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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Alabama

Imperigo has identified 164 funders that made 1,138 grants totaling $120.0M to 217 arts & culture organizations in Alabama, with a median grant of $14K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Alabama

Total granted $120.0M
Funders 164
Grants 1,138
Organizations funded 217

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Alabama Symphony Endowment
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$7.0M
2. Bellingrath-Morse Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.4M · through 2024 · 20.8% of their giving
$5.4M
3. Alabama Shakespeare Festival Endowment Trust
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.8M
4. Huntsville Symphony Orchestra
14 grants to 2 organizations · largest $324K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.0M
5. The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
108 grants to 38 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$6.9M
6. Birmingham Business Alliance Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $515K · through 2022 · 21.5% of their giving
$566K
7. Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville
44 grants to 13 organizations · largest $464K · through 2023 · 4.4% of their giving
$2.3M
8. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
31 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.8M · through 2025
$17.0M
9. Ballet Guild of Birmingham
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $140K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$314K
10. Mobile Arts Council Inc
21 grants to 3 organizations · largest $18K · through 2025 · 86.6% of their giving
$280K
11. The Maynard Nexsen Foundation
20 grants to 6 organizations · largest $33K · through 2025 · 26.4% of their giving
$258K
12. Burritt Museum Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $65K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$212K
13. Tennessee Valley Art Association Foundation for Endowment
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $143K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$168K
14. Infirmary Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$400K
15. Ballet Womens Committee Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$100K
16. Ann B Hearin Foundation
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024 · 20.9% of their giving
$100K
17. Gothic Guild Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $82K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$82K
18. Impact 100 Baldwin County
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $90K · through 2019 · 6.3% of their giving
$180K
19. McWane Science Center Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $49K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$49K
20. Cullman Lions Club
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023 · 16.7% of their giving
$50K
21. Michelin Charity Golf Tournament FKA Michelin Pro-Am Charity Golf Tournament
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $74K · through 2022 · 3.9% of their giving
$200K
22. The Hargrove Foundation Inc
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $10K · through 2025 · 9.5% of their giving
$80K
23. Central Alabama Community Foundation Inc
22 grants to 10 organizations · largest $85K · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$282K
24. Walker Area Community Foundation Inc
18 grants to 7 organizations · largest $158K · through 2025 · 1.4% of their giving
$463K
25. San Angelo Area Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $210K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$461K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Alabama, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 11 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Alabama. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Alabama, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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