Alabama · Private foundation
Ace the Stigma
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $313k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $61,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $81k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations Ace the Stigma funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $313k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $194k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Health America of Central Carolinas Inc | $111,500 | 2 | 3% |
| HopeWay Foundation | $101,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Mission 34 | $62,500 | 3 | 14% |
| Alexander Children's Foundation Inc | $61,500 | 1 | 3% |
| For Students Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Alexander Youth Network | $58,410 | 2 | 0% |
| KinderMourn Inc | $30,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Here Tomorrow Inc | $23,500 | 1 | n/a |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ace the Stigma
- How much does Ace the Stigma give?
- Ace the Stigma reported 8 grants totaling $312,705 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Ace the Stigma fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (70%), Human Services (17%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are Ace the Stigma's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Mental Health America of Central Carolinas Inc ($112k), HopeWay Foundation ($102k), Mission 34 ($63k).
- Does Ace the Stigma fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ace the Stigma accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ace the Stigma?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for the Carolinas, Duke Energy Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Ace the Stigma based?
- Ace the Stigma is based in AL.
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