Fred and Jean Allegretti Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Allegretti Foundation supports health, animals and wildlife, education, the environment, housing and arts and culture with a strong focus on the states of Florida, Illinois and Colorado.
IP TAKE: This low-profile funder does not outline specific goals for its grantmaking, choosing instead to give broadly in the areas of health, animals and wildlife, education, the environment, housing and arts and culture.
Geographic priorities include Florida, Illinois and Colorado. Allegretti is an accessible funder. It accepts letters of inquiry from November through May and invites full applications with a due date in July. Awards are announced in August or September, with funds disbursed in October.
PROFILE: The Florida-based Fred and Jean Allegretti Foundation works broadly to support “domestic charitable organizations and institutions that work to improve the lives, minds, health and well being of children, adults, the elderly, animals and those physically challenged.” Its grantmaking areas of interest include health, animals, education, the environment, housing and arts and culture. This foundation does not provide a great deal of information about its specific funding goals and appears to work broadly in its areas of interest.
Grants for Public Health
Health is one of the Allegretti Foundation’s larger areas of giving. Children’s health appears to be a priority, with recent grants having gone to Chicago’s La Rabida Children’s Hospital and the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. Other recent grantees include the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, the Lee Health Foundation of Florida and Chicago’s Resurrection Healthcare.
Grants for Animals and Wildlife
Allegretti’s grantmaking for animals has increased dramatically in recent years. The foundation gives to a variety of organizations serving the wellbeing of both domesticated and wild animals and appears to prioritize animal organizations in the state of Flordia. Recipients include Florida’s Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, the Lee County Humane Society, Canine Companions of Orlando and the Southwest Florida Horse Rescue.
Grants for K-12 and Higher Education
The Allegretti Foundation does not name priorities for its education funding but appears to give to both K-12 and higher education initiatives and schools. K-12 grantees include Chicago’s St. Patrick’s High School, the Denver Public Schools Foundation and Denver’s Sun Valley Youth Center. In higher education, the foundation has given to the University of Colorado.
Grants for Environmental Conservation
Conservation is a smaller area of giving for this funder. Environmental grantmaking appears to be limited to the state of Colorado at this time, with grants going to GRID Alternatives Colorado and Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado.
Grants for Housing, Homelessness and Community Development
Allegretti’s grantmaking for housing and homelessness appears to prioritize vulnerable populations and at-risk youth. Grantees include Misericordia, which provides housing opportunities to disabled adults, and Our Mother’s Home of Southwest Florida, which provides shelter to young mothers in foster care and their babies.
Grants for Arts and Culture
The Allegretti Foundation has given to a handful or arts and culture organizations in its home state of Florida. Recent grants have supported the Florida Repertory Theatre, Florida Arts, Inc. and the IMAG History and Science Center of Fort Myers.
Important Grant Details:
The Fred and Jean Allegretti Foundation makes about $1 million in grants a year, with grants ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 in most cases. The foundation supports organizations of every size working in its areas of interest. While grantmaking is national in scope, this funder appears to prioritize organizations based in the states of Florida, Illinois and Colorado. For additional information about past grantmaking, see the foundation’s recent tax filings.
This funder accepts letters of inquiry via its online portal between November and May and invites applicants to submit full applications by the end of July. Decisions are announces in August and September with grants disbursed in October of each year. General inquiries may be submitted to the foundation via its contact page.
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