Grants awarded
Who does Alton Foundation fund?
Alton Foundation has awarded $891,000 across 172 grants to 50 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $2,000, with most between $1,000 and $5,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $2,000 versus $1,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$891K
Typical grant
$2K
Grantees
50
Grants
172
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| M Mayo Clinic | $258K | 10 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$77K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MA | |
The Nature Conservancy
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$60K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | VA | |
| M Mitchell Hamline School of Law | $60K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center INC | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Abbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation
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$50K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
| G Great River Children's Museum | $40K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Allina Health Foundation | $30K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$27K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | FL | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cleveland Clinic | $20K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Cleveland Clinic Florida | $20K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Minnesota Land Trust
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$16K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MN | |
| L Lapointe Community Clinic INC | $14K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $11K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers | $10K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Lapointe Community Clinic | $10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L La Pointe Volunteer Fire Department | $8K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Jacksonville University
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$8K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | FL | |
| I Individual recipient | $6K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network INC
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$6K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | CA | |
| D Ducks Unlimited INC | $6K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Lift Garage
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$6K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MN | |
| O Orono Alliance for Education | $6K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$6K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MN | |
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$6K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MN | |
| M Madeline Island Public Library | $6K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Brightfocus Foundation
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MD | |
| L La Pointe Community Clinic INC | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | WI | |
| I Interfaith Outreach and Comm Partners | $5K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$4K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Orono Foundation for Education
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$4K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MN | |
| S Santa Clara University | $4K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lake Minnetonka Conservation District | $3K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Town of La Pointe | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| U University of Colorado Boulder | $2K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| L Lmcd Save the Lake | $2K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| R Regents of the University of Colorado | $2K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CO | |
| L Lapointe Volunteer Fire Department | $2K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| G Guadalupe Center | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Save the Lake Minnetonka | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of Minnesota Foundation | $1K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Gustavus Adolphus College
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$1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | MN | |
| P President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College DBA Santa Clara University | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Stevens Institute of Technology | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Colorado Seminary DBA University of Denver | $500 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| M Mount Olivet Lutheran Church | $500 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$200 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MN |
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