Funding search · EIN 631198327 · Birmingham, AL

Better Place Foundation

Name: Better Place Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

146
grants reported: $2.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

social community educational health justice environmental education services

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

Alaquest Collaborative for Education3 grants · $207,500
McRae Learning Center3 grants · $147,500
Youth Towers3 grants · $132,500
Transgender Advocates Knowledge Empowering3 grants · $132,500
Spring Valley School Foundation3 grants · $130,500
Gideons Army Grassroots Army for Children2 grants · $114,000
Oasis Counseling Center for Women & Children3 grants · $97,500
Higher Purpose3 grants · $95,100
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke3 grants · $85,000
Cahaba River Society2 grants · $82,500

Giving over time

$751,600

2022

$863,255

2023

$883,300

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 146 grants.

$80,000
Alaquest Collaborative for Education · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Educational assistance
$70,000
Alaquest Collaborative for Education · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Educational assistance
$64,000
Gideons Army Grassroots Army for Children · Nashville, TN · 2024
Social assistance
$62,500
Cahaba River Society · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Environmental
$62,500
Transgender Advocates Knowledge Empowering · Washington, DC · 2022
Social justice
$60,000
Transgender Advocates Knowledge Empowering · Washington, DC · 2023
Social justice
$57,500
Alaquest Collaborative for Education · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Educational assistance
$53,000
Move Gulf Coast Community Development · Mobile, AL · 2022
Community support
$52,500
McRae Learning Center · Selma, AL · 2022
Educational
$50,000
Empower Schools of Alabama · Bessemer, AL · 2024
Educational
$50,000
Youth Towers · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Social assistance
$50,000
Gideons Army Grassroots Army for Children · Nashville, TN · 2023
Social assistance
$50,000
McRae Learning Center · Selma, AL · 2023
Educational
$50,000
Youth Towers · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Social assistance
$50,000
Higher Purpose · Clarksdale, MS · 2022
Community support
$48,000
Spring Valley School Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Educational
$45,000
McRae Learning Center · Selma, AL · 2024
Educational
$45,000
Higher Purpose · Clarksdale, MS · 2023
Community support
$42,500
Spring Valley School Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Educational
$40,000
Spring Valley School Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Educational
$40,000
Building Peace · Lawrence, KS · 2023
Social assistance
$35,000
Embrace Alabama Kids · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Community support
$35,000
Oasis Counseling Center for Women & Children · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Health & social services
$32,500
McWane Science Center · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Educational
$32,500
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke · Weogufka, AL · 2023
Social/environmental
$32,500
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke · Weogufka, AL · 2022
Social/environmental
$32,500
Oasis Counseling Center for Women & Children · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Health & social services
$32,500
Youth Towers · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Social assistance
$30,000
H3w · Bessemer, AL · 2024
Environmental and community support
$30,000
Oasis Counseling Center for Women & Children · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Health & social services
$30,000
Embrace Alabama Kids · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Community support
$30,000
Grassroots International · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
Social justice
$30,000
Highlander Research & Education Center · New Market, TN · 2023
Educational
$30,000
Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Community support
$28,725
McWane Science Center · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Educational
$25,000
Hearts of Wheels · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Social assistance
$25,000
Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Social justice
$25,000
Hearts of Wheels · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Social assistance
$25,000
Ymca Junius Ward Johnson Memorial · Vicksburg, MS · 2023
Community support
$25,000
Grassroots International · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
Social justice
$24,830
Alabama STEM Education · Bessemer, AL · 2023
Educational
$22,500
Highlander Research & Education Center · New Market, TN · 2024
Educational
$22,500
Ymca Junius Ward Johnson Memorial · Vicksburg, MS · 2024
Community support
$22,500
Hearts of Wheels · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Social assistance
$20,100
Alabama Oncology Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Medical research
$20,000
Ecumenical Ministries · Fairhope, AL · 2024
Social assistance
$20,000
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke · Weogufka, AL · 2024
Social/environmental
$20,000
Under His Wings · Robertsdale, AL · 2024
Social assistance
$20,000
Vicksburg Catholic School · Vicksburg, MS · 2024
Educational
$20,000
Youth Serve · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Social assistance
$20,000
Ecumenical Ministries · Fairhope, AL · 2023
Social assistance
$20,000
Under His Wings · Robertsdale, AL · 2023
Social assistance
$20,000
African Children'S Mission · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Social assistance
$20,000
Cahaba River Society · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Environmental
$20,000
Ecumenical Ministries · Fairhope, AL · 2022
Social assistance
$20,000
Youth Serve · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Social assistance
$17,500
Bessemer Redevelopment Corp · Bessemer, AL · 2024
Community support and development
$17,500
New Life Christian School of Excellence · Bessemer, AL · 2022
Educational
$12,500
Highlander Research & Education Center · New Market, TN · 2022
Educational
$10,000
Central Brevard Humane Society · Cocoa, FL · 2024
Health and community support
$10,000
Edge Youth Leadership · San Leandro, CA · 2024
Community support
$10,000
Haitian Bridge Alliance · San Diego, CA · 2024
Social justice
$10,000
Indianapolis Monumental Marathon · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Community support
$10,000
The Center for Executive Leadership · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Community support and education
$10,000
Transgender Advocates Knowledge Empowering · Washington, DC · 2024
Social justice
$10,000
Amanda Pair Foundation · Vestavia Hills, AL · 2023
Health and community support
$10,000
Indianapolis Monumental Marathon · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Community support
$10,000
Mountain Brook Presbyterian Church · Mountain Brook, AL · 2023
General support
$10,000
The Center for Executive Leadership · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Community support and education
$10,000
The Center for Violence Prevention · Pearl, MS · 2023
Social justice
$10,000
United Way of West Central Mississippi · Vicksburg, MS · 2023
General support
$10,000
Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Social assistance
$10,000
Indianapolis Monumental Marathon · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Community support
$10,000
Mountain Brook Library Foundation · Mountain Brook, AL · 2022
Education and community support
$10,000
The Center for Executive Leadership · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Community support and education
$10,000
Ymca Junius Ward Johnson Memorial · Vicksburg, MS · 2022
Community support
$7,500
Holcomb Ministries · Vestavia Hills, AL · 2024
Health and community support
$7,500
Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition · Franklin, TN · 2024
Health support
$7,500
Holcomb Ministries · Vestavia Hills, AL · 2023
Health and community support
$7,500
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023
Environmental
$7,500
Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition · Franklin, TN · 2023
Health support
$7,500
Maranathan Family Learning Center and Academy · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Education
$7,500
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
Social assistance and community support
$7,500
The Tender Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Social assistance
$5,000
Berkshire Hills Music Academy · South Hadley, MA · 2024
Community support
$5,000
City Parks Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Community support
$5,000
Citylax · New York, NY · 2024
Community support
$5,000
Fpc Action Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
Social justice
$5,000
Maranathan Family Learning Center and Academy · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Educational
$5,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Social justice
$5,000
Springmont School · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Educational
$5,000
Atlanta Fulton County Pre-Arrest Diversion Initiative · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Social assistance
$5,000
Berkshire Hills Music Academy · South Hadley, MA · 2023
Community support
$5,000
Cahaba Valley Health Care · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Health and community support
$5,000
City Parks Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Community support
$5,000
Citylax · New York, NY · 2023
Community support
$5,000
Fpc Action Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
Social justice
$5,000
Maranathan Family Learning Center and Academy · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Educational
$5,000
Proteus Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Social justice
$5,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Social justice

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