Funding search · EIN 630989498 · Birmingham, AL

Lisa and Alan Engel 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.

269
grants reported
$684,653
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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  • American Israel Education Foundation2 grants · $80,016
  • Chabad of Alabama4 grants · $50,518
  • Ne Miles Jewish Day School3 grants · $45,518
  • Northwestern University4 grants · $31,650
  • University of Alabama3 grants · $30,000
  • Temple Beth-El3 grants · $21,820
  • Joint Distribution Committee3 grants · $20,800
  • United Way of Central Alabama2 grants · $20,050
  • Collatt Jewish Family Services3 grants · $15,634
  • Impact Israel3 grants · $15,180

Giving over time

$186,371
2022
$190,922
2023
$118,131
2024
$189,229
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 269 grants.

  • $40,016

    American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    Civic

  • $40,000

    American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    Civic

  • $20,000

    United Way of Central Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Civic

  • $18,600

    Chabad of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Civc

  • $17,500

    Ne Miles Jewish Day School · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Educational

  • $16,000

    Chabad of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Civc

  • $15,518

    Ne Miles Jewish Day School · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Educational

  • $15,360

    Chabad of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Civc

  • $12,500

    Ne Miles Jewish Day School · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Educational

  • $12,500

    Alabama Alliance Network · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Civic

  • $12,216

    Birmingham Jewish Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Civic

  • $11,412

    Temple Beth-El · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Religious

  • $11,047

    Temple Beth El · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Religious

  • $10,218

    Temple Beth-El · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Camp Jacobs · Utica, MI · 2025

    Civic

  • $10,000

    Faith in Action Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Civic

  • $10,000

    Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2025

    Civic

  • $10,000

    University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2025

    Educational

  • $10,000

    University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2024

    Educational

  • $10,000

    University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2023

    Educational

  • $8,650

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024

    Educational

  • $8,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022

    Educational

  • $7,740

    Museum of So Jewish Exp · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Civic

  • $7,500

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025

    Educational

  • $7,500

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023

    Educational

  • $7,500

    Red Mountain Theater · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Civic

  • $6,454

    Collatt Jewish Family Services · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Religious

  • $6,250

    American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2024

    Civic

  • $6,018

    Collatt Jewish Family Services · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Religious

  • $5,554

    Collat Jewish Family Services · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Religious

  • $5,400

    American Jewish Joint Dist Committee · New York, NY · 2024

    Civic

  • $5,400

    Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023

    Civic

  • $5,400

    Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2022

    Civic

  • $5,180

    Impact Israel · Bethesda, MD · 2023

    Civic

  • $5,100

    The Women'S Foundation of Alabama · Bimringham, AL · 2023

    Civic

  • $5,000

    American Friends of Leket Israel · Teaneck, NJ · 2025

    Civic

  • $5,000

    Big City Mountaineers · Arvada, CO · 2025

    Civic

  • $5,000

    Chabad of Mumbai · Lawrence, NY · 2025

    Civic

  • $5,000

    Gabriel Project Mumbai · Bergenfield, NJ · 2025

    Civic

  • $5,000

    Impact Israel · Bethesda, MD · 2025

    Civic

  • $5,000

    Jfedla (Wildfire Crisis Relief Fund) · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Civic

  • $5,000

    University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025

    Educational

  • $5,000

    Faith in Action Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Civic

  • $5,000

    Red Mountain Theater · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Civic

  • $5,000

    University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024

    Educational

  • $5,000

    University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023

    Educational

  • $5,000

    Impact Israel · Bethesda, MD · 2022

    Civic

  • $5,000

    University of Colorado Fdn · Denver, CO · 2022

    Educational

  • $5,000

    Womens Foundation of Alabama · Bimringham, AL · 2022

    Civic

  • $4,300

    Al Holocaust Education Center · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Civic

  • $4,050

    Indian Springs School · Pelham, AL · 2023

    Educational

  • $4,000

    N E Miles Jewish Day School · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Educational

  • $3,600

    Indian Springs School · Pelham, AL · 2022

    Educational

  • $3,500

    Jdfr · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Civic

  • $3,400

    Bama Hallel · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2025

    Civic

  • $3,400

    Bama Hallel · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2024

    Civic

  • $3,314

    Birmingham Jewish Federation · Mountain Brook, AL · 2022

    Civic

  • $3,162

    Collatt Jewish Family Services · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Religious

  • $3,000

    Indian Springs School · Pelham, AL · 2025

    Educational

  • $3,000

    Alys Stephens Center · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Civic

  • $2,750

    Alabama Symphony Orchestra · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Civic

  • $2,600

    Planned Parenthood of Southeast · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Medical

  • $2,518

    Levite Jewish Community · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Religious

  • $2,500

    Aclu of Alabama Foundation · Montgomery, AL · 2025

    Civic

  • $2,500

    Ajc Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Civic

  • $2,500

    Alys Stephens Center · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Civic

  • $2,500

    Birmingham Museum of Art · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Civic

  • $2,500

    Impact America · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Civic

  • $2,500

    Levite Jewish Community Center · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Civiv

  • $2,500

    Al Holocaust Education Center · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Civic

  • $2,500

    Birmingham Museum of Art · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Civic

  • $2,500

    Aclu of Alabama Foundation · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    Civic

  • $2,500

    Alys Stephens Center · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Civic

  • $2,500

    Birmingham Museum of Art · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Civic

  • $2,500

    Levite Jewish Community Center · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Religious

  • $2,500

    United States Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2023

    Educational

  • $2,500

    Aclu · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    Civic

  • $2,500

    Al Holocaust Education Center · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Civic

  • $2,500

    Alys Stephens Center · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Civic

  • $2,500

    Birmingham Museum of Art · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Civic

  • $2,500

    Red Mountain Theatre Company · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Civic

  • $2,500

    United Ability · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    Civic

  • $2,500

    United States Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2022

    Educational

  • $2,100

    Planned Parenthood Southeast · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Medical

  • $2,000

    Birmingham Zoo · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Civic

  • $2,000

    Woodlawn United · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Civic

  • $2,000

    Impact America · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    Civic

  • $1,800

    Bbyo · Washington, DC · 2025

    Civic

  • $1,800

    Kby Congregations Together · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

    Civic

  • $1,800

    Luria Academy · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

    Civic

  • $1,800

    Adl -Anti Defamation League · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Civic

  • $1,610

    Ajc Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Civic

  • $1,550

    Impact America · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Civic

  • $1,500

    Women'S Foundaton of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Civic

  • $1,300

    Oasis Counseling Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Civic

  • $1,300

    Planned Parenthood Southeast · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Medical

  • $1,250

    Ajc Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Civic

  • $1,126

    Temple Emanu-El · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    Religious

  • $1,118

    Hadassah · New York, NY · 2025

    Religious

  • $1,100

    Knesseth Israel Congregation · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    Religious

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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.