Alabama · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in Alabama

Imperigo has identified 427 funders that made 4,003 grants totaling $316.8M to 495 human services organizations in Alabama, with a median grant of $17K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Alabama

Total granted $316.8M
Funders 427
Grants 4,003
Organizations funded 495

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. United Way of Central Alabama Inc
102 grants to 25 organizations · largest $2.9M · through 2024 · 35.6% of their giving
$47.1M
2. East Alabama Innovation and Rural Training Hub Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$20.4M
3. The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
193 grants to 87 organizations · largest $4.3M · through 2024 · 11.7% of their giving
$16.8M
4. Walker Area Community Foundation Inc
112 grants to 25 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2025 · 26.7% of their giving
$8.9M
5. Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers Inc
54 grants to 9 organizations · largest $210K · through 2024 · 26.2% of their giving
$4.2M
6. United Way of West Alabama Inc
36 grants to 8 organizations · largest $186K · through 2024 · 29.0% of their giving
$3.8M
7. Wiregrass United Way Inc
69 grants to 9 organizations · largest $163K · through 2025 · 19.8% of their giving
$3.5M
8. River Region United Way
58 grants to 10 organizations · largest $130K · through 2024 · 43.0% of their giving
$2.4M
9. Alabama Business Charitable Trust Fund Inc
51 grants to 19 organizations · largest $234K · through 2024 · 34.5% of their giving
$2.3M
10. United Way of Southwest Alabama Inc
65 grants to 14 organizations · largest $136K · through 2024 · 27.6% of their giving
$2.0M
11. The Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence
43 grants to 9 organizations · largest $104K · through 2024 · 51.1% of their giving
$2.0M
12. Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville
102 grants to 34 organizations · largest $911K · through 2023 · 8.1% of their giving
$4.2M
13. Clay Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $489K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.7M
14. Mayfair Towers Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.7M · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.7M
15. YMCA Endowment Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $292K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.6M
16. United Way of Morgan County
47 grants to 6 organizations · largest $82K · through 2024 · 17.7% of their giving
$1.4M
17. Birmingham Jewish Federation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $277K · through 2024 · 22.1% of their giving
$1.2M
18. Navigate Affordable Housing Partners Inc
33 grants to 24 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 12.0% of their giving
$2.0M
19. Montgomery Area Coalition for the Homeless Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $420K · through 2022 · 51.0% of their giving
$1.2M
20. Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama
42 grants to 19 organizations · largest $254K · through 2024 · 18.3% of their giving
$1.1M
21. Junior League of Birmingham Inc
30 grants to 10 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 23.2% of their giving
$680K
22. United Way of Marshall County - Alabama Inc
18 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2025 · 23.4% of their giving
$658K
23. HED Group Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $266K · through 2024 · 45.0% of their giving
$608K
24. Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund
69 grants to 30 organizations · largest $70K · through 2024 · 12.0% of their giving
$1.0M
25. Lake Martin Area United Way
36 grants to 6 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 32.0% of their giving
$548K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 12 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 human services 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 human services funding in Alabama, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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