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Foundations That Fund Religion in Alabama

Imperigo has identified 200 funders that made 1,673 grants totaling $133.2M to 262 religion organizations in Alabama, with a median grant of $17K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Religion Funding in Alabama

Total granted $133.2M
Funders 200
Grants 1,673
Organizations funded 262

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Woman's Missionary Union Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 68.4% of their giving
$3.9M
2. Ewtn Religious Catalogue Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.1M
3. Operation Grace World Missions Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $135K · through 2025 · 31.0% of their giving
$738K
4. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
368 grants to 105 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2024
$38.1M
5. Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$2.3M
6. Telford Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $195K · through 2024 · 4.6% of their giving
$805K
7. Emmanuel Housing Center
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $56K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$154K
8. United Way of Etowah County Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2024 · 6.0% of their giving
$206K
9. Rbn Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 6.1% of their giving
$200K
10. Greater Manhattan Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $825K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$825K
11. Eden Bridge Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $185K · through 2022 · 1.5% of their giving
$724K
12. Alabama Pro-Life Coalition Education Fund Inc
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $29K · through 2024 · 11.2% of their giving
$95K
13. Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville
29 grants to 13 organizations · largest $119K · through 2023 · 1.3% of their giving
$671K
14. Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund
10 grants to 6 organizations · largest $48K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$243K
15. The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
31 grants to 16 organizations · largest $274K · through 2024
$946K
16. Guardian Long Range Competition
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2025 · 26.0% of their giving
$30K
17. Sakya Charitable Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $28K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$28K
18. Life House Ministries Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 22.2% of their giving
$27K
19. Wiregrass Electric Cooperative Inc Charitable Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023 · 14.6% of their giving
$32K
20. Equipping the Saints
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2023 · 25.5% of their giving
$24K
21. Sweet Bread Ministries
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2025 · 17.1% of their giving
$24K
22. Partners in Asian Missions
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $19K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$19K
23. Navigate Affordable Housing Partners Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$225K
24. Scholarships for Kids Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $127K · through 2024
$480K
25. IFE Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2019 · 1.5% of their giving
$200K

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

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