The Alix Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is not the route here; the useful first step is to find a genuine existing connection before making any approach.
- Its grants chiefly support health care and education, so a small nonprofit working in those fields is the closest fit, though no geographic focus is stated, so do not assume your location rules you in or out.
- About 8 in 10 of its grants fall between about $4,700 and $245,000, and the median is about $21,000, so a modest, well-costed request sits closest to its usual giving.
- Nearly all its grant dollars (98% in the latest filing) went to organisations it had already funded, so repeat relationships are central and a first grant is unlikely to be the starting point.
- Expect a relationship-led process with no public application route, and organisations with no link to the foundation should not expect to be considered.
Overview
The Alix Foundation is a US private foundation based in Birmingham, MI.
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
Recorded grants have chiefly supported health care and education, with smaller amounts going to humanities, general welfare and religious purposes. Recipients include universities and other educational bodies, schools and medical institutions, alongside cultural organisations and community charities. The filings show repeated support to organisations in these fields, with a particularly large share of grant dollars directed to health care. The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; the material reviewed provides no further eligibility criteria or public application process.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Health care
- Education
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Minnesota and Pennsylvania.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests. The filing gives no public application route.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 98% 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 44 grants to organisations were about $21,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 71% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 98% of grant dollars went to organisations The Alix Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 16 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $23,898 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- University of Pennsylvania · Education$3,500,0002024 tax year
- American Friends of Grange Park Opera Foundation · Humanities$237,4172024 tax year
- Teachers College, Columbia University · Education$200,0002024 tax year
- Johns Hopkins University · Education$200,0002024 tax year
- CollegeSpring · General welfare$50,0002024 tax year
- Bloomfield Hills Schools Foundation · Education$32,0002024 tax year
- Friends of the Johnson Nature Center · Education$29,8062024 tax year
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Health care$26,8242024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Anika F Alix — Director
- Christine T Alix — President
- Arthur J Kubert — VP, CFO, Secretary & Treasurer
- Robert E Shields — CEO
- Jay Alix — Chairman of the Board
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,885,660 | $1,548,658 | $64,067,368 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $29,993,618 | $29,774,252 | $56,566,075 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $5,115,956 | $4,365,248 | $63,925,958 | 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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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Birmingham, MI