The Alexander Grass Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The Alexander Grass Foundation funds general-purpose grants across a wide range of causes, including Jewish federations and Israel-related organisations, hospitals and health foundations, a Holocaust museum, educational and cultural institutions, a children's village, a literacy council and a mental health organisation, so there may be a fit for a similarly varied range of nonprofits, though no geographic focus is stated in the filings.
- A realistic request should be modest: half of its 45 grants were $150,000 or less, though grants have ranged from $25,000 to $1,550,000, with a median of $150,000 and a largest grant of $2,500,000.
- This is a highly relationship-led funder rather than a competitive open process: it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, and in its latest filing 96% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in the two prior filings.
- Given this, organisations without an existing relationship or invitation should not send in an unsolicited application, since the foundation states these are not accepted and gives no public criteria for eligibility or selection.
Overview
The Alexander Grass Foundation is a US private foundation based in Mechanicsburg, PA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, 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
The filings describe the grants as general purpose and do not name an overall funding field. The recorded recipients include Jewish federations and Israel-related organisations, hospitals and health foundations, a Holocaust museum, educational and cultural institutions, a children's village, a literacy council and a mental health organisation. Grants went to organisations in several states, with New York and Pennsylvania receiving the largest shares, followed by Georgia. The filed application information says contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations and unsolicited requests are not accepted. It gives no public criteria for eligibility or selection.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York, Pennsylvania and Georgia.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests. The filing gives no further application steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 96% 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 45 grants to organisations were $150,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
3 other states: 2%
- The largest single recipient received 30% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 96% of grant dollars went to organisations The Alexander Grass Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 42% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 13 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $250k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg · General purpose$2,350,0002024 tax year
- Friends of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · General purpose$1,750,0002024 tax year
- PEF Israel Endowment Funds · General purpose$1,025,0002024 tax year
- Piedmont Hospital · General purpose$750,0002024 tax year
- Us Holocaust Memorial Museum · Genral purpose$250,0002024 tax year
- Casa Charter School · General purpose$250,0002024 tax year
- Uiajfna · General purpose$250,0002024 tax year
- American Friends Of Bar-Llan Univer · General purpose$200,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Roger L Grass — Director
- Elizabeth Grass Weese — President / Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $6,926,239 | $6,678,500 | $35,084,101 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $7,445,123 | $7,194,500 | $41,595,659 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $7,378,742 | $7,095,000 | $47,941,114 | 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.
Sources
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Contact
- Mechanicsburg, PA