Funding search · EIN 630935852 · Birmingham, AL

The Thomas E Jernigan Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

117
grants reported
$2.0M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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4 grants matching “cancer research · $107,500

  • $30,000

    Reed Gi Cancer Research · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $20,000

    American Cancer Society · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Fund cancer research

  • $32,500

    American Cancer Society · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Fund cancer research

  • $25,000

    American Cancer Society · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Fund cancer research

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Ducks Unlimited3 grants · $280,191
  • St Mary'S On the Highlands Episcopal Church3 grants · $107,000
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center3 grants · $100,000
  • Kings Home3 grants · $85,000
  • St Luke'S Episcopal Church3 grants · $81,000
  • Alabama Wildlife Federation3 grants · $79,500
  • American Cancer Society3 grants · $77,500
  • Bridgeways3 grants · $77,000
  • Vulcan Park2 grants · $75,000
  • Linley Heflin Foundation3 grants · $65,000

Giving over time

$782,999
2022
$600,720
2023
$627,797
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 117 grants.

  • $127,374

    Ducks Unlimited · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $101,220

    Ducks Unlimited · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $53,000

    St Mary'S On the Highlands Episcopal Church · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $51,597

    Ducks Unlimited · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $50,000

    University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2024

    Ka building fund

  • $50,000

    Vulcan Park · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $50,000

    Big Oak Ranch · Springville, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $50,000

    Comprehensive Cancer Center · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $50,000

    For Nicaraguan Health · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $49,500

    Alabama Wildlife Federation · Millbrook, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $40,000

    On River Time · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $35,000

    Robert E Reed Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $32,500

    American Cancer Society · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Fund cancer research

  • $32,000

    Bridgeways · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $30,000

    Reed Gi Cancer Research · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $30,000

    Kings Home · Chelsea, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $30,000

    Robert E Reed Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $30,000

    Birmingham Zoo · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $30,000

    Kings Home · Chelsea, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $28,000

    St Luke'S Episcopal Church · Mountain Brook, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $28,000

    St Mary'S On the Highlands Episcopal Church · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $28,000

    St Luke'S Episcopal Church · Mountain Brook, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $26,000

    St Mary'S On the Highlands Episcopal Church · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $25,000

    Comprehensive Cancer Center · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $25,000

    Kings Home · Chelsea, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $25,000

    Bridgeways · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $25,000

    Comprehensive Cancer Center · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $25,000

    Linley Heflin Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $25,000

    St Luke'S Episcopal Church · Mountain Brook, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $25,000

    Vulcan Park · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $25,000

    Alabama Symphony Orchestra · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    2015 maestro's ball

  • $25,000

    American Cancer Society · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Fund cancer research

  • $25,000

    American Heart Association · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $25,000

    Leukemina and Lymphoma Society · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $25,000

    Linley Heflin Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $22,500

    Greater Birmingham Humance Society · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $22,500

    Greater Birmingham Humance Society · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $20,000

    Alabama Wildlife Federation · Millbrook, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $20,000

    American Cancer Society · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Fund cancer research

  • $20,000

    Coastal Conservation Association of Alabama · Mobile, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $20,000

    Magic Moments · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $20,000

    Rise Program · Glen Burnie, MD · 2024

    General fund

  • $20,000

    Coastal Conservation Association of Alabama · Mobile, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $20,000

    Sawyerville Day Camp · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $20,000

    Bridgeways · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $20,000

    Sawyerville Day Camp · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $15,000

    Birmingham Zoo · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $15,000

    Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $15,000

    Linley Heflin Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $15,000

    On River Time · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $15,000

    Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $15,000

    Mountain Brook High School Athletics · Mountain Brook, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $15,000

    Birmingham Botanical Gardens · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $15,000

    Mountain Brook High School Athletics · Mountain Brook, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $15,000

    United Ability · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $13,000

    Jesus Fatih Church · Burkville, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $12,500

    Viva Health · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $10,000

    Alabama Symphony Orchestra · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    2015 maestro's ball

  • $10,000

    Bigtime Ministries · Mountain Brook, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $10,000

    Community Food Bank · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $10,000

    Easterseals of the Birmingham Area · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $10,000

    Senior Bowl Llc · Mobile, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $10,000

    Magic Moments · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $10,000

    Rise Program · Glen Burnie, MD · 2023

    General fund

  • $10,000

    Senior Bowl Llc · Mobile, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $10,000

    Alabama Wildlife Federation · Millbrook, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $10,000

    Bigtime Ministries · Mountain Brook, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $10,000

    Magic Moments · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $10,000

    Senior Bowl Llc · Mobile, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $10,000

    Studio By the Tracks · Irondale, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $7,500

    Ywca · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Cooper Farm Rodeo · Wilsonville, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Marion Rodeo · Marion, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Quarter Backing Childrens · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Yellow Cardinal Mental · Mountain Brook, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Ywca · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Casa of Jefferson County · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Children'S Hospital Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Racing for children

  • $5,000

    Cooper Farm Rodeo · Wilsonville, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Easterseals of the Birmingham Area · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Marion Fire & Rescue · Marion, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $5,000

    National Wild Turkey Federation · Edgefield, SC · 2023

    General fund - birmingham chapter

  • $5,000

    Cooper Farm Rodeo · Wilsonville, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Crippled Children'S Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Fresh Water Land Trust · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Homewood Police Foundation · Homewood, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Parkinson'S Foundation · Miami, FL · 2022

    General fund

  • $5,000

    The Wellhouse · Odenville, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $3,500

    Morris Youth Association · Morris, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $3,125

    Friends of Nra · Fairfax, VA · 2022

    General fund

  • $3,000

    Altadena Valley Presbyterian Church · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $3,000

    New Bethlehem Baptist · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Religious fellowship

  • $3,000

    St Paul United Methodist · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General fund

  • $3,000

    Altadena Valley Presbyterian Church · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $3,000

    Jesus Fatih Church · Burkville, AL · 2023

    General fund

  • $3,000

    New Bethlehem Baptist · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Religious fellowship

  • $3,000

    Altadena Valley Presbyterian Church · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $3,000

    Highlands United Methodist Church · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

  • $3,000

    New Bethlehem Baptist · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Religious fellowship

  • $3,000

    St Paul United Methodist · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General fund

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.