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The Comer Foundation

Name: The Comer Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

121
grants reported: $2.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarships education community

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Auburn University4 grants · $648,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham4 grants · $447,000
University of Alabama4 grants · $371,000
Scholarship America4 grants · $236,629
Birmingham Musuem of Art4 grants · $142,500
Alabama Ballet4 grants · $140,000
Alabama Archives & History4 grants · $100,000
Better Basics4 grants · $80,000
Bb Comer Memorial Library4 grants · $76,000
Alabama Symphony4 grants · $74,500

Giving over time

$680,900

2022

$664,079

2023

$614,810

2024

$976,214

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 121 grants.

$228,000
Auburn University · Auburn, AL · 2025
To support organization and provide scholarships
$155,000
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2025
To support organization and provide scholarships
$147,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support organization and provide scholarships
$144,000
Auburn University · Auburn, AL · 2023
To support organization and provide scholarships
$144,000
Auburn University · Auburn, AL · 2022
To support organization and provide scholarships
$132,000
Auburn University · Auburn, AL · 2024
To support organization and provide scholarships
$120,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2023
To support organization and provide scholarships
$90,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2024
To support organization and provide scholarships
$90,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2022
To support organization and provide scholarships
$85,900
Scholarship America · Saint Peter, MN · 2022
To support organization and provide scholarships
$72,000
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2024
To support organization and provide scholarships
$72,000
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2023
To support organization and provide scholarships
$72,000
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2022
To support organization and provide scholarships
$61,840
Scholarship America · Saint Peter, MN · 2025
To support organization and provide scholarships
$48,079
Scholarship America · Saint Peter, MN · 2023
To support organization and provide scholarships
$43,874
Wallace State Community College · Hanceville, AL · 2025
To support organization
$40,810
Scholarship America · Saint Peter, MN · 2024
To support organization and provide scholarships
$37,500
Alabama Ballet · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support organization
$37,500
Birmingham Musuem of Art · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support organization
$35,000
Alabama Archives & History · Montgomery, AL · 2025
To support organization
$35,000
Alabama Ballet · Birmingham, AL · 2024
To support organization
$35,000
Birmingham Musuem of Art · Birmingham, AL · 2024
To support organization
$35,000
Alabama Ballet · Birmingham, AL · 2023
To support organization
$35,000
Birmingham Musuem of Art · Birmingham, AL · 2023
To support organization
$35,000
Birmingham Musuem of Art · Birmingham, AL · 2022
To support organization
$32,500
Alabama Ballet · Birmingham, AL · 2022
To support organization
$30,000
Alabama Archives & History · Montgomery, AL · 2024
To support organization
$30,000
Uab School of Nursing · Birmingham, AL · 2023
To support organization and provide scholarships
$30,000
Uab School of Nursing · Birmingham, AL · 2022
To support organization and provide scholarships
$29,500
Alabama Symphony · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support organization
$26,000
Bb Comer Memorial Library · Sylacauga, AL · 2025
To support organization
$25,000
Alabama Archives & History · Montgomery, AL · 2023
To support organization
$24,000
Birmingham Southern College · Birmingham, AL · 2022
To support organization
$20,000
Better Basics · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support organization
$20,000
Bb Comer Memorial Library · Sylacauga, AL · 2024
To support organization
$20,000
Better Basics · Birmingham, AL · 2024
To support organization
$20,000
Better Basics · Birmingham, AL · 2023
To support organization
$20,000
Stair · Birmingham, AL · 2023
To support organization
$20,000
Better Basics · Birmingham, AL · 2022
To support organization
$20,000
Stair · Birmingham, AL · 2022
To support organization
$15,000
Sidewalk Film Center · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support organization
$15,000
Stair · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support organization
$15,000
Alabama Symphony · Birmingham, AL · 2024
To support organization
$15,000
Sidewalk Film Center · Birmingham, AL · 2024
To support organization
$15,000
Stair · Birmingham, AL · 2024
To support organization
$15,000
Alabama Symphony · Birmingham, AL · 2023
To support organization
$15,000
Bb Comer Memorial Library · Sylacauga, AL · 2023
To support organization
$15,000
Sidewalk Film Center · Birmingham, AL · 2023
To support organization
$15,000
Alabama Symphony · Birmingham, AL · 2022
To support organization
$15,000
Bb Comer Memorial Library · Sylacauga, AL · 2022
To support organization
$15,000
Sidewalk Film Center · Birmingham, AL · 2022
To support organization
$12,000
I3 Academy · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support the organization
$12,000
I3 Academy · Birmingham, AL · 2024
To support the organization
$12,000
I3 Academy · Birmingham, AL · 2023
To support the organization
$10,000
Alabama Public Television · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support organization
$10,000
Cahaba Foundation · Selma, AL · 2025
To support organization
$10,000
Maranatha Flc and Academy · Homewood, AL · 2025
To support organization
$10,000
Alabama Wildlife Federation · Millbrook, AL · 2024
To support organization
$10,000
Cahaba Foundation · Selma, AL · 2024
To support organization
$10,000
Maranatha Flc and Academy · Homewood, AL · 2024
To support organization
$10,000
Alabama Archives & History · Montgomery, AL · 2022
To support organization
$7,500
Alabama Wildlife Federation · Millbrook, AL · 2025
To support organization
$7,500
A Education Partnership · Montgomery, AL · 2022
To support Education
$7,500
Jones Valley Teaching Farm · Birmingham, AL · 2022
To support organization
$7,000
First Light · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support organization
$5,000
Birmingham Zoo · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support organization
$5,000
Boy Scouts of America · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support organization
$5,000
Exceptional Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support the organization
$5,000
Jones Valley Teaching Farm · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support organization
$5,000
Preschool Partners · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support organization
$5,000
Red Mountain Theatre · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support organization
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Chicago, IL · 2025
To support organization
$5,000
Special Equestrians · Pelham, AL · 2025
To support organization
$5,000
Teach for America · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support organization
$5,000
Vulcan Park Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2025
To support organization
$5,000
Birmingham Botanical Gardens · Mountain Brook, AL · 2024
To support organization
$5,000
Birmingham Zoo · Birmingham, AL · 2024
To support organization
$5,000
Boy Scouts of America · Birmingham, AL · 2024
To support organization
$5,000
Exceptional Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024
To support the organization
$5,000
Jones Valley Teaching Farm · Birmingham, AL · 2024
To support organization
$5,000
Preschool Partners · Birmingham, AL · 2024
To support organization
$5,000
Red Mountain Theatre · Birmingham, AL · 2024
To support organization
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support organization
$5,000
Special Equestrians · Pelham, AL · 2024
To support organization
$5,000
Teach for America · Birmingham, AL · 2024
To support organization
$5,000
Alabama Wildlife Federation · Millbrook, AL · 2023
To support organization
$5,000
Birmingham Botanical Gardens · Mountain Brook, AL · 2023
To support organization
$5,000
Birmingham Zoo · Birmingham, AL · 2023
To support organization
$5,000
Boy Scouts of America · Birmingham, AL · 2023
To support organization
$5,000
Exceptional Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023
To support the organization
$5,000
Jones Valley Teaching Farm · Birmingham, AL · 2023
To support organization
$5,000
Preschool Partners · Birmingham, AL · 2023
To support organization
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support organization
$5,000
Teach for America · Birmingham, AL · 2023
To support organization
$5,000
Vulcan Park Museum · Birmingham, AL · 2023
To support organization
$5,000
Alabama Wildlife Federation · Millbrook, AL · 2022
To support organization
$5,000
Birmingham Botanical Gardens · Mountain Brook, AL · 2022
To support organization
$5,000
Birmingham Zoo · Birmingham, AL · 2022
To support organization
$5,000
Boy Scouts of America · Birmingham, AL · 2022
To support organization
$5,000
Exceptional Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022
To support the organization

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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.