The Alro Steel Foundation

• This foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected, so a small charity should not send it a cold proposal and should approach it only if an existing relationship could lead to an invitation.
• Its grants are concentrated in Michigan, although no geographic focus is stated, so an organisation working elsewhere should weigh that carefully before making any approach.
• Most of its grants are small: about 8 in 10 of its 187 grants to organisations fall between $300 and $25,000, and half were $1,000 or less, so a modest request matches its usual pattern, though its largest grant was $2,000,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
• Repeat recipients also take much of the money, with 65% of grant dollars to organisations in its most recent filing going to organisations it had funded in earlier filings.

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

• University of Michigan · Athletic department
  $2,000,0002024 tax year
• Jackson County Parks · General operating
  $411,0002024 tax year
• American Red Cross · General operating
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Build Each Other Up · General operating
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Jackson Public Schools · General operating
  $75,0002024 tax year
• Johnny Mac Soldiers Fund · General operating
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Northwest Community Schools · General operating
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Western School District · General operating
  $40,0002024 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.