Funding search · EIN 631209631 · Birmingham, AL

The Community Foundation of Greater

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

1,248
grants reported
$98.0M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$20,000
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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2 grants matching “bama · $15,000

  • $7,500

    Bama Bully Rescue · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Family and social services

  • $7,500

    Bama Bully Rescue · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Family and social services

Top recipients

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

  • The University of Alabama at Birmingham2 grants · $9.0M
  • United Way of Central Alabama3 grants · $5.0M
  • Lovelady Centerfreedom Rain3 grants · $4.4M
  • Grace Klein Community3 grants · $3.6M
  • Uab1 grant · $3.4M
  • Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia2 grants · $2.0M
  • Birmingham Southern College3 grants · $1.9M
  • Alabama Symphonic Association2 grants · $1.8M
  • Chatham Hall3 grants · $1.6M
  • Doulos Partners1 grant · $1.6M

Giving over time

$23.8M
2022
$30.6M
2023
$43.6M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,248 grants.

  • $5.4M

    The University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General support

  • $4.3M

    Lovelady Centerfreedom Rain · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Family and social services; daf funded

  • $3.6M

    The University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General support

  • $3.6M

    Grace Klein Community · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General support

  • $3.4M

    Uab · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support + special programs + scholarships thriving communities

  • $2.3M

    United Way of Central Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General support

  • $1.7M

    Alabama Symphonic Association · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Arts & culture

  • $1.6M

    Doulos Partners · Vestavia Hills, AL · 2024

    Family and social services; daf funded

  • $1.5M

    United Way of Central Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Family and social services

  • $1.3M

    National Christian Foundation Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General support; daf funded

  • $1.2M

    United Way of Central Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support + special program

  • $1.2M

    Offender Alumni Association · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Special programs

  • $1.1M

    Chatham Hall · Chatham, VA · 2024

    Education; daf funded

  • $1.1M

    Birmingham-Southern College Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Education; daf funded

  • $1.1M

    Cawaco Resource Conservation and Development Council · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Environment; daf funded

  • $1.0M

    Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

    Education; daf funded

  • $1.0M

    Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2024

    Education; daf funded

  • $1.0M

    Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    Education; daf funded

  • $986,200

    Blanket Fort Hope · Columbiana, AL · 2024

    Family and social services

  • $763,489

    Downtown Jimmie Hale Mission · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Family and social services

  • $758,336

    Birmingham Southern College · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General support

  • $740,801

    Auburn University Foundation · Auburn, AL · 2024

    General support; daf funded

  • $715,431

    Crisis Center · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General support

  • $699,701

    Birmingham Southern College · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General support

  • $668,973

    Community Food Bank of Central Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Family and social services

  • $600,000

    Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Special programs

  • $584,192

    Children'S of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support + special porgrams

  • $571,767

    Samford University · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Education

  • $500,000

    Forge Breast Cancer Survivor Center · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Health

  • $478,950

    Samford University · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support + scholarships + special porgram

  • $475,000

    Forge Breast Cancer Survivor Center · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Health; daf funded

  • $475,000

    Forge Breast Cancer Survivor Center · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support

  • $456,475

    Mountain Brook Baptist Church · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Faith organization

  • $425,000

    Northstar Soccer Ministries · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Community and economic development; daf funded

  • $414,460

    Foundry Rescue Mission & Recovery Center · Bessemer, AL · 2024

    Family and social services

  • $402,511

    Birmingham Southern College · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support + scholarships + special porgram

  • $400,000

    Jefferson County Greenways Commission · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Environment; daf funded

  • $398,530

    Grace House Ministries · Fairfield, AL · 2024

    Family and social services

  • $396,265

    Samford University · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Education

  • $393,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Martin County · Hobe Sound, FL · 2024

    Family and social services; daf funded

  • $392,225

    Cawaco Resource Conservation and Development Council · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Special programs

  • $380,803

    Freshwater Land Trust · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Environment

  • $380,581

    Nature Conservancy · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support + special porgrams

  • $379,750

    Mountain Brook Baptist Church · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Faith organization

  • $345,000

    Restoration Academy · Fairfield, AL · 2024

    General support

  • $338,000

    St Vincent'S Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Health; daf funded

  • $323,293

    Birmingham Botanical Societyfriends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General support

  • $323,134

    Freshwater Land Trust · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support + special programs + thriving communities

  • $313,750

    Crisis Center · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support + special porgrams

  • $312,500

    Crisis Center · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Family and social services; daf funded

  • $310,550

    Crimson Tide Foundation · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2024

    Education; daf funded

  • $299,472

    Ywca · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Family and social services

  • $289,600

    Red Mountain Theatre Company · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support + special porgrams

  • $274,366

    Camp Winnataska · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support

  • $271,970

    Birmingham Botanical Societyfriends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General support

  • $270,500

    Sight Savers America · Pelham, AL · 2024

    General support

  • $267,804

    Red Mountain Theatre Company · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $261,850

    Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Education

  • $255,948

    Freshwater Land Trust · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Environment

  • $254,750

    Woodlawn Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support + special porgrams

  • $252,803

    Independent Presbyterian Church · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Faith organization

  • $252,200

    Christian Service Mission · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General support; daf funded

  • $250,000

    But God Ministries · Madison, MS · 2023

    Faith organization; daf funded

  • $244,500

    Friends of Jemison Park · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Community and economic development; daf funded

  • $237,500

    Chatham Hall · Chatham, VA · 2023

    Education; daf funded

  • $231,250

    Sight Savers America · Pelham, AL · 2023

    Health

  • $228,000

    Urban Ministry · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General support

  • $225,200

    Friends of Jemison Park · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General support; daf funded

  • $222,500

    Chatham Hall · Chatham, VA · 2022

    General support + special porgrams

  • $215,000

    Baton Rouge Area Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024

    Family and social services; daf funded

  • $211,655

    South Cumberland Community Fund · Monteagle, TN · 2024

    Community and economic development; daf funded

  • $209,446

    St Luke'S Episcopal Church · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Faith organization

  • $200,000

    Birmingham Bio Innovation Corporation · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Community and economic development; daf funded

  • $200,000

    Highlands College · Vestavia, AL · 2023

    Education; daf funded

  • $200,000

    Highlands College · Vestavia, AL · 2022

    Special programs

  • $198,900

    Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Education; daf funded

  • $196,851

    Alabama Symphonic Association · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Arts & culture

  • $194,580

    Birmingham Botanical Societyfriends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support + special porgrams

  • $194,517

    Salvation Army · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General support

  • $191,000

    Red Mountain Theatre Company · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Arts & culture; daf funded

  • $187,195

    Nature Conservancy of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Environment; daf funded

  • $186,990

    Children'S of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Health; daf funded

  • $183,936

    Cathedral Church of the Advent · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Faith organization

  • $182,500

    Ywca · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support + special porgrams

  • $182,245

    University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2023

    General support

  • $181,725

    Community Food Bank of Central Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support + persistent poverty + special programs

  • $180,451

    Cathedral Church of the Advent · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support + special porgrams

  • $180,000

    Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024

    General support; daf funded

  • $177,100

    Sight Savers America · Pelham, AL · 2022

    General support + special porgrams

  • $173,532

    Independent Presbyterian Church · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    General support + special porgrams

  • $172,369

    Cathedral Church of the Advent · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Faith organization

  • $171,138

    The Salvation Army Birmingham Area Command · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Family and social services

  • $163,000

    Auburn University Foundation · Auburn, AL · 2022

    Scholarships + special programs

  • $161,000

    United Methodist Children'S Home Dba Embrace Alabama Kids · Montgomery, AL · 2024

    Family and social services; daf funded

  • $160,094

    University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2022

    General support + scholarships + special porgram

  • $160,000

    McWane Science Center · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Education; daf funded

  • $160,000

    Deported Asylum Seekers Assistance Project · Leeds, AL · 2023

    Family and social services; daf funded

  • $156,564

    Independent Presbyterian Church · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Faith organization

  • $156,000

    Prosper Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Community and economic development

  • $155,500

    Ywca · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Economic opportunity + general support + special porgrams

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.