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 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • 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

$289,000
2022
$231,500
2023
$264,000
2024

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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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.