The Robert & Lynda Altman Family Foundation

• The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a small charity should not send it a cold application.
• Its giving is selective, with most recorded grants for general purposes and recipients including a school, a cultural institution and a genomics research institute.
• In its latest filing, 14% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so newcomers should expect established relationships.
• Half of its 14 grants to organisations were about $200,000 or less, and the median was about $200,000, but that band is typical rather than a ceiling, since its largest grant was about $4,350,000.
• No geographic focus is stated, so location alone should not rule a charity out, although the filings show grants mainly in Arizona, Maryland and District of Columbia.

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

• Landon School · General purpose - grant made in publicly traded stock
  $386,8452024 tax year
• Landon School · General purpose - grant made in publicly traded stock
  $244,1832024 tax year
• Landon School · General purpose - grant made in publicly traded stock
  $235,6142024 tax year
• Landon School · General purpose - grant made in publicly traded stock
  $209,2572024 tax year
• Smithsonian Institution · General purpose - grant made in publicly traded stock
  $200,8712024 tax year
• Landon School · General purpose - grant made in publicly traded stock
  $112,6802024 tax year
• Landon School · General purpose
  $7,5242024 tax year
• Landon School · General purpose - grant made in publicly traded stock
  $4,1292024 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.