Aldrich Foundation

About Aldrich Foundation

Aldrich Foundation’s recent giving is marked by a $3.625 million building purchase for Liguori Academy in Philadelphia, a clear sign that it uses large capital gifts to shape school infrastructure. That same pattern shows up across education and medical research: the foundation backed Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia with multiple CAR-T research grants over several years and supported Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia with repeated ALS research funding. The result is a grantmaking profile centered on a few high-value relationships rather than a broad spread of small awards. The foundation also gives in a way that ties research support to specific institutional needs. In education, it has funded Liguori Academy for a library renovation and school choice, while its medical grants go to established Philadelphia institutions working on cancer immunotherapy and neurodegenerative disease. Alongside those priorities, it makes smaller awards for veterans, first responders, and commemorative work, including support for organizations honoring military service and assisting firefighter families. Across the recent record, its giving is concentrated in named organizations rather than anonymous program pools, with several repeated grantees appearing year after year.

What Aldrich Foundation Funds

In education, Aldrich Foundation has supported Liguori Academy with grants for a buildings purchase, a library renovation, support for the mission to prepare future leaders through individualized learning, and school choice. Those awards point to a preference for institutional strengthening and student opportunity within a single school setting. In medical research, the foundation has repeatedly funded Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for CAR-T research, with awards of $1,000,000, $510,000, $500,000, and $500,000 in the recent record. It has also supported Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Tju for ALS research across multiple years, showing sustained interest in biomedical research rather than one-time project support. For veterans and first responders, grants have gone to Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation for honoring the sacrifice of US veterans and first responders, Friends of Firefighters for mental health counseling and wellness services, and Warrior Canine Connection for veteran service dogs.

How Aldrich Foundation Gives