The Alpert Foundation makes large, strategic gifts to philanthropic intermediaries rather than directly to operating nonprofits. Their sole recorded grant is a nearly $9.9 million award to a financial/impact-funding vehicle, indicating a preference for using established intermediaries or impact-investment structures to deploy their philanthropy. This suggests the foundation prioritizes flexible, institution-driven giving over direct program grants to charities.
Highly concentrated — a single, very large grant to a financial/philanthropic intermediary; appears to use institutional channels rather than many small or direct grants.
The Raymond and Barbara Alpert Foundation’s largest recent grant was a $9.9 million award to Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc. for general support, signaling a strong preference for working through a financial or philanthropic intermediary rather than making only direct operating grants. That pattern is reinforced by the rest of the recent record, which includes additional general-support gifts to community and Jewish-serving organizations and to local nonprofits in California and beyond. The foundation’s grantmaking is not limited to one type of recipient: it has supported a broad mix of intermediaries, federated Jewish philanthropy, disability services, arts and culture, civil rights, and social service organizations. Several of the larger recent awards went to organizations in California, including AbilityFirst in Pasadena and Piece by Piece in Los Angeles, while other grants reached recipients in Massachusetts and Maryland. The grant sizes range from five figures to a very large institutional gift, showing a structure that can deploy both modest operating support and substantial asset-based transfers. Across the available record, the foundation appears to use general support as a primary giving tool.
General support is the dominant grant purpose in the recent record. The foundation gave $160,000 to AbilityFirst in Pasadena for general support, and $50,000 to Piece by Piece in Los Angeles for the same purpose. It also made repeated general-support grants to Concern Foundation in Los Angeles, including two gifts of $13,000 in consecutive years. Jewish community organizations are another visible part of the portfolio. The foundation gave $205,946 to the Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach and later added an $8,487 grant to the same organization. It also awarded $25,000 to Jewish Family & Children’s Service Inc in Waltham, Massachusetts, and $10,000 to HIAS Inc in Silver Spring, Maryland. In addition, The California Conference for Equality and Justice in Long Beach received $20,000 for general support.
Typical grant size sits at $13,000 at the 25th percentile, $22,500 at the median, and $77,500 at the 75th percentile, although the recent record includes one far larger institutional transfer. The same recipients can appear more than once: Concern Foundation received grants in both 2023 and 2024, and Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach also appears in multiple years. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. The grant record suggests one-time, general-support gifts rather than a formal application-driven program, but no application process is shown in the data.
$10.1M
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$774K
$10.1M
Most grants fall between $13K and $78K, with a median of $23K.
25th Percentile
$13K
Median
$23K
75th Percentile
$78K
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Notable grantees: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
Grants are concentrated in the United States, and the top state by grant count is Indiana. California recipients are especially visible in the recent list, including Indianapolis, Long Beach, Pasadena, and Los Angeles. Outside California, grants went to Waltham, Massachusetts, and Silver Spring, Maryland. The foundation’s headquarters are in Los Angeles, but recipient geography extends beyond that city into multiple states.
The recent record shows support for philanthropic intermediaries, Jewish federations and service groups, disability services, arts organizations, civil-rights work, and health-related charities. Examples include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach, AbilityFirst, Piece by Piece, The California Conference for Equality and Justice, and Concern Foundation.
The typical grant size is $13,000 at the 25th percentile, $22,500 at the median, and $77,500 at the 75th percentile. The recent record also includes a much larger $9.9 million transfer to Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
Yes. Concern Foundation received grants in both 2023 and 2024, each for $13,000. Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach also appears more than once in the record, with grants of $205,946 and $8,487.
Recipients are entirely in the United States in the available record. California appears frequently, with grants to Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pasadena, and nearby cities, while Indiana is the top state by grant count.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC | INDIANA POLIS, IN | $9,855,793 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| jewish federation of greater Long Beach | LONG BEACH, CA | $205,946 | 2024 | 1) DESCRIPTION: 275.538 SHARES OF Skybridge MUL-AD SECURITIES (2) DATE OF THE GIFT: 03/29/2023 (3) PURPOSE: GENERAL SUPPORT |
| JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC | WALTHAM, MA | $25,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CONCERN FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $13,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| HIAS INC | silver spring, MD | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| jewish federation of greater Long Beach | long beach, CA | $8,487 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ABILITYFIRST | PASADENA, CA | $160,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| PIECE BY PIECE | LOS ANGELES, CA | $50,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE ROCK CLUB - MUSIC IS THE REMEDY | LONG BEACH, CA | $25,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE FOR EQUALITY AND JUSTICE | LONG BEACH, CA | $20,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC | WALTHAM, MA | $15,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CONCERN FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $13,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC
$9,855,793GENERAL SUPPORT
1) DESCRIPTION: 275.538 SHARES OF Skybridge MUL-AD SECURITIES (2) DATE OF THE GIFT: 03/29/2023 (3) PURPOSE: GENERAL SUPPORT
HIAS INC
$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
GENERAL SUPPORT
THE ROCK CLUB - MUSIC IS THE REMEDY
$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT