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The Joel R Anderson Family Foundation

Name: The Joel R Anderson Family 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.

107
grants reported: $2.3M
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

benevolent

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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.

Una Foundation4 grants · $476,078
Bear Creek Collaborative4 grants · $180,000
University of South Florida Foundation1 grant · $150,000
William Porter Foundation4 grants · $105,000
Shoals Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $105,000
Shoals Court Appointed Special Advocates (Casa)4 grants · $95,000
Food Bank of North Alabama2 grants · $93,403
Shoals Dream Center3 grants · $89,500
United Way of Northwest Alabama3 grants · $79,700
Launch 20351 grant · $75,000

Giving over time

$616,136

2022

$449,600

2023

$659,318

2024

$537,700

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 107 grants.

$306,378
Una Foundation · Florence, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$150,000
University of South Florida Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$75,000
Launch 2035 · Huntsville, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$66,000
Una Foundation · Florence, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$60,000
Bear Creek Collaborative · Killen, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$55,250
Una Foundation · Florence, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$55,000
Shoals Symphony Orchestra · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$51,000
Bear Creek Collaborative · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$50,000
Food Bank of North Alabama · Huntsville, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$50,000
Singing River Trail · Huntsville, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$48,450
Una Foundation · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$44,000
Bear Creek Collaborative · Florence, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$43,403
Food Bank of North Alabama · Huntsville, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$42,500
United Way of Northwest Alabama · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$37,500
Shoals Dream Center · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$35,000
Shoals Court Appointed Special Advocates (Casa) · Sheffield, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$33,000
United Way of Northwest Alabama · Florence, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$30,000
Shoals Court Appointed Special Advocates (Casa) · Sheffield, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$30,000
Shoals Symphony Orchestra · Florence, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$30,000
William Porter Foundation · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$27,000
Shoals Dream Center · Florence, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$25,000
Caring Place · Florence, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$25,000
William Porter Foundation · Florence, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$25,000
Cramer Children'S Center · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$25,000
The Webb School · Bell Buckle, TN · 2024
Benevolent donation
$25,000
Cramer Children'S Center · Florence, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$25,000
Shoals Court Appointed Special Advocates (Casa) · Sheffield, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$25,000
Shoals Dream Center · Florence, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$25,000
William Porter Foundation · Florence, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$25,000
Bear Creek Collaborative · Killen, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$25,000
Shoals Mountain Bike Club · Florence, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$25,000
The Healing Place · Muscle Shoals, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$25,000
William Porter Foundation · Florence, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$20,000
Pets Are Worth Saving · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$20,000
Riverhill School · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$20,000
The Healing Place · Muscle Shoals, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$20,000
Shoals Symphony Orchestra · Florence, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$20,000
The Healing Place · Muscle Shoals, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$20,000
The Shoals Symphony Orchestra · Florence, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$19,505
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Benevolent donation
$19,193
One Place of the Shoals · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$15,000
Shoals Community Clinic · Florence, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$15,000
Shoals Community Clinic · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$15,000
Shylee Smiles Foundation · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$15,000
Hasra · Florence, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$15,000
Shoals Community Clinic · Florence, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$15,000
The Webb School · Bell Buckle, TN · 2023
Benevolent donation
$15,000
The Webb School · Bell Buckle, TN · 2022
Benevolent donation
$12,978
Shoals Community Clinic · Florence, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$12,569
One Place of the Shoals · Florence, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$11,180
Cramer Children'S Center · Florence, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$10,000
Alabama Kidney Foundation · Florence, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$10,000
Big Brother Big Sister of the Shoals · Florence, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$10,000
Land Trust of North Alabama · Huntsville, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$10,000
Lifted Spirits Garage · Muscle Shoals, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$10,000
Northwest Alabama Spay and Neuter Assistance (Nasana) · Florence, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$10,000
Alabama Kidney Foundation · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$10,000
Daisy'S Place · Killen, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$10,000
Northwest Alabama Spay and Neuter Assistance (Nasana) · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$10,000
Alabama Kidney Foundation · Florence, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$10,000
Kruzn for a Kure Foundation · Muscle Shoals, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$10,000
North Alabama Spay and Neuter Assistance (Nasana) · Florence, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$10,000
Paws · Florence, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$10,000
Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Pocatello, ID · 2023
Benevolent donation
$10,000
Caring Place · Florence, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$10,000
Hasra · Florence, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$10,000
Northwest Alabama Reading Aides · Florence, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$10,000
One Place of the Shoals · Florence, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$10,000
Paws · Florence, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$8,000
Renewed Spirits · Florence, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$7,581
St Florian Police Department · Florence, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$6,400
Alabama Sheriffs Youth Ranches · Russellville, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$6,200
Kilby Laboratory School · Florence, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$5,522
Common Ground Shoals · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$5,000
Holos Hope · Dothan, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$5,000
Muscle Shoals Songwriters Foundation · Athens, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$5,000
National Brain Tumor Society · Newton, MA · 2025
Benevolent donation
$5,000
Shoals Foster Parent Foundation · Florence, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$5,000
West Florence Music Legends · Florence, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$5,000
Downtown Florence Alliance · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$5,000
Kilby Laboratory School · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$5,000
Muscle Shoals Music Association · Muscle Shoals, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$5,000
Muscle Shoals Songwriters Foundation · Athens, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$5,000
Downtown Florence Alliance · Florence, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$5,000
Muscle Shoals Songwriters Foundation · Athens, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$5,000
National Brain Tumor Society · Newton, MA · 2023
Benevolent donation
$5,000
Reach Out and Read Alabama · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$5,000
Wilson High School · Florence, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$5,000
Chloe'S Fund Limited · Florence, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$5,000
Downtown Florence Alliance · Florence, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$5,000
Florence Lauderdale Animal Shelter · Florence, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$5,000
Muscle Shoals Songwriters Foundation · Athens, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$5,000
National Brain Tumor Society · Newtonn, MA · 2022
Benevolent donation
$5,000
Shoals Court Appointed Special Advocates (Casa) · Sheffield, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation
$4,200
United Way of Northwest Alabama · Florence, AL · 2023
Benevolent donation
$4,000
Florence High School · Florence, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$2,745
Project Threadways · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$2,500
Common Ground Shoals · Florence, AL · 2025
Benevolent donation
$2,500
Underwood Elementary School · Florence, AL · 2024
Benevolent donation
$2,500
Smile-a-Mile · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Benevolent donation

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