Funding search · EIN 853981611 · Birmingham, AL
The McKinney 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.
- 50
- grants reported
- $784,500
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
scholarshipeducationalabroadafricabirminghamcancercenterleukemia
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Funding pattern
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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.
- Empower Community School3 grants · $110,000
- Tum Tum Tree3 grants · $75,000
- Mitchell'S Place3 grants · $75,000
- Red Mountain Theater3 grants · $65,000
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra2 grants · $52,500
- Community Foundation Birmingham1 grant · $50,000
- A Plus Education Foundation3 grants · $45,000
- United Way2 grants · $45,000
- Sidewalk1 grant · $42,500
- Indian Springs3 grants · $42,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 50 reported grants, largest first.
- $50,000
Community Foundation Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support of programs
- $50,000
Empower Community School · Bessemer, AL · 2022
General support of programs
- $50,000
Red Mountain Theater · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support of programs
- $42,500
Sidewalk · Olympia, WA · 2024
General support of programs
- $42,500
Alabama Symphony Orchestra · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support of programs
- $30,000
Empower Community School · Bessemer, AL · 2024
General support of programs
- $30,000
Empower Community School · Bessemer, AL · 2023
General support of programs
- $25,000
Mitchell'S Place · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support of programs
- $25,000
Tum Tum Tree · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support of programs
- $25,000
United Way · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support of programs
- $25,000
Mitchell'S Place · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support of programs
- $25,000
Tum Tum Tree · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support of programs
- $25,000
Mitchell'S Place · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support of programs
- $25,000
Tum Tum Tree · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support of programs
- $20,000
United Way · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support of programs
- $15,000
A Plus Education Foundation · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Educational programming
- $15,000
Big City Mountaineers · Golden, CO · 2024
General support of programs
- $15,000
Womens Foundation of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support of programs
- $15,000
A Plus Education Foundation · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Educational programming
- $15,000
A Plus Education Foundation · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Educational programming
- $15,000
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2022
Students abroad supporting orphanages in africa
- $14,000
Indian Springs · Indian Springs, AL · 2024
Scholarship
- $14,000
Indian Springs · Indian Springs, AL · 2023
Scholarship
- $14,000
Indian Springs · Indian Springs, AL · 2022
Scholarship
- $10,000
Alabama Symphony Orchestra · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support of programs
- $10,000
Birmingham Museum of Art · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support of programs
- $10,000
Kulture City · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support of programs
- $10,000
Red Mountain Theater · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support of programs
- $10,000
Uab Visual and Performing Arts · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support of programs
- $10,000
Kulture City · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support of programs
- $10,000
Uab Visual and Performing Arts · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support of programs
- $10,000
Kulture City · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support of programs
- $10,000
Ryker'S Rainbow · Owens Cross Roads, AL · 2022
General support of programs
- $7,500
Building Peace · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support of programs
- $5,000
Penny Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Birmingham promise scholarship funds
- $5,000
Birmingham Promise · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support of programs
- $5,000
Jones Valley Teaching Farm · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support of programs
- $5,000
Red Mountain Theater · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support of programs
- $5,000
The Red Barn · Leeds, AL · 2023
General support of programs
- $5,000
Youthserve · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support of programs
- $5,000
Birmingham Promise · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support of programs
- $5,000
Jones Valley Teaching Farm · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support of programs
- $5,000
The Red Barn · Leeds, AL · 2022
General support of programs
- $5,000
Youthserve · Birmingham, AL · 2022
General support of programs
- $2,500
Unless U · Vestavia Hills, AL · 2024
General support of programs
- $2,500
Advent Episcopal School · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General support of programs
- $2,500
Ryker'S Rainbow · Owens Cross Roads, AL · 2023
General support of programs
- $2,500
Unless U · Vestavia Hills, AL · 2023
General support of programs
- $2,500
Art Blink · Birmingham, AL · 2022
O'neal cancer center
- $2,500
Lls North Carolina · Cary, NC · 2022
Leukemia and lymphoma society
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