Grants and funding in Alabama

4,517 foundations reported granting into Alabama on their most recent IRS filings: 15,532 itemized grants worth $947M between them. On top of that, 24 live grant programs and 43 contract opportunities are specific to Alabama, alongside 3,344 nationwide programs also open here.

foundations granting into the state

4,517

of 129,981 grantmaking foundations on file

in itemized grants into the state

$947M

across 15,532 grants on IRS filings

live grants specific to Alabama

24

of 3,984 live grants tracked nationwide

community lenders serving the state

45

of 483 CDFIs on file

Who gives the most into Alabama

The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into Alabama on their most recent filings. Size and openness are different things: the giants here are mostly endowments that choose their own recipients, which is why the list worth working from is the 4,517 above filtered to funders that accept applications.

Who the Alabama-specific grants are for

Of the 24 live grant programs specific to Alabama, here is who the announcements name. 12 more are open to any organization type and counted separately, never twice.

Wherever you sit, nonprofits, cities and towns, tribal organizations and every other reader get their own page saying what Quillify does and does not do for them.

The lenders almost nobody checks

45 community development lenders serve Alabama: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Communities Unlimited, Inc., Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund. Quillify tracks all 483 nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.