Alabama · Grantmakers

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 2 of 4

26. Propel Education
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2021 · 9.8% of their giving
$400K
27. St Aloysius Gonzaga Charities Inc
11 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2024 · 96.2% of their giving
$192K
28. United Way of Central Alabama Inc
20 grants to 9 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$2.2M
29. Deo Volente Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $108K · through 2024 · 82.3% of their giving
$177K
30. The Hargrove Foundation Inc
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $25K · through 2022 · 19.2% of their giving
$162K
31. Military Stability Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $140K · through 2025 · 46.4% of their giving
$150K
32. Agape United Appeal Fund Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $107K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$139K
33. Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama
21 grants to 11 organizations · largest $44K · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$396K
34. Walker Area Community Foundation Inc
26 grants to 7 organizations · largest $64K · through 2025 · 2.7% of their giving
$908K
35. Kp Cares
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $45K · through 2022 · 31.4% of their giving
$106K
36. Miles College National Alumni Assoc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $59K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$101K
37. Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $256K · through 2025 · 6.2% of their giving
$320K
38. Alabama Civil Justice Foundation
20 grants to 14 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 7.3% of their giving
$264K
39. The Maynard Nexsen Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $40K · through 2022 · 12.8% of their giving
$125K
40. The St Paul's Episcopal School Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $76K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$76K
41. Horizons Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $65K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$65K
42. Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2022
$1.7M
43. Ernst & Young Foundation
35 grants to 6 organizations · largest $110K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$1.2M
44. Farm Journal Agricultural Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2024 · 20.3% of their giving
$60K
45. Impact 100 Baldwin County
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $90K · through 2024 · 6.0% of their giving
$169K
46. Applied Research Center of Alabama
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$45K
47. Charter Fund Inc D/B/a Charter School Growth Fund
9 grants to 7 organizations · largest $475K · through 2024
$2.1M
48. Council of Independent Colleges
17 grants to 5 organizations · largest $52K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$495K
49. Alabama Law Foundation Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $67K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$224K
50. The Westminster Kennel Club
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $70K · through 2019 · 11.0% of their giving
$70K

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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