The Allbritton Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The foundation's giving is concentrated on educating and developing reporters, with smaller grants to research and health services, public-life study and cultural institutions, so a journalism-education project is the clearest fit.
- Most of its grants are modest: half of its 8 grants to organisations across its last three filings were $50,000 or less, and the median grant was $50,000, so a request near that level suits it best, though its largest grant reached $10,000,000.
- Its filings show grants mainly in Virginia and Connecticut, but no geographic focus is stated, so describe where your work is and let the foundation judge the fit.
- Repeat giving is strong: 99% of its grant dollars in its most recent filing went to organisations it had also funded in the two earlier filings, so it appears relationship-led and a cold approach is unlikely to succeed.
- Send general correspondence with financial data and a statement of your charitable purpose; the filing gives no deadlines for applications.
Overview
The Allbritton Foundation is a US private foundation based in Houston, TX.
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 foundation's grants have chiefly supported educating and developing a new generation of reporters. It has also supported an endowment for a centre for the study of public life. Smaller recorded grants have gone to cancer research, health research and innovation, aeromedical transport and staff training, and a national portrait gallery. Its giving is therefore concentrated on reporter education and development, with additional support reaching research and health services, public-life study, and cultural institutions. The record includes grants to educational institutions, a journalism institute, a cancer centre, a medical college, a healthcare foundation and a national cultural institution.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Journalism education
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Virginia and Connecticut.
How to apply
Submit general correspondence including financial data and charitable purpose.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 99% 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 8 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 95% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 99% of grant dollars went to organisations The Allbritton Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Allbritton Journalism Institute · To educate and develop a new generation of reporters$4,900,0002024 tax year
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · To support cancer research$50,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Barbara B Allbritton — Trustee
- Robert L Allbritton — Trustee / President
- Janet Hall — Assistant Secretary
- Elena H Allbritton — Trustee / Vice President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $4,037,819 | $4,010,000 | $17,091,875 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $11,040,891 | $11,007,500 | $6,882,808 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $4,995,339 | $4,950,000 | $2,136,603 | 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
- (713) 552-4921
- Houston, TX