· Public charity
Alabama Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
To build support for alabama's independent colleges and universities and promote a greater appreciation of independent higher education and its importance to the educational, cultural and economic needs of alabama.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE | $6,500 |
| FAULKNER UNIVERSITY | $6,500 |
| SPRING HILL COLLEGE | $6,500 |
| US SPORTS ACADEMY | $6,500 |
| MILES COLLEGE | $6,500 |
| AMRIDGE UNIVERSITY | $6,500 |
| TALLADEGA COLLEGE | $6,500 |
| OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY | $6,500 |
| SAMFORD UNIVERSITY | $6,500 |
| TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY | $6,500 |
| HUNTINGDON COLLEGE | $6,500 |
| STILLMAN COLLEGE | $6,500 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FUFAULKNER UNIVERSITY3× · 2023–2025 · $19k · revenue +28%
- OUOAKWOOD UNIVERSITY3× · 2023–2025 · $19k · revenue +14%
- SHSPRING HILL COLLEGE3× · 2023–2025 · $19k · revenue +42%
Funded once
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.
SMC Delivers an exceptional education that fuses the empowerment of the liberal arts with crucial career skills. Our mission is to equip our students with the knowledge, skills, virtues, and mindset needed to thrive personally, create…
Is to provide educational opportunities for gifted students who have limited academic experiences and resources but unlimited potential for leadership in society.
The mission of the University is to prepare students personally, socially, and intellectually to effectively function in a global and technological society.
Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.
The College is an institution of higher education and provides instruction and various support services in achieving its purpose.
The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in…
To ensure that the student body experiences balanced intellectual, psychological, social and spiritual development, aimed at enabling them to become active productive members of society where they live and work.
Its purpose is to offer a holistic educational program that will motivate the student to value and achieve academi excellence within the context of commitment to moral and spiritual values.
A liberal arts college founded in 1849 and associated with the united methodist church, providing quality education for all students in an atomosphere that promotes intellectual pursuit, spiritual growth and personal responsibility.
Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…
Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.
Building on a rich Presbyterian heritage and a pioneering spirit, Tusculum University provides an active and experiential education within a caring Christian environment to inspire civic engagement, enrich personal lives, and equip…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 28 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 FAULKNER UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds SPRING HILL COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Stillman College ↗
- Who funds AMRIDGE UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds Miles College Inc ↗
- Who funds HUNTINGDON COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Samford University ↗
- Who funds Tuskegee University ↗
- Who funds Talladega College ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES SPORTS UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE ↗
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: The Simpson Foundation · Allyrae Wallace Educational Trust · Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc · Council of Independent Colleges · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Folds of Honor Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Alabama Association of Independent Colleges and Universities funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alabama Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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