Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial
Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 23-6213225. Reported 294 grants totalling $1,020,050 to 120 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $3,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $250,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Attached | Pittsburgh, PA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Choice | Philadelphia, PA | $29,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lcv Education Fund League of Conservation Voters | Washington, DC | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Frenchman Bay Conservancy | Hancock, ME | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Jacksonville, FL | $18,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Opera Company of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust | Philadelphia, PA | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Audubon Pennsylvania | Audubon, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bryn Mawr Film Institute | Bryn Mawr, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Crossing Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Healthy Newsworks | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Environmental Edu Fdn | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Matthews Church | Oakland, MD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alaska Wilderness League | Washington, DC | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mighty Writers | Philadelphia, PA | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Pennsylvania Law School | Philadelphia, PA | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Providence Center | Philadelphia, PA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Quintessence Theater Group Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County Inc | Media, PA | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Island | Jefferson Vly, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Haverford College | Haverford, PA | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brewster Conservation Trust | Brewster, MA | $9,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nature Walks Conservation Society | Tyngsborough, MA | $9,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bethesda Mission | Harrisburg, PA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Germantown Friends School | Philadelphia, PA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Philabundance | Philadelphia, PA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Adirondack Council | Elizabethtown, NY | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf | Philadelphia, PA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Young Scholars Charter School Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Adirondack Explorer | Saranac Lake, NY | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Homeless Advocacy Project | Philadelphia, PA | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Manna | Philadelphia, PA | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Police Athletic League of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Big Brotherbig Sister Assoc of Philadelphia Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Philadelphia Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Endometriosis Association | Milwaukee, WI | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Gesu Catholic School | Philadelphia, PA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The William Penn Charter School | Philadelphia, PA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Welcoming the Stranger | Langhorne, PA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks-the Wild Center | Tupper Lake, NY | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Astral Artistic Services | Philadelphia, PA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Camp Treetops | Lake Placid, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cornell Laboratory | Ithaca, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Earth Wind Fire and Water | Ambler, PA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| First Book-Philadelphia | Gladwyne, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of New York City Nurse Family Partnership Inc | New York, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| North Country Life Flight Inc | Saranac Lake, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Paul Smiths College | Paul Smiths, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Penn Environment Research & Policy Center | Philadelphia, PA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Philadelphia Children's Alliance | Philadelphia, PA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Philadelphia Futures | Philadelphia, PA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Project Renewal Inc | New York, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Settlement Music School | Philadelphia, PA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Pennsylvania State University Womens Enrichment Center | Middletown, PA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Philadelphia Zoo | Philadelphia, PA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Swarthmore College | Swarthmore, PA | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Whyy Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Clean Air Council | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ceasefire Pennsylvania Education Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fcdf - Galapagos | Vathalla, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Philadelphia Yearly Meeting | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Bird Conservancy | Washington, DC | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brewster Ladies Library | Brewster, MA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Maine Medical Center | Portland, ME | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tabor Children's Services Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Baldwin School | Bryn Mawr, PA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Adirondack Park Institute | Paul Smiths, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bruce Montgomery Foundation for the Arts | Bluebell, PA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bryn Mawr Hospital Development Office | Bryn Mawr, PA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chewonki Foundation | Wiscasset, ME | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dawns Place | Philadelphia, PA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Elder Net of Lower Merion-Narber | Bryn Mawr, PA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mann Center for Performing Arts | Philadelphia, PA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Protect the Adirondacks | North Creek, NY | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Chester Fund for Education | Chester, PA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Wild Center | Tupper Lake, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women's Medical Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pendle Hill | Wallingford, PA | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ludington Library | Bryn Mawr, PA | $3,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| 826 Boston Inc | Roxbury, MA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brewster Ponds Coalition | Brewster, MA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Champs the Marshall Legacy Institute | Arlington, VA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Eldernet | Bryn Mawr, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends Central School Corporation | Wynnewood, PA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Historic Germantown Preserved | Philadelphia, PA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Indian Lake Theater | Indian Lake, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Long Lake Rescue Squad Inc | Long Lake, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Main Line Meals on Wheels Inc | Devon, PA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| North Country School Camp Treetops | Lake Placid, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vetri Foundation for Children | Philadelphia, PA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wills Eye Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nature Conservancy | Conshohocken, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tunnel to Tower Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Woodmere Art Museum | Philadelphia, PA | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Audubon New York | Albany, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hedgerow Theatre | Media, PA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mann Center for the Performing Art | Philadelphia, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Natural Lands Trust Incorporated | Media, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Chester Fund for Education and the Arts | Chester, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tyler Arboretum | Media, PA | $1,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $1,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics | Eugene, OR | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Key West Library Seminar | Key West, FL | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Aicup | Harrisburg, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Association of Independent Colleges & Universities of Pa | Harrisburg, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association of Independent Colleges & Universities of Pennsylvania | Harrisburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foulkeways at Gwynedd | Gwynedd, PA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends Journal | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lancaster International Piano Festival | Lititz, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Academy of Vocal Arts | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cape Cinema | Dennis, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics (fseee) | Eugene, OR | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
96 of 120 (80%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 84%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 181 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 98 | $270,000 | $2,250 |
| 2022 | 98 | $251,500 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 97 | $248,550 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
73% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Alpin J & Alpin W Cameron Memorial's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 500 First Ave P7-Pfsc-03-Z, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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