· Private foundation
Adelia Russell Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $190k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $505k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHILDREN'S HARBOR | $125,000 |
| CRIMSON TIDE FOUNDATION | $105,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA LIBRARY | $85,000 |
| LAKE MARTIN AREA UNITED WAY | $70,000 |
| ADELIA RUSSELL LIBRARY | $60,000 |
| ARISE | $60,000 |
| MAINSTREET ALEXANDER CITY | $35,000 |
| ALEXANDER CITY SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $35,000 |
| TALLAPOOSA CHRISTIAN CRISIS CENTER | $20,000 |
| ALEXANDER CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | $20,000 |
| RUSSELL FARM BAPTIST CHURCH | $20,000 |
| LAKE MARTIN AREA HUMANE SOCIETY | $15,000 |
| ALEXANDER CITY FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $15,000 |
| BRYANT JORDAN STUDENT-ATHLETE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM | $10,000 |
| BACKPACK BUDDIES | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CHCHILDREN'S HARBOR INC7× · 2017–2024 · $828k · revenue +183%
- MSMAIN STREET ALEXANDER CITY INC7× · 2017–2024 · $275k · revenue +61% · 65% of their budget
- LMLAKE MARTIN AREA UNITED WAY4× · 2020–2024 · $162k · revenue +48%
Funded once
- COCHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA AL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $913k
- RCRAY COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCHone grant, 2023 · $15k
- 1M12TH MANone grant, 2017 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission of united way of west alabama is to promote the general welfare of the citizens of west alabama by: raising funds, on an annual basis, to assist the effective delivery of health and human care programs and services, allocating…
The university foundation is organized to assist and aid the board of trustees of the university of alabama in fulfilling its educational, research, and public service programs and activities.
To promote the preservation and continued development of commercial banking in alabama.
Coordinate rc&d activity in alabama
To work in partnership with families and organizations to ensure that all alabama children (birth to five) get everything they need to develop to their fullest potential.
To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of the community
The mission of Children's of Alabama is to provide the finest pediatric health services to all children in an environment that fosters excellence in research and medical education. Children's will be an advocate for all children and work…
The Alabama A&M University Foundation was established to receive, hold, invest, manage, use, and administer property of all kinds, whether given absolutely or in trust, for the benefit of Alabama A&M University and its educational,…
To provide quality healthcare and related services to all communities, including the underserved and homeless persons, regardless of language, culture, or financial barriers
Alabama Rivers Alliance is a statewide network of groups working to protect and restore all of Alabama's water resources through building partnerships, empowering citizens, and advocating for sound water policy and its enforcement.
The alabama public health association, inc., is an association of individuals and organizations interested in public health in alabama. the mission of the association is to link individuals and organizations in addressing public health…
How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 48 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HARBOR INC ↗
- Who funds ALEXANDER CITY SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MAIN STREET ALEXANDER CITY INC ↗
- Who funds LAKE MARTIN AREA UNITED WAY ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
- Who funds TALLAPOOSA CHRISTIAN CRISIS CENTER ↗
- Who funds SERVICE DOGS ALABAMA INC ↗
- Who funds BACKPACK BUDDIES INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds RHIZOKIDS INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
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: Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc · The Landa Fund · Crum Family Charitable Foundation · Kiwanis Club of Montgomery Foundation Inc · Arthur M Britton Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Adelia Russell Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Adelia Russell Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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