The Peter Alfond Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 22-3267949 · since 1994peteralfondfoundation.org/en·Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Connecticut, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jama…·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$3M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$5,000 to $100k

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$30,000

Typical grant (median)

64 grants in the latest filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

Its stated themes are Youth Thriving, Food and Nutrition Security, Integrated Health, and Disaster and Crisis Response, and its priority geography is New England, the Caribbean Islands, Puerto Rico and Maine, so a mission that clearly matches one of those areas is the test of fit.
The foundation does not accept unsolicited applications, so the route is to review its areas of interest and submit an inquiry through its form, knowing that staff may not reply.
Half of its grants to organisations were $30,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $5,000 and $100,000, so a modest request in that band matches its typical practice, though its largest grant was $500,000 and major grants normally need matching funds from other sources.
Repeat funding dominates, with 93% of its grant dollars to organisations going to groups it had funded in earlier filings, so this is a relationship-led funder; it does not fund individuals, religious organisations for religious purposes, start-up funding for new organisations, or requests for political or lobbying purposes, and organisations seeking any of those should not apply.

Overview

The Peter Alfond Foundation is a US private foundation based in Bethesda, MD.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Peter Alfond Foundation funds innovative, evidence-based educational and wellness opportunities that strengthen communities in New England and the Caribbean. Its focus includes Youth Thriving in Puerto Rico and Maine, supporting innovations that build social-emotional skills and positive childhood experiences, and flexible, long-term holistic approaches to academic outcomes. In Puerto Rico it backs sustainable agriculture and nutritional security, including work to address ecosystem gaps and build collaboration. It values integrated health and wellbeing across its focus areas, including mindfulness and food as medicine, and allocates part of its annual budget to natural and humanitarian disaster response, including hurricanes and floods in its geographic focus areas and disasters related to the Alfond family’s heritage. It makes programmatic and general operating grants to nonprofit partners, and seeks leaders and organisations who share its values of humility, integrity and compassion.

Themes

Youth Thriving
Food and Nutrition Security
Integrated Health
Disaster + Crisis Response

Geographic Focus

Priority: New England; Caribbean Islands; Puerto Rico; Maine.

What They Don't Fund

Requests for grants to individuals
Religious organizations for religious purposes
Start-up funding for new organizations
Requests for grants for political or lobbying purposes

How to apply

The foundation does not accept unsolicited grant applications. Interested organisations can review its areas of interest and submit an inquiry through the form if their mission matches one or more focus areas; staff may not reply.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 93% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 223 grants to organisations were $30,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

The foundation looks for leaders and organisations that share its values and embody humility, integrity and compassion.
For major grants, the foundation normally requires grantees to raise matching funds from other organisations and individuals.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

Puerto Rico52%

Maine41%

New York3%

Virginia1%

Minnesota<1%

Vermont<1%

6 other states: 1%

The largest single recipient received 9% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 93% of grant dollars went to organisations The Peter Alfond Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
12% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

64 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $30,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 64 grants in tax year 2024 by size

$1k–$2.5k3%

$2.5k–$5k3%

$5k–$10k9%

$10k–$25k14%

$25k–$50k31%

$50k–$100k20%

$100k–$250k19%

Median $30,000 (tax year 2024)

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

Caras · Wellness program
$200,0002024 tax year
Plenitud Iniciativas Eco-Educativas · General operating support
$175,0002024 tax year
Corporacion Juvenil para el Desarrollo de Comunidades Sostenibles · Machinery and equipment lending program
$170,0002024 tax year
Hearty Roots · General operating support
$150,0002024 tax year
Caras · General operating support
$130,0002024 tax year
Lead Collaborative · General operating support (payment 3 of 3)
$116,6102024 tax year
Productores de Cafe de Puerto Rico · Strenghtening of sustainable farming practices
$100,0002024 tax year
Tree Street Youth · General operating support- samara strategies
$100,0002024 tax year

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

Officers and directors

Maria Taft — Trustee (From 10/2024)
Kevin Mahaney — Trustee
Barbara Crowley — Trustee
Deborah Alfond — Trustee
Kyle Alfond — Trustee
Rebekah Alfond — Trustee

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$5,202,967	$4,266,710	$78,628,308	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$5,085,229	$4,059,093	$82,611,456	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$4,158,578	$3,047,255	$86,988,606	Filing for 2024 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.