Funding search · EIN 631131504 · Birmingham, AL
The Hackney 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.
- 282
- grants reported
- $403,025
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $250
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- United Way4 grants · $60,000
- Samford University4 grants · $41,200
- Ywca of Central Alabama4 grants · $38,300
- Baptist Health Foundation3 grants · $30,100
- Red Mountain Theatre3 grants · $28,000
- Rotary Club of Birmingham Foundation4 grants · $24,775
- Canterbury United Methodist Church4 grants · $24,350
- Lakeshore Foundation4 grants · $18,100
- Community Food Bank of Central Alabama4 grants · $10,550
- Uab Athletics Foundation2 grants · $9,999
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 282 grants.
- $27,000
Baptist Health Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $15,000
United Way · Cullman, AL · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Red Mountain Theatre · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $15,000
Samford University · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $15,000
United Way · Cullman, AL · 2023
General support
- $15,000
United Way · Cullman, AL · 2022
General support
- $15,000
United Way · Cullman, AL · 2021
General support
- $11,100
Ywca of Central Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $11,000
Samford University · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $11,000
Ywca of Central Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $10,200
Ywca of Central Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Samford University · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $7,875
Rotary Club of Birmingham Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $7,850
Canterbury United Methodist Church · Mountain Brook, AL · 2022
General support
- $7,500
Red Mountain Theatre · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $7,300
Lakeshore Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $6,666
Uab Athletics Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $6,400
Rotary Club of Birmingham Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $6,300
Canterbury United Methodist Church · Mountain Brook, AL · 2023
General support
- $6,000
Ywca of Central Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $5,500
Red Mountain Theatre · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $5,400
Rotary Club of Birmingham Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $5,300
Lakeshore Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $5,200
Samford University · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $5,150
Community Food Bank of Central Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $5,100
Canterbury United Methodist Church · Mountain Brook, AL · 2024
General support
- $5,100
Rotary Club of Birmingham Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $5,100
Canterbury United Methodist Church · Mountain Brook, AL · 2021
General support
- $5,100
Lakeshore Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $5,000
Community Food Bank of Central Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $4,333
Uab Athletics Foundations · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $4,000
Women'S Foundation of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $3,333
Uab Athletics Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $3,100
The Lovelady Center · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $3,000
Momentum Leaders · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $3,000
Uab Visual and Performing Arts · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $3,000
The Foundry Ministries · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $2,500
The Birmingham Promise · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $2,500
Building Peace · Northport, AL · 2022
General support
- $2,500
Momentum Leaders · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $2,250
Mitchell'S Place · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $2,150
Alabama Symphony Orchestra · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $2,000
The Bell Center · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $2,000
Rotaract Club of Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $1,850
Mitchell'S Place · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $1,600
Baptist Health Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $1,500
Baptist Health Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $1,500
Portraits of Hope · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $1,350
Mitchell'S Place · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $1,250
Ascension St Vincent'S Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $1,250
The Bell Center · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $1,250
Mitchell'S Place · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $1,200
The Bell Center · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $1,100
Birmingham Museum of Art · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Alabama Symphony Orchestra · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Brookwood Forest Elementary Pto · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Junior League of Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $1,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Summit Charter School · Cashiers, NC · 2024
General support
- $1,000
The Durr Lectures · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Uab Visual and Performing Arts · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Junior League of Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Mike Slive Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $1,000
The Birmingham Jewish Federation · Mountain Brook, AL · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Alabama Symphony Orchestra · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $1,000
Big Brother Big Sisters of Greater Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $1,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $1,000
Oasis · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $1,000
Uab Visual and Performing Arts · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $1,000
Woodlawn United · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $1,000
I3 Academy · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $1,000
Rotary International Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $1,000
The Community Foundation of Wnc · Asheville, NC · 2021
General support
- $1,000
The Rotary Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $1,000
Tum Tum Tree Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $1,000
Uab Visual and Performing Arts · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $1,000
Wade Hampton Golf Club Foundation · Cashiers, NC · 2021
General support
- $950
Mission Outreach United Appeal Fund · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $900
The Country Club of Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $900
The Nature Conservancy in Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $800
The Foundry Ministries · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $800
Childrens of Alabama Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2021
General support
- $750
The Exceptional Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $700
Community Furniture Bank · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $700
Forge Breast Cancer Survivor Center · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $600
Birmingham Southern College · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $600
O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center Uab · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $500
American Red Cross · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $500
Holy Family Christo Rey Catholic Hs · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $500
Momentum Leaders · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $500
The Bell Center · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $500
The Exceptional Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $500
Vestavia Hills Methodist Church · Vestavia Hills, AL · 2024
General support
- $500
Woodlawn United · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
- $500
Alzheimer'S of Central Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $500
Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $500
The Foundry Ministries · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $500
Uab Heersink School of Medicine · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support
- $500
Alabama Men'S Hall of Fame · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
- $500
Birmingham Museum of Art · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support
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