Foundation Mission
The Foundation provides its available funds to help socio-economically disadvantaged people move toward self-sufficiency. We support efforts to improve education, medical practices, the environment, and social and cultural activities. We hope to work with others that share our conviction that a good education, and effective healthcare for all, will lead more people to self-sufficiency. Thereby creating stronger families, better communities, hopeful nations, and a peaceful world.
2023 Foundation Recipients
THE ALICE FUND
GROWING PHILANTHROPY RECIPIENTS
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Chosen People Ministries
Compassion International
Empower Sports
Feed My Starving Children
Feeding America
Homeless Helping Homeless
K9s for Veterans
K9s for Warriors
MN Adult & Teen Challenge
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Oceana
Padi Aware
Polar Bears International
Project AWARE
Rainforest Trust
Safe Horizon
Samaritan's Purse
Second Harvest Heartland
Steiger Ministries International
Terebinth Refuge
Tongabezi Trust School - Zambia
Union Gospel Mission
World Wildlife Fund
GIVING IN BLOOM RECIPIENTS
Hope Academy
Summit Academy
Alzheimer's Association
Together for Good
JDRF
Mayo Clinic
Minneapolis Crisis Nursery
Source MN
Minneapolis Police Foundation
St. Paul Police Foundation
Black Men Teach
Mile in Your Shoes
Foundation History
Our founding members came from different backgrounds. Fred grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts while Alice grew up on a small farm near Madison, Minnesota. They shared common values such as dedication to family, devotion to their faith, and an enjoyment of the simple things in life. Through hard work, prayer, and maybe some Irish luck, they found they were blessed beyond their needs. Together they formed the Alice and Fred Wall Family Foundation.
In addition to giving financial gifts through the foundation, Alice gave hundreds of hours of her time, volunteering at church and various other organizations throughout her lifetime.
She even tried giving her social security payments back to the government, knowing that others needed the money more than she did. When that didn’t work, she deposited the checks into an account, and each year at Christmas she wrote checks to every organization that asked, until the account was empty. It became known by the family as The Alice Fund. In celebration of Alice (1931-2016), The Wall Family Foundation memorialized the Alice Fund to support organizations that she loved.
In recent years, Alice and Fred’s grandchildren have directed gifts within the Alice Fund to support organizations of their choice, with the hope of growing philanthropists.
