Alabama · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in Alabama

Imperigo has identified 87 funders that made 340 grants totaling $284.8M to 81 recreation & sports organizations in Alabama, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Recreation & Sports Funding in Alabama

Total granted $284.8M
Funders 87
Grants 340
Organizations funded 81

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. The Israel & Sylvia Goldberg Family Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 3.9% of their giving
$10K
27. Professional Tennis Registry Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$5K
28. The Players Alliance Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024
$28K
29. Huntsville Rehabilitation Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$10K
30. Uab Medicine Enterprise
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $55K · through 2023
$85K
31. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2020 · 1.6% of their giving
$5K
32. American Gift Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2024
$142K
33. Alabama Civil Justice Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2020
$16K
34. Bruce Pearl Family Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024
$10K
35. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
29 grants to 12 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$786K
36. The Eyesight Foundation of Alabama Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2021
$22K
37. The Dallas Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $55K · through 2024
$122K
38. United Way of Central Alabama Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024
$54K
39. Nick's Kids Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2019
$5K
40. Navigate Affordable Housing Partners Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2022
$11K
41. United States Tennis Association Incorporated
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2023
$48K
42. The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023
$18K
43. Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2020
$5K
44. AARP
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $28K · through 2024
$28K
45. Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2020
$6K
46. Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2021
$10K
47. The Chicago Community Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $21K · through 2023
$83K
48. United Way of Greater St Louis Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022
$16K
49. Austin Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024
$12K
50. Pga Tour Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2023
$8K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to recreation & sports 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. 10 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.

Other Causes Funded in Alabama

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 recreation & sports 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 recreation & sports funding in Alabama, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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