Funding search · health disparities · Alabama
Who funds health disparities work in Alabama
10 funders have a record of paying for health disparities work by Alabama recipients: 32 grants totaling $4.7M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Direct Relief ($2.0M), The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ($2.1M) and The Commonwealth Fund ($174,979).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Alabama recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Direct ReliefSanta Barbara, CACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $300,000 to A PROMISE TO HELP — fund for health equity
Largest: $82,386 to ALABAMA U OF — 77179 advancing health equity in rural communities by building on a study of barriers to access to early care and education in rural alabama
Largest: $100,000 to The Board of Trustees of the Univ of Ala for the Univ of Ala at Birmingham — support for the gulf states newsroom health equity reporting, 2024-25
SostentoMontclair, NJCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $13,000 · through 2023Largest: $6,500 to Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy Inc — funding for rides for health equity initiative
Largest: $120,000 to Montgomery Area Community Wellness Coalition — support for health equity initiatives
Largest: $200,000 to NAFASI FUND — champion health equity
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
1 matching grant · $75,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to BIRTHWELL PARTNERS — health and health equity
United Way WorldwideAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $30,000 · through 2023Largest: $30,000 to RIVER REGION UNITED WAY — general charitable operations, health equity
Largest: $25,000 to JEFFERSON COUNTY FAITH BASED ALLIANCE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH EQUITY — general/operating
Largest: $5,000 to THE COOKERY PROJECT — health equity advancement training program
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