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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.

12 funders with a record of paying for “bham”

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Donald M James Family Foundation → The Community Fund of Greater Bham: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2023Hand in Hand Foundation → 1st United Methodist Church of Bham: $61K across 2 grants, latest 2023Uab Medicine Enterprise → Bham Hockey Club LLC: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2022Uab Educational Foundation → Rev Birmingham: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2023The Kemper Foundation → Jdrf: $42K across 1 grant, latest 2023Sperling Family Charitable → Bham Jewish Federation: $37K across 2 grants, latest 2024Protective Life Foundation → Small Magic (Formerly Birmingham Talks): $36K across 1 grant, latest 2023Jones Family Fund → Birmingham Promise: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024Worthey Family Foundation → Donald Barrett Brown: $20K across 3 grants, latest 2024Mcconnell Foundation Inc → Community Found of Greater Bham: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Wiregrass Foundation → The University of Alabama at Bham: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund → Genius Map: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022Protective Life Foundation → Birmingham Talks: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Protective Life Foundation → Junior Achievement of Greater Bham: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Protective Life Foundation → Birmingham Association of Black Journalists: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Donald M James Family Foundation: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder.Donald M James Family Foundat…$1.7MHand in Hand Foundation: $61K on this topic. Open the funder.Hand in Hand Foundation$61KProtective Life Foundation: $61K on this topic. Open the funder.Protective Life Foundation$61KUab Medicine Enterprise: $50K on this topic. Open the funder.Uab Medicine Enterprise$50KUab Educational Foundation: $45K on this topic. Open the funder.Uab Educational Foundation$45KThe Kemper Foundation: $42K on this topic. Open the funder.The Kemper Foundation$42KSperling Family Charitable: $37K on this topic. Open the funder.Sperling Family Charitable$37KJones Family Fund: $30K on this topic. Open the funder.Jones Family Fund$30KWorthey Family Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder.Worthey Family Foundation$20KMcconnell Foundation Inc: $15K on this topic. Open the funder.Mcconnell Foundation Inc$15KWiregrass Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Wiregrass Foundation$10KOrlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund$8KThe Community Fund of Greater Bham: received $1.7M on this topicThe Community Fund of Greater B…$1.7M1st United Methodist Church of Bham: received $61K on this topic1st United Methodist Church of…$61KBham Hockey Club LLC: received $50K on this topicBham Hockey Club LLC$50KRev Birmingham: received $45K on this topicRev Birmingham$45KJdrf: received $42K on this topicJdrf$42KBham Jewish Federation: received $37K on this topicBham Jewish Federation$37KSmall Magic (Formerly Birmingham Talks): received $36K on this topicSmall Magic (Formerly Birmingha…$36KBirmingham Promise: received $30K on this topicBirmingham Promise$30KDonald Barrett Brown: received $20K on this topicDonald Barrett Brown$20KCommunity Found of Greater Bham: received $15K on this topicCommunity Found of Greater Bham$15KBirmingham Talks: received $15K on this topicBirmingham Talks$15KThe University of Alabama at Bham: received $10K on this topicThe University of Alabama at Bh…$10KGenius Map: received $8K on this topicGenius Map$8KJunior Achievement of Greater Bham: received $5K on this topicJunior Achievement of Greater B…$5KBirmingham Association of Black Journalists: received $5K on this topicBirmingham Association of Black…$5K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →