Alabama · Public charity
Alabama Arise
ALABAMA ARISE is a statewide, member-led organization advancing public policies to improve the lives of alabamians who are marginalized by poverty. Our membership includes faith-based, community, nonprofit and civic groups, grassroots leaders and individuals from across al.
- $120k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $100k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Alabama Arise funded were first-time grantees, receiving 84% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $125k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $38k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $45k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $50k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIDS Alabama Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Knights & Orchids Society Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 2% |
| A Better Balance Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Greater Birmingham Ministries | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Bay Area Women Coalition Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 28% |
| Alabama Institute for Social Justice | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice United | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Women's Foundation of Alabama | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hispanic and Immigrant Center of Alabama | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIDS Alabama Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Knights & Orchids Society Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 2% |
| A Better Balance Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Greater Birmingham Ministries | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Bay Area Women Coalition Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 28% |
| Alabama Institute for Social Justice | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice United | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Women's Foundation of Alabama | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hispanic and Immigrant Center of Alabama | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bama Kids Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| No More Martyrs | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Women of Color | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| VOICES for Alabama's Children | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Alabama Arise supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Marguerite Casey Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Better Place Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Women's Foundation of Alabama · Alabama Civil Justice Foundation · The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Alabama Forward · Strain Foundation · Southern Partners Fund Inc
How this is measured
About Alabama Arise
- How much does Alabama Arise give?
- Alabama Arise reported 4 itemized grants totaling $100,000, out of $120,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Alabama Arise fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (55%), Food & Nutrition (15%), Crime & Legal (13%).
- Who are Alabama Arise's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: AIDS Alabama Inc ($75k), The Knights & Orchids Society Inc ($55k), A Better Balance Inc ($50k).
- Does Alabama Arise fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Alabama Arise?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marguerite Casey Foundation, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Better Place Foundation.
- Where is Alabama Arise based?
- Alabama Arise is based in AL.
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