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Foundations That Fund Education in Alabama

Imperigo has identified 456 funders that made 3,271 grants totaling $368.4M to 411 education organizations in Alabama, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Alabama

Total granted $368.4M
Funders 456
Grants 3,271
Organizations funded 411

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Scholarships for Kids Inc
75 grants to 22 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2024 · 31.0% of their giving
$23.2M
2. Uab Medicine Enterprise
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $3.1M · through 2023 · 18.1% of their giving
$15.4M
3. Bellingrath-Morse Foundation
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 34.0% of their giving
$8.9M
4. The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
190 grants to 65 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 7.1% of their giving
$10.2M
5. Spring Hill College Foundation (#1255000777)
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.0M
6. Education Freedom Alabama
49 grants to 16 organizations · largest $304K · through 2024 · 14.8% of their giving
$2.4M
7. Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc
41 grants to 8 organizations · largest $515K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$8.7M
8. Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville
66 grants to 23 organizations · largest $336K · through 2023 · 6.4% of their giving
$3.3M
9. Birmingham Business Alliance Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2022 · 38.0% of their giving
$1.0M
10. Birmingham Jewish Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $440K · through 2024 · 14.0% of their giving
$1.3M
11. Renaissance Scholarships Inc
6 grants to 6 organizations · largest $213K · through 2025 · 55.6% of their giving
$843K
12. North Alabama Lions Athletic Club Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $225K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$775K
13. Guardian Credit Union
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $165K · through 2024 · 69.1% of their giving
$655K
14. Birmingham Jewish Federation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $216K · through 2024 · 14.0% of their giving
$787K
15. Alabama Partnership for Children
18 grants to 7 organizations · largest $837K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$2.8M
16. Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund
50 grants to 20 organizations · largest $85K · through 2024 · 11.2% of their giving
$937K
17. Advent Episcopal Day School Charitable Endowment Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $185K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$368K
18. Sigma Chi Foundation at Auburn University Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $270K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$351K
19. Kids Connect Charitable Fund C/O Sterling Foundation Management LLC
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2024 · 7.3% of their giving
$900K
20. Alabama Broadcasters Association
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $151K · through 2024 · 92.1% of their giving
$303K
21. Faulkner University Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $299K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$299K
22. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
206 grants to 65 organizations · largest $5.3M · through 2024
$25.7M
23. The Bayside Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $101K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$281K
24. Trinity Presbyterian School Charitable Trust
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $71K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$268K
25. Women's Foundation of Alabama
17 grants to 11 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 9.9% of their giving
$500K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 14 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 education 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 education funding in Alabama, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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