Grantmakers

Charities and Community Foundations That Give Grants in Alabama

These 60 organizations are not private foundations. They are charities based in Alabama that give grants to other nonprofits and report them on Form 990 Schedule I -- community foundations, United Ways and federated funds, hospital and university foundations, and operating charities that regrant. Each gave to at least 20 organizations we could identify and filed a return covering 2023 or later.

60grantmaking charities
$1.1Bgranted between them
5,675funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific grantmaker is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

OrganizationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
The Community Foundation of GreaterBirmingham$21,000753$120.3M
Community Foundation of Greater HuntsvilleHuntsville$15,350463$42.6M
Community Food Bank of Central AlabamaBirmingham$60,135371$83.5M
Alabama Partnership for ChildrenMontgomery$44,331352$70.9M
Walker Area Community Foundation IncJasper$35,000166$28.2M
Tombigbee Resource Conservation andTuscaloosa$9,989151$2.9M
Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation & Developement CouncilTuscumbia$7,000147$2.5M
Orlean & Ralph W Beeson FundBirmingham$10,000145$6.8M
United Way of Central Alabama IncBirmingham$87,605140$100.8M
Community Foundation of Northeast AlabamaAnniston$12,500140$5.7M
Mid-South Resource Conservation andMontgomery$13,423134$3.1M
Alabamas Mtns Rivers and Valleys Rsc Conservation and Dev CouncilHartselle$9,200128$2.8M
Cawaco Resource Conservation &Birmingham$10,000128$2.2M
The Longleaf Alliance IncAndalusia$11,600124$5.1M
Ala-Tom Rc&d Council IncThomasville$8,943116$1.8M
Alabama Humanities AllianceBirmingham$10,000111$1.6M
Navigate Affordable Housing PartnersBirmingham$100,000107$14.9M
Central Alabama Community FoundationMontgomery$9,303105$9.9M
Alabama Hospital AssociationMontgomery$128,025101$220.3M
Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development AreaAtmore$12,500100$2.6M
Alabama Civil Justice FoundationMontgomery$10,00097$1.9M
The Black Belt Community Foundation IncSelma$10,00096$8.8M
Education Freedom AlabamaBirmingham$27,30289$17.0M
Southern Poverty Law Center IncMontgomery$25,00083$6.9M
Scholarships for Kids IncBirmingham$80,98875$62.4M
Alabama Association of ResourceMontgomery$25,00073$39.5M
Women's Foundation of AlabamaBirmingham$25,00072$4.2M
Woman's Missionary Union FoundationBirmingham$8,05562$6.8M
Alabama Business Charitable Trust FundBirmingham$18,94960$5.0M
Alabama Council of EmergencyLincoln$65,27551$6.5M
Montgomery Area CommunityMontgomery$9,85649$787K
Tuskegee UniversityTuskegee Institute$43,16044$10.0M
United Way of Southwest Alabama IncMobile$25,59444$5.6M
B Charitable IncBirmingham$10,00043$1.1M
Junior League of Birmingham IncBirmingham$15,00040$2.5M
Wiregrass United Way IncDothan$68,60040$12.6M
Quarterbacking Children's HealthBirmingham$30,00038$8.0M
Alabama Network of Children'sMontgomery$61,36436$14.5M
Uab Medicine EnterpriseBirmingham$25,00036$90.4M
Alabama ForwardMontgomery$30,60036$2.8M
River Region United WayMontgomery$20,00034$4.6M
Heart of Alabama Food Bank IncMontgomery$17,50032$1.2M
The Maynard Nexsen FoundationBirmingham$10,00030$830K
The Economic Development Partnership ofBirmingham$25,00030$1.1M
United Way of West Alabama IncTuscaloosa$90,79329$10.7M
St Vincent Depaul Society Holy Spirit Conference IncHuntsville$15,00029$570K
The Hargrove Foundation IncMobile$10,00028$620K
Baptist Health Foundation IncBirmingham$16,25028$7.6M
United Way of Morgan CountyDecatur$26,58327$3.9M
Respite for All FoundationMontgomery$10,00027$275K
New Schools for AlabamaBirmingham$278,28625$29.3M
Eternal Word Television Network IncIrondale$11,00025$10.9M
Uab Educational FoundationBirmingham$15,00025$8.5M
Bruce Pearl Family FoundationAuburn$12,50024$1.6M
United Way of Etowah CountyGadsden$26,90224$2.6M
Lake Martin Area United WayAlexander City$10,00024$1.1M
Huntsville RehabilitationHuntsville$12,20023$551K
Woman's Missionary Union Auxiliary to Southern Baptist ConventionBirmingham$15,00023$766K
St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham$35,00021$15.4M
Holy Name of Jesus Hospital TrustBirmingham$30,00021$2.3M
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.

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