Funding search · EIN 630736444 · Birmingham, AL

The Daniel Foundation of Alabama

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

1,488
grants reported
$21.4M
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.

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  • Alabama Symphonic Association6 grants · $353,500
  • Alabama Shakespeare Festival7 grants · $324,000
  • Birmingham Landmarks2 grants · $250,000
  • Birmingham Zoo9 grants · $233,000
  • University Charter School2 grants · $225,000
  • Phalen Leadership Academies3 grants · $225,000
  • Alabama Casa Network Inc- Opelika3 grants · $200,500
  • Jefferson State Community College Foundation2 grants · $200,000
  • The University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa7 grants · $159,000
  • McWane Science Center5 grants · $158,500

Giving over time

$7.4M
2022
$6.8M
2023
$7.3M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,488 grants.

  • $250,000

    Alabama Symphonic Association · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $150,000

    Alabama Shakespeare Festival · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $125,000

    Birmingham Landmarks · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $125,000

    Alabama Casa Network Inc- Opelika · Opelika, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $125,000

    Birmingham Landmarks · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $125,000

    Woodlawn Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $112,500

    University Charter School · Livingston, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $112,500

    University Charter School · Livingston, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $100,000

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

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Lovelady Center · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    University of South Alabama · Mobile, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Alabama Shakespeare Festival · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Jefferson State Community College Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    American Village Citizenship Trust · Montevallo, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Jefferson State Community College Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    New Schools for Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Stillman College · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    West End Hills Community Development Center · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $95,000

    City of Mobile · Mobile, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $80,000

    Heart of Alabama Food Bank Formerly Montgomery Area Food Bank · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Alabama Casa Network Inc- Opelika · Opelika, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Birmingham Zoo · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Jimmie Hale Mission · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    McWane Science Center · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Mobile Area Education Foundation · Mobile, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Nature Conservancy of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Phalen Leadership Academies · Quincy, MA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    The University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Troy University Foundation · Troy, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind Foundation · Talladega, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Birmingham Zoo · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Gift of Life Foundation · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Phalen Leadership Academies · Quincy, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Birmingham Zoo · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Freedom Preparatory Academy · Memphis, TN · 2022

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Gift of Life Foundation · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Jimmie Hale Mission · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    McWane Science Center · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Phalen Leadership Academies · Quincy, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Russell Medical · Alexander City, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Teach for America - Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    The University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $75,000

    Uab School of Nursing · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $70,000

    Tuscaloosa City Schools · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $65,000

    Modern Classrooms Project · Washington, DC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $60,000

    Common Ground Montgomery · Montgomery, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $60,000

    Bellingrath Gardens and Home Foundation · Theodore, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Alabama School of Mathematics and Science Foundation · Mobile, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Alabama Symphonic Association · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Good Samaritan Health Clinic of Cullman · Cullman, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Modern Classrooms Project · Washington, DC · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Northwest-Shoals Community College Foundation · Muscle Shoals, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Pioneer Museum of Alabama · Troy, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Sight Savers America · Pelham, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    St Bernard Abbey & Preparatory School · Cullman, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    The Apt Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    The Montgomery Area Family Violence Program Inc Dba Family Sunshine Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    US Space & Rocket Center Education Foundation · Huntsville, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Welcome · Millbrook, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    West Alabama Food Bank · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Women'S Foundation of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Alabama Aerospace and Aviation High School · Bessemer, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Alabama Childhood Food Solutions · Sylacauga, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Alabama Holocaust Education Center · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Alabama School of Mathematics and Science Foundation · Mobile, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Alabama Symphonic Association · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Birmingham Promise · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Children'S Hospital of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    City of Roanoke · Roanoke, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Empower Schools of Alabama · Bessemer, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Fathers of St Edmund Southern Missions · Selma, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Friends of Jemison Park · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    I3 Academy · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Lighting Selma Illuminating a Historic Icon · Selma, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    M4a-Middle Alabama Area Agency On Aging · Alabaster, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    North Alabama Agriplex · Cullman, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Uab School of Nursing · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Voices for Alabama'S Children · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    West Alabama Food Bank · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Ymca of Greater Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Alabama Holocaust Education Center · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Auburn University Foundation · Auburn, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Children'S Hospital of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Downtown Parks Conservancy · Mobile, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Fathers of St Edmund Southern Missions · Selma, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    First Stop · Huntsville, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Foundation 154 · Elba, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Friends of Jemison Park · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Huntsville Library Foundation · Huntsville, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Legal Services Alabama · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Lifeline Children'S Services of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Montgomery County Historical Society · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Sight Savers America · Pelham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    The Foundry Ministries · Bessemer, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Voices for Alabama'S Children · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Ymca of Greater Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $45,000

    Create Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $45,000

    Alabama Network of Family Resource Centers · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $45,000

    Create Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Charitable

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