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 20212024. 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

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  • 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

$88,918
2021
$98,366
2022
$140,500
2023
$75,241
2024

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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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.