
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.
Sources
Registers and filings
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No credit card required
Contact
- New York, NY