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Alpha Foundation For The Improvement Of Mine Safety And Hea

Philadelphia, PA · EIN 455152759 · Website ↗ · 990s on ProPublica ↗

Assets

$4.6M

Total Giving

$17.7M

Grants on File

145

Average Grant

$122K

Giving Radius

Where Alpha Foundation For The Improvement Of Mine Safety And Hea Has Given

Historical grants to 35 recipients across 21 states. Top concentrations: LEXINGTON ($2.5M, 13 grants), CHICAGO ($2.0M, 11 grants), Morgantown ($2.0M, 17 grants), BLACKSBURG ($1.4M, 11 grants), SAN FRANCISCO ($1.1M, 8 grants).

Section I

How to Apply

No application guidelines on file — check the foundation's website directly.

On Unsolicited Proposals no

Section IV

Recent Grants

Recipient	Location	Amount	Purpose	Year
University of Arizona	Tucson, AZ	$49K	A hybrid geopolymer-biopolymer cementitious material for pumpable roof support	2020
The Pennsylvania State Univ	University Park, PA	$62K	AFC719-27 - Control of Hazardous Gas Emissions to Longwall Face and Bleeder System: Laboratory Experiments, Modeling and Field Monitoring	2020
West Virginia University Foundation	Morgantown, WV	$53K	AFC719-15 - A practical, mechanics based approach to pillar design	2020
University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	$165K	AFC113FO-87 - Application of Pressure Balancing Techniques at the West Elk Coal Mine	2020
Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	$44K	A Smart Device for Mine Dust Characterization and Coal Workersb	2020
South Dakota School of Mines and Te	Rapid City, SD	$38K	Using Wearable IMUs to Evaluate Musculoskeletal Disorder Risk in Underground Mining Activities	2020
Colorado School of Mines	Golden, CO	$187K	AFSTI14FO-69 - Investigating the impact of rock rubble on methane-air explosions: High-speed Turbulent Deflagrations and transition to Detonations	2020
The University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	$77K	AFC215-30 - Characterization and Effectiveness of Safety and Health Management Systems in the US. Mining Industry	2020
University of Kentucky Research Fou	Lexington, KY	$99K	AFCRFP20-131 - Analysis of the Influence of Macro Fractures on Underground Coal MIne Ventilation Seals	2020
Colorado School of Mines	Golden, CO	$150K	AFC820-52 - Large Scale Testing and Modeling of Supported and Unsupported Pillar Analogs	2020
Colorado School of Mines	Golden, CO	$234K	AFC820-54 - Lifting the Veil: Fusing RaDAR and Sound to Provide Enhanced Perception in Obscured Environments	2020
University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY	$435K	Autonomous Underground Mining Systems to Improve Safety - Intelligent Coal Mining	2020
Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CO	$14K	AFC518-16 - Development of direct sensing sampler for submicron mining particles including coal, silica and nano-sized diesel particulates	2020
Oakland University	Rochester, MI	$183K	Miniaturized and Real Time Gas Sensors for Mine Safety and Health	2020
University of Illinois	Chicago, IL	$783K	Characteristics of Dust and Risk Factors Associated with the Development of Rapidly Progressive Pneumoconiosis and Progressive Massive Fibrosis	2020
Colorado School of Mines	Golden, CO	$40K	AFC719-67 - Numerical Modeling of Overburden and Pillar Mechanics for Determination of Global Ground Stability in Underground Coal Mines	2020
Colorado School of Mines	Golden, CO	$155K	AFC820-50 - Integrating real-time personal dust exposure monitoring with location tracking	2020
University of Connecticut Health Ce	Farmington, CT	$80K	Improving Communication in Noise for Miners Wearing Hearing Protection	2020
West Virginia University Foundation	Morgantown, WV	$41K	AFC719FO-100 - Research and Refinement of a Methane Watchdog System to Improve Longwall Mine Safety	2020
West Virginia University Research C	Morgantown, WV	$62K	AFC719-68 - Methane Watchdog Network - A Cost Effective Approach to Longwall MEthane Monitoring and Control	2020
University of Kentucky Research Fou	Lexington, KY	$101K	Improved Face Ventilation For Extended-Cut Continuous Mining Using a Wing Regulator and Scrubber Control System	2020
University of Maryland	College Park, MD	$261K	Numerical Analysis of Gas Explosions in Coal Mines	2020
West Virginia University Foundation	Morgantown, WV	$47K	AFSTI14FO-82 - Validation of the Gas and Dust Explosion Model	2020
West Virginia University Foundation	Morgantown, WV	$76K	AFC719FO-101 - Mine-Specific, Geology-Dependent Pillar and Standing-Support Design Tools	2020
The Pennsylvania State Univ	University Park, PA	$145K	A Holistic Approach to Reducing Coal Workerb	2020

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Section V

Board of Directors

DAVID H WEGMAN Director
KEITH HEASLEY Director
MICHAEL KARMIS Director
THOMAS BARCZAK Executive Dir.
DAVID H WEGMAN Director
KEITH HEASLEY Director
MICHAEL KARMIS Director
THOMAS BARCZAK Executive Dir.
DAVID H WEGMAN Director
KEITH HEASLEY Director
MICHAEL KARMIS Director
THOMAS BARCZAK Executive Dir.
DAVID H WEGMAN Director
KEITH HEASLEY Director
MICHAEL KARMIS Director
THOMAS BARCZAK Executive Dir.

Section VI

Filing History

Year-by-year financial summary from IRS 990-PF filings. Total assets and qualifying distributions show the foundation's growth and giving trajectory.

Year	Total Assets	Qualifying Distributions	Total Revenue	Total Expenses
2023	$6.1M	$358K	$715K	$1.8M
2022	$8.6M	$513K	$550K	$952K
2021	$13.7M	$764K	$735K	$1.0M
2020	$18.2M	$976K	$131K	$4.7M
2019	$24.0M	$1.3M	$1.6M	$8.6M
2015	$38.4M	$2.0M	$1.4M	$6.4M
2014	$42.8M	$2.2M	$1.2M	$1.6M
2013	$45.7M	$451K	$326K	$10.1M
2012	$47.8M	$3K	$48.0M	$184K

Section VII

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