Open Foundations · Rhode Island

Warren Alpert Foundation

Providence, Rhode Island · EIN 050426623. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $24.3M across 99 grants in 2024, a median of $35K each.

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$24.3M
paid in 2024
99
grants paid
$35K
median grant
25%
to first-time recipients
$397.3M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
THE WARREN ALPERT FOUNDATION
Address
90 ELM STREET - SUITE 2, PROVIDENCE, RI, 02903
Phone
4013831331
Form the request should take
RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATION, GENERAL GRANT APPLICATION, DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS APPLICATION. ALL SHOULD INCLUDE TITLE, SUMMARY, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OR NAME OF ORGANIZATION, AMOUNT REQUESTED, BUDGET AND BACKGROUND. APART FROM THE WARREN ALPERT DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIP AND THE WARREN ALPERT FOUNDATION PRIZE, THERE ARE NO SUBMISSION DEADLINES FOR GRANT AWARDS.
Submission deadline
11/1 FOR DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIP. 11/1 FOR WARREN ALPERT FOUNDATION PRIZE.
Restrictions on awards
WITH THE EXCEPTION TO WADS PROGRAM, WHICH IS RESTRICTED TO US MEDICAL SCHOOLS, THERE ARE NO OTHER LIMITATIONS OR RESTRICTIONS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202543189349103559. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

education

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 99 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Brown UniversityRI$6,408,253DONATION - EDUCATION
2Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaPA$4,588,876DONATION - EDUCATION
3President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeMA$1,939,729DONATION - EDUCATION
4Intermountain FoundationUT$1,611,313DONATION
5The Regents of the University of CaliforniaCA$1,080,129DONATION - EDUCATION
6Stanford UniversityCA$890,940DONATION - EDUCATION
7Childrens Hospital CorporationMA$775,000DONATION
8South County HealthRI$621,000DONATION
9New York Stem Cell FoundationNY$500,750DONATION
10Pan-massachusetts Challenge Incjimmy FundRI$500,000DONATION
11Ccri FoundationRI$308,459DONATION - EDUCATION
12The Regents of the University of MichiganCA$281,517DONATION - EDUCATION
13University of ChicagoIL$279,995DONATION - EDUCATION
14National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyMA$250,000DONATION
15The Genesis CenterRI$246,404DONATION

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202066$19.4M
202166$24.8M
202282$23.5M
202376$22.9M
202499$24.3M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Rhode Island35%
Massachusetts23%
New York9%
California4%
New Jersey4%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

August R SchiesserEXEC DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, & TREASURER · 2024
Barbara J McneilDIRECTOR · 2024
Daniel F SchmittDIRECTOR/INVESTMENT CHAIR · 2024
David HirschCHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD · 2024
Fred J Schiffman MdDIRECTOR · 2024
Gregory W KanebDIRECTOR/COMP & GOV CHAIR · 2024
Jeffrey a WalkerSECRETARY/AUDIT CHAIR · 2024
Joseph B MartinDIRECTOR · 2024
Keith E BlanchetteDIRECTOR · 2024
Robert H Brown JrDIRECTOR/GRANT COMM CHAIR · 2024
Ronald K MachtleyDIRECTOR · 2024
Wendy ChungDIRECTOR · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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