Education grants in Alabama
51 private foundations fund education in Alabama and will read a proposal you were not invited to send. Between them they gave $52M in their most recent filings. A typical grant from this group is around $4K.
Worked out from where the money actually went rather than from mission statements, and from the box on each filing that says whether they take applications at all. Most small foundations give almost entirely within one state, which is why this cut is the one worth starting from.
The 51 funders, largest givers first
ALABAMA POWER FOUNDATION INC
BIRMINGHAM · $16M given
Human Services, Education · also invests
DOVE FAMILY FOUNDATION
DOTHAN · $12M given
Education, Philanthropy & Grantmaking
MIKE AND GILLIAN GOODRICH FOUNDATION
BIRMINGHAM · $3.3M given
Education, Arts, Culture & Humanities
HILL CREST FOUNDATION INC
MOUNTAIN BROOK · $3.1M given
Human Services, Health Care
HOLLE FAMILY FOUNDATION
BIRMINGHAM · $2.5M given
Human Services, Arts, Culture & Humanities
ROBERT R MEYER FOUNDATION
BIRMINGHAM · $2.1M given
Human Services, Arts, Culture & Humanities
ALFA FOUNDATION
MONTGOMERY · $1.7M given
Human Services, Education
THE SOLON AND MARTHA DIXON FD
ANDALUSIA · $1.3M given
Education, Arts, Culture & Humanities
ZYNE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
BIRMINGHAM · $1.2M given
Human Services, Education
JOE AND MARY ANN CROMEANS CHARITABLE
ORANGE BEACH · $1.0M given
Education, Human Services
CRAMPTON TRUST #1255000731
MOBILE · $1.0M given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Human Services
The Comer Foundation
Birmingham · $976K given
Education, Animal Welfare
STRAIN FOUNDATION
HUNTSVILLE · $692K given
Environment, Youth Development
JOHNNY AND KATHRYN WRIGHT FOUNDATION
BIRMINGHAM · $625K given
Human Services, Recreation & Sports
THE JOSEPH S BRUNO CHARITABLE
BIRMINGHAM · $550K given
Human Services, Education
HENSON AND KIRKLAND CHARITABLE
CHATOM · $469K given
Human Services, Religion
WORKING WOMAN'S HOME ASSOCIATION INC
MONTGOMERY · $391K given
Human Services, Crime & Legal Services
ERIE HALL MEYER CHARITABLE FUND INC
MOBILE · $302K given
Human Services, Education
THE GRATITUDE FOUNDATION
BIRMINGHAM · $283K given
Education, Arts, Culture & Humanities
THE MCNEEL FAMILY FOUNDATION
MONTROSE · $216K given
Health Care, Education
ALLYRAE WALLACE EDUCATIONAL TRUST
CAMDEN · $187K given
Education, Philanthropy & Grantmaking
Crum Family Charitable Foundation
Montgomery · $175K given
Education, Arts, Culture & Humanities
THE JOHN RUSSELL THOMAS FOUNDATION
ECLECTIC · $175K given
Education, Human Services
THE MILDRED W BLOUNT EDUCATIONAL
TALLASSEE · $159K given
Education, Arts, Culture & Humanities
MCABEE FAMILY FOUNDATION
TUSCALOOSA · $109K given
Philanthropy & Grantmaking, Education
JENKS C & ALICE PARKER FAMILY FOUNDATION
UNION SPRINGS · $106K given
Human Services, Education
MARY EMILY WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST
BIRMINGHAM · $104K given
Education, Arts, Culture & Humanities
SEXTON FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
DECATUR · $101K given
Education, Health Care
TUW BRADISH MEM SCHOLARSHIP
BIRMINGHAM · $100K given
Education
ROY C MOORE FOUNDATION
BIRMINGHAM · $99K given
Disease & Medical Research, Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
COBB FAMILY FOUNDATION
BIRMINGHAM · $97K given
Animal Welfare, Education
SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC
SHEFFIELD · $92K given
Crime & Legal Services, Youth Development
THE HERBERT AND PEGGY STOCKHAM
BIRMINGHAM · $88K given
Human Services, Education
BETTY R MCGOWIN CHARITABLE TRUST
MOBILE · $87K given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Civil Rights & Advocacy
BANSAL FAMILY CORPORATION
BIRMINGHAM · $75K given
Education, Health Care
EDWIN L AND ELIZABETH L SKELTON
ENTERPRISE · $72K given
Education, Religion
MOBILE MEDICAL MISSION HOSPITAL INC
ORANGE BEACH · $72K given
Education, Human Services
COWIN SPECIAL ACCOUNT
BIRMINGHAM · $66K given
Health Care, Disease & Medical Research
ELIZABETH BUFORD SHEPHERD SCHOLARSHIP
BIRMINGHAM · $60K given
Education, Philanthropy & Grantmaking
JOHN R LUCASH SCHOLARSHIP TRUST
BIRMINGHAM · $52K given
Education
W W WALKER JR AND FAMILY CHARITABLE
BIRMINGHAM · $49K given
Religion, Human Services
RUCKER & MARGARET AGEE FUND UA
BIRMINGHAM · $47K given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Education
VIOLET HAMPTON TUW #2
BIRMINGHAM · $46K given
Education
KOON RUDD FAMILY PRIVATE FOUNDATION
PHENIX CITY · $34K given
Religion, Education
ROY LEE FARISH & WILDA W FARISH
CAMDEN · $31K given
Education
United Bank Charitable Foundation
Atmore · $26K given
Human Services, Youth Development
ED AND LEONORA NIEMEYER CHARITABLE TR
FAIRHOPE · $25K given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Environment
CECILE MOESCHLE SCHOLARSHIP TRUST
BIRMINGHAM · $14K given
Education
THE SYBIL AND WHITE SMITH FOUNDATION
DAPHNE · $11K given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
THE BURROW FAMILY FOUNDATION
BIRMINGHAM · $11K given
Human Services, International Affairs
ROBERT F HENRY FOUNDATION
BIRMINGHAM · $6K given
Education, Religion
ALABAMA POWER FOUNDATION INC is the largest giver on this list. Working out which of these 51 would fund your organization specifically, rather than your subject, is what the funder search does. 1 of them also reported program-related investments, which is how foundation money reaches a company.
What else Alabama foundations fund
Education funders in other states
Worth checking if your work crosses a state line, or if you are eligible somewhere you are not based.
- Texas 388
- New York 331
- Florida 269
- Pennsylvania 256
- Ohio 254
- California 236
- Illinois 193
- Massachusetts 188
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