The Solon and Martha Dixon Fd
Andalusia, AL · EIN 63-0812726. Reported 171 grants totalling $4,756,282 to 63 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. 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 Solon and Martha Dixon Fd 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 $14,400. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $750 and the largest $350,000. 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn University Foundation | Auburn, AL | $1,203,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lbw Community College Fdn | Andalusia, AL | $449,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Andalusia Kiwanis Club Foundation | Andalusia, AL | $230,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Crossover Anchored With Christ | Opp, AL | $162,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| City of Opp | Opp, AL | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bethesda House Inc | Andalusia, AL | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lbw Community College | Andalusia, AL | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Liberty Learning Foundation Inc | Huntsville, AL | $123,660 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southern Preparatory Academy | Camp Hill, AL | $119,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Town of River Falls | River Falls, AL | $110,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children's of Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cov Cnty Child Advocacy Center | Andalusia, AL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Discovering Al Museum | Tuscaloosa, AL | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Meals of Love Opp | Opp, AL | $91,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Opportunity House Inc | Andalusia, AL | $89,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Andalusia Ballet Assoc | Andalusia, AL | $88,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sav-a-Life of Covington County Inc | Andalusia, AL | $87,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Covington County Schools | Andalusia, AL | $84,800 | 8 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cov Cnty Coop Extension Service | Andalusia, AL | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| South Central Al Mental Health | Andalusia, AL | $78,984 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Opp City Schools | Opp, AL | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Faith Broadcasting Inc | Montgomery, AL | $69,615 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Meredith's Miracles Inc | Andalusia, AL | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Easter Seals Camp Ascca | Jacksons Gap, AL | $54,700 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| City of Florala | Florala, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Full Tummy Project of Cov Cnty | Andalusia, AL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City of Andalusia | Andalusia, AL | $44,300 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Opp Cultural Arts Center | Opp, AL | $44,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lower Al Arts Coalition | Andalusia, AL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Cov Cnty Forestry Planning | Andalusia, AL | $36,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fresh Air Family | Birmingham, AL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pilots for Christ Inc | Monroeville, AL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| America's Heroes Enjoying Recreatio | Tuskegee, AL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Al Junior Miss Scholarship Fdn Inc | Montgomery, AL | $25,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Cov Cnty Children's Policy Council | Andalusia, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lower Alabama Arts Coalition | Andalusia, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cov County Incident Response Team | Opp, AL | $24,153 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Andalusia H S Scholarship Fdn | Andalusia, AL | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Covington County Commission | Andalusia, AL | $20,420 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | Mobile, AL | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| CATER2COPS | Dadeville, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 22ND Judicial Circuit Drug Task for | Andalusia, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cov Cnty Youth Advocate Programs | Andalusia, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Covington Veterans Foundation | Andalusia, AL | $15,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Imagination Library Inc | Andalusia, AL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Iron Works Men's Ministries | Andalusia, AL | $14,400 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Andalusia Community Christmas | Andalusia, AL | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Opp Housing Authority | Opp, AL | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Longleaf Alliance Inc | Andalusia, AL | $11,200 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Volunteers of America Southeast | Mobile, AL | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sav-a-Life Family Hope Center | Andalusia, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| South Al Regional Airport Authority | Andalusia, AL | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Opp Public Library | Opp, AL | $8,900 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Covington Cnty United Fd | Andalusia, AL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Montgomery, AL | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alabama Scottish Rite Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Uss Alabama Battleship Fdn | Mobile, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mizell Memorial Hospital Foundation | Opp, AL | $3,150 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cov Cnty Sheriff's Department | Andalusia, AL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Covington County United Fund | Andalusia, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Covington Region Honor Flight | Andalusia, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Cancer Society | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
39 of 63 (62%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 72%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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.
- Auburn University Foundation
EMMETT F. THOMPSON DEANSHIP, FORESTR - Lbw Community College Fdn
MARTHA & SOLON DIXON CTR-PERFORMING - Lbw Community College
CONSTRUCTION OF ADMIN BUILDING - Children's of Alabama
QUANTUM PERFUSION SYSTEMS - University of Alabama at Birmingham
COMPREHENSIVE HEAD/NECK SURVIVORSHIP - Cov Cnty Child Advocacy Center
REAL ESTATE, 122 6TH AVENUE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 57 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 37 | $965,453 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 39 | $1,227,049 | $12,500 |
| 2022 | 50 | $1,340,950 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 45 | $1,222,830 | $20,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $14,400. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Alabama.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Solon and Martha Dixon Fd's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1375, Andalusia, AL, 36420. 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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