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Foundations That Fund Youth Development in Alabama

Imperigo has identified 174 funders that made 1,076 grants totaling $117.7M to 118 youth development organizations in Alabama, with a median grant of $18K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Youth Development Funding in Alabama

Total granted $117.7M
Funders 174
Grants 1,076
Organizations funded 118

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. United Way of Central Alabama Inc
31 grants to 6 organizations · largest $982K · through 2024 · 13.3% of their giving
$17.6M
2. Wiregrass United Way Inc
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $219K · through 2024 · 21.9% of their giving
$3.3M
3. Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return)
72 grants to 12 organizations · largest $742K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$9.2M
4. United Way of Etowah County Inc
18 grants to 3 organizations · largest $56K · through 2024 · 20.1% of their giving
$688K
5. United Way of West Alabama Inc
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $211K · through 2024 · 10.1% of their giving
$1.3M
6. Charles a Hamilton Charitable Trust
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $62K · through 2024 · 41.2% of their giving
$539K
7. River Region United Way
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2024 · 11.0% of their giving
$623K
8. Boys & Girls of Montgomery Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $68K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$288K
9. Threaded Fasteners Charitable Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $54K · through 2024 · 95.7% of their giving
$224K
10. United Way of Southwest Alabama Inc
13 grants to 2 organizations · largest $92K · through 2024 · 7.8% of their giving
$554K
11. Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund
16 grants to 8 organizations · largest $147K · through 2024 · 6.6% of their giving
$553K
12. Team Tacala Charities
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2021 · 28.1% of their giving
$130K
13. Pike County Cattlemen's Association
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $51K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$113K
14. Scholarships for Kids Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $555K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$1.3M
15. The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
44 grants to 18 organizations · largest $425K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$1.8M
16. United Way of East Central Alabama Inc
18 grants to 2 organizations · largest $13K · through 2024 · 9.7% of their giving
$187K
17. United Way of Athens-Limestone County
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $16K · through 2023 · 12.3% of their giving
$101K
18. Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama
14 grants to 7 organizations · largest $41K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$267K
19. Alabama Partnership for Children
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $522K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$866K
20. Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$50K
21. Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $174K · through 2023 · 2.4% of their giving
$318K
22. United States Health & Housing
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 10.0% of their giving
$75K
23. Walker Area Community Foundation Inc
29 grants to 4 organizations · largest $101K · through 2025 · 1.5% of their giving
$491K
24. United Way of North Talladega County Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12K · through 2024 · 13.1% of their giving
$45K
25. Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville
17 grants to 7 organizations · largest $178K · through 2023 · 1.1% of their giving
$543K

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

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