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Alice & Eugene Ford Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Millersville, Maryland · EIN 522271621

Alice & Eugene Ford Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Millersville, Maryland. In tax year 2025 it gave $1.2 million in 12 grants; the typical grant was $35,000 and the largest $333,333. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $984,194 the year before.

42% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$589,00012$12.4 million
2024$984,1949$12.3 million
2025$1.2 million12$12.3 million

How to apply

ContactBryan Pauley
6 Holly Drive, Chatham, NJ 07928
Phone or email(240) 464-4106
What to submitInitially, an outline of the program purpose of any grant and any history of experience and results.
RestrictionsPrimary interest is supporting social services for families in inner city and particularly those direct at children and literacy

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Alice & Eugene Ford Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to District of Columbia.

StateGrantsAmount
District of Columbia7$834,587
Maryland3$282,000
Georgia1$95,000
Pennsylvania1$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 12 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Academy of Hope
Washington, DC
Education student development$333,333
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC
Educationstudent developmentscholarship support$316,254
So What Else Inc
Bethesda, MD
Provide activities to under served local youth$280,000
Washington Jesuit Academy
Washington, DC
Education student development$100,000
March of Dimes
Atlanta, GA
Close health equity gap$95,000
Washington School for Girls
Washington, DC
Education student development$35,000
Habitat for Humanity
Washington, DC
Affordable housing$35,000
Jubilee to College
Washington, DC
Education student development$12,000
University of the District of Colum
Washington, DC
Education student development$3,000
Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD
Education student development$1,000
Penn State University
Middletown, PA
Education student development$1,000
Towson University
Towson, MD
Education student development$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Alice & Eugene Ford Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Alice & Eugene Ford Foundation Inc give?

$1.2 million in tax year 2025, across 12 grants, with a typical grant of $35,000.

Who runs Alice & Eugene Ford Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Bryan Pauley (Director & Treasurer), Madelaine Ford (Director & President), Daniel Lewis (Director) and Mary Ford (Director & Secretary) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Alice & Eugene Ford Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and youth programs.

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