AJA Foundation

• The foundation's stated geographic focus is global, so the main test is whether your work fits its three areas: clean water, quality education or fundamental healthcare.
• Most of its grants fall between $5,000 and $110,000, and half of its 83 grants to organisations were $20,000 or less, so a modest request in that range fits its pattern.
• In the latest filing, 75% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in an earlier filing, so existing relationships appear to matter a great deal.
• Begin with a short message showing close alignment between your programme and one of its pillars, stressing sustainable impact, since it prioritises that; applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
• Organisations whose work does not touch these three areas are unlikely to match its stated focus.

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

• Engera · For healthcare in ethiopia: clinics, maternal care, disease treatment, and training. for clinic expansion and renovation
  $224,0002024 tax year
• Makolekole · To provide clean, safe water for the communities of the luangwa valley by drilling boreholes and installing pumps in villages, schools, clinics and community centers
  $192,5002024 tax year
• Dean's Future Scholars · To support the program's mission to help students graduate high school and college by providing educational opportunities, employment, and access to resources like free printing and a college student lounge
  $125,0002024 tax year
• Steppingstone Foundation · To support college access through the steppingstone scholars program and its annual activities. this funding support would impact all components of the scholars program including the admissions process, the academy, scholar support services, and the career success initiative.
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Hopkins Grammar School Pathfinder Program · To fund for after-school and summer education for motivated, underserved students
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Fulfillment Fund Las Vegas · To empower npea members to demonstrate their outcomes and roi through data storytelling, targeting funders, stakeholders, partners, and communities, with tools developed emphasizing an equity-focused approach.
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Aseel Foundation · The program will fund 10 afghan women in tech fellows for a year-long fellowship, including onboarding, stipends, equipment (computers, solar systems, internet), and administrative costs.
  $75,0002024 tax year
• Mister Holland's Opus Foundation · To fund the general operating expense to supprt mhof's mission of donating new, quality instruments to under-resourced schools nationwide
  $60,0002024 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.