The Alexander and Marjorie
Germantown, NY · EIN 26-3994213. Reported 221 grants totalling $1,390,055 to 97 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. The Alexander and Marjorie 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 $5,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,000 and $8,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $15,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germantown Library | Germantown, NY | $89,550 | 11 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hope Full Life Center | Ravena, NY | $49,500 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| Perfect Ten After School | Hudson, NY | $42,700 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| High & Mighty Therapeutic Riding | Ghent, NY | $41,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Columbia County Recovery Kitchen | Rhinebeck, NY | $41,700 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Friends of Clermont | Germantown, NY | $40,600 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wave Farmwgxc | Acra, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Coxsackie Area Food Pantry | Hannacroix, NY | $39,500 | 4 | 2 | 2025 |
| Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter (owls) | Newport, NC | $39,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Angel Food East | Kingston, NY | $34,500 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Social & Environmental Entra | Calabasas, CA | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hudson Area Library | Hudson, NY | $31,900 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wild Earth | High Falls, NY | $30,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Columbia County Youth Theatre | Chatham, NY | $29,300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Friends of Hudson Youth | Hudson, NY | $27,900 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Animalkind Inc | Hudson, NY | $27,100 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Livingston Pumper Co 1 | Livingston, NY | $26,985 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Claverack Free Library | Claverack, NY | $25,450 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Northern Dutchess Symphony | Rhinebeck, NY | $24,200 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bard College | Annadaleonhudson, NY | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Livingston Free Library | Livingston, NY | $21,800 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Harmony Project Hudson | Rhinecliff, NY | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Albany County Historic Association | Albany, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Freedom Guide Dogs | Cassville, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kites Nest | Hudson, NY | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Basilica Hudson | Hudson, NY | $17,100 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wmht Educ Telecom | Troy, NY | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Germantown Ptsa | Germantown, NY | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Camphill Ghent | Chatham, NY | $15,700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catskill Animal Sanctuary | Saugerties, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Social & Environmental Entrepreneur | Calabasas, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Social & Environmental Entreprenuer | Calabasas, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wave Farm Wgxc | Acra, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wells College | Aurora, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aslan's Cats | Verbank, NY | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Columbia County Libraries Associati | Hillsdale, NY | $13,100 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Equine Advocates | Chatham, NY | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Woodstock Artists Assoc & Museum | Woodstock, NY | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| O Positive | Kingston, NY | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of Historic Germantown | Germantown, NY | $12,400 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Greene County Animal Alliance | Cairo, NY | $12,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Concerts in the Village | Kinderhook, NY | $11,400 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kinderhook Memorial Library | Kinderhook, NY | $10,800 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity | Asheville, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Freedom Farm Animal Sancuary | Middlebury, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friend of 1ST Presbyterian Hudson | Hudson, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hudson Hall | Hudson, NY | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kite's Nest | Hudson, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lucky Rehabilitation Center | Chatham, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Roeliff Jansen Community Library | Hillsdale, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Athens Cultural Center | Athens, NY | $9,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Petronio Residency Center | Roundtop, NY | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Operation Unite Ny | Hudson, NY | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Operation Unite New York | Hudson, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fly the Coop | Rosendale, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Historic | Germantown, NY | $7,220 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fresh Beginnings Equine Assisted Th | Hudson, NY | $7,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood | Hudson, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Petronio Company | New York, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Red Hook Community Center | Red Hook, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Whispering Willow Wild Care | Schenectady, NY | $6,500 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| O Postive Festival | Kingston, NY | $6,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter | Newport, NC | $6,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Reformed Church Cemtery Fund | Germantown, NY | $6,200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary | Middlebury, CT | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| PS21 | Chatham, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Sylvia Center | Bronx, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Red Hook VFW Post 7765 | Red Hook, NY | $5,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clarion Concerts in Columbia County | Copake, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Create | Catskill, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Create Council on the Arts | Catskill, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fasny Museum of Firefighting | Hudson, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Germantown Hose CO1 | Germantown, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| In Flight | Red Hook, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lucky Orphans Horse Rescu | Dover Plains, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue | Dover Plains, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lumberyard | Catskill, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Elizaville Methodist Church | Elizaville, NY | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Greene County Historical Society | Coxsackie, NY | $4,500 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hudson Festival Orchestra | Hudson, NY | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cornell Cooperative Extension | Kingston, NY | $4,400 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Philmont Public Library | Philmont, NY | $4,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Germantown Parks Commision | Germantown, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pine Plains Library | Pine Plains, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Reformed Church Cemetery Fund | Germantown, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| We Are Instrumental | Putnam Station, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Germantown Parks Commission | Germantown, NY | $2,750 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Catskill Mountain Shakespeare | West Kill, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Red Hook Responds | Red Hook, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA Kingston & Ulster County | Kingston, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greene County YMCA | West Coxsackie, NY | $2,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Carteret Local Food Network | Beaufort, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Columbia County Sanctuary Movement | Hudson, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Episcopal Church of the Messiah | Rhinebeck, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Heermance Library | Coxsackie, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Lindenwald | Kinderhook, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Heermance Memorial Lib | Coxsackie, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
51 of 97 (53%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 60%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Angel Food East
ANGEL FOOD EAST ASSISTANCE - Coxsackie Area Food Pantry
EQUIPMENT & FOOD STORAGE CAPACITY - Hope Full Life Center
HELPING HARVEST FOOD ACQUISITION - Wave Farm Wgxc
WGXC: RADIO FOR OPEN EARS - Social & Environmental Entrepreneur
LONG TABLE HARVEST GLEANING PROG - Livingston Pumper Co 1
OLD FIREHOUSE WINDOW REPLACEMENT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 111 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 | 40 | $292,735 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 45 | $242,300 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 43 | $236,020 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 46 | $316,200 | $6,000 |
| 2025 | 47 | $302,800 | $6,200 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Alexander and Marjorie has 7 of them, worth $66,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Wave Farmwgxc | Acra, NY | $10,000 |
| Wave Farmwgxc | Acra, NY | $10,000 |
| Wave Farmwgxc | Acra, NY | $10,000 |
| Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter (owls) | Newport, NC | $10,000 |
| Wave Farmwgxc | Acra, NY | $10,000 |
| Germantown Library | Germantown, NY | $9,000 |
| Germantown Library | Germantown, NY | $7,000 |
Where its money goes
90% of its giving went to organizations in New York. 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 $5,500. 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 New York.
- 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 The Alexander and Marjorie's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: Po Box 524, Germantown, NY, 12526. 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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