Alabama · Public charity
Alabama Humanities Alliance
To connect alabamians: to tell stories and to listen, to share ideas and to learn to link the past to the present, and to seek a deeper understanding of our humanity. The alliance is supported financially by private corporations, foundations, and individuals as well as federal, state, and local governmental agencies.
- $364k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $307k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,250
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,010
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 80
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Alabama Humanities Alliance funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 26 | $307k | 46% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $238k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $191k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 78 | $882k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 80 | $573k | 91% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $103k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $125k | 53% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $110k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Arts & Culture$2.4MEducation$116kEnvironment$22kHuman Services$8kYouth Development$6kInternational$5k
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy University | $116,128 | 7 | n/a |
| Auburn University | $93,359 | 7 | n/a |
| University of South Alabama | $78,256 | 7 | n/a |
| Board of the University of Alabama | $67,026 | 7 | n/a |
| Vulcan Park Foundation | $49,688 | 5 | 1% |
| Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum Association Inc | $41,600 | 4 | n/a |
| Alabama Education Television Foundation Authority | $41,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Liberty Learning Foundation | $41,325 | 4 | 1% |
| Clarke County Historical Society | $40,000 | 2 | 28% |
| Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery | $39,440 | 4 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy University | $116,128 | 7 | n/a |
| Auburn University | $93,359 | 7 | n/a |
| University of South Alabama | $78,256 | 7 | n/a |
| Board of the University of Alabama | $67,026 | 7 | n/a |
| Vulcan Park Foundation | $49,688 | 5 | 1% |
| Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum Association Inc | $41,600 | 4 | n/a |
| Alabama Education Television Foundation Authority | $41,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Liberty Learning Foundation | $41,325 | 4 | 1% |
| Clarke County Historical Society | $40,000 | 2 | 28% |
| Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery | $39,440 | 4 | 2% |
| Ridge Macon County Archaeology Project | $36,138 | 3 | n/a |
| The University of West Alabama | $34,520 | 3 | n/a |
| Invisible Histories | $33,910 | 3 | 9% |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $31,457 | 4 | n/a |
| Historic Huntsville Foundation Inc | $31,355 | 3 | 8% |
| Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Inc | $31,200 | 3 | n/a |
| Literacy Council of Central Alabama | $30,660 | 3 | 2% |
| University of North Alabama | $30,583 | 4 | n/a |
| Foundation for New Media Inc | $29,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Safe House Museum | $29,160 | 2 | n/a |
| Historic Bethel Baptist Church Community Restoration Fund | $29,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Alabama Folklife Association Inc | $28,300 | 4 | 8% |
| Jesse Owens Memorial Park | $25,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Tuskegee Human & Civil Rights Multicultural Center Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Mobile Medical Museum | $24,857 | 2 | 28% |
| The Judge Frank M Johnson Jr Institute | $24,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Friends of the Archives | $23,060 | 3 | n/a |
| Triana Historical Society | $22,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Civil Rights Activist Committee | $22,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Museum of East Alabama Inc | $22,500 | 2 | 14% |
| Kids in Birmingham 1963 | $20,516 | 2 | n/a |
| Selma-Dallas County Museum of History and Archives Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dothan Landmarks Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Mobile Museum Board | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Helen Keller Birthplace Foundation | $17,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Lee County Historical Society | $17,500 | 2 | 10% |
| Public Library of Anniston - Calhou | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Wallace Center for Arts And | $16,750 | 2 | 6% |
| Birmingham Negro Southern League Museum Foundation | $16,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Wiregrass Blues Society | $16,500 | 2 | 11% |
| Shelby County Arts Council | $16,184 | 2 | 3% |
| Tennessee Valley Rocket City Pride | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Selma Dallas County Historic Preservation Society | $15,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Atmore Historical Society | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Aliceville Museum Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church- Selma Al Legacy Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 27% |
| Town of Courtland - Courtland Public Library | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Autauga County Heritage Association | $15,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Empowering the Southern Roots Organization | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Citizenship Trust | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hugo Black Memorial Library Fund Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 40% |
| Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Flourish Alabama | $14,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Samford University | $14,367 | 2 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth-El | $14,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Learn to Read Council of Athens & L | $14,200 | 2 | 9% |
| Birmingham International Educational Film Festival | $14,100 | 2 | n/a |
| APT Foundation | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Birmingham Black Radio Museum | $13,949 | 1 | n/a |
| National Hook-Up of Black Women Birmingham Chapter | $13,575 | 2 | 3% |
| The David and Channie Hall Foundation | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Historic Blakeley Authority | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Railroad Park Foundation | $13,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Alabama Holocaust Education Center | $13,500 | 1 | 1% |
| The Sloss Furnaces Foundation Inc | $13,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Project Threadways Inc | $13,478 | 1 | 6% |
| Coosa Riverkeeper Inc | $13,477 | 1 | 3% |
| Levite Jewish Community Center | $13,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Alabama World Language Education Foundation Inc | $12,753 | 2 | n/a |
| Hiztorical Vision Productions | $12,569 | 1 | n/a |
| South Baldwin Literacy Council | $12,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Alabama Constitution Village Foundation | $12,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Lagrange Living Historical Association | $12,500 | 2 | 35% |
| City of Jackson - Jackson Police Department | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Tri-State Expo Juneteenth Affairs | $12,397 | 1 | 20% |
| Arts and Humanities Council of Tuscaloosa County | $10,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Create Birmingham | $10,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Hartselle Historical Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montgomery County Historical Societ Tisha Rhodes Executive Director | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Florence-Lauderdale Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Markstein Consulting LLC | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tuscaloosa Civil Rights History and Reconciliation Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gadsden Public Library Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baldwin County Commission | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Desert Island Supply Co | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Burritt Museum Association | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Contact Light Films | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama Civil Rights Tourism Association | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| David Mathews Center for Civic Life | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Friends of Rickwood Field | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Alabama Center for Law and Civic Education | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cahaba Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Mobile Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington County Public Lib | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Moon Lake Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Longleaf Productions | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Birmingham-Southern College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alabama Space Science Exhibit Comm | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Valley Arts and Entertainment Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| US Space & Rocket Center Education Foundation | $9,885 | 1 | 0% |
| Prestwick Preservation Society Inc | $9,780 | 1 | n/a |
| Building Bridges Institute for Racial Reconciliation | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama Rivers Alliance Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Jacksonville State University | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Red Mountain Park Foundation | $8,250 | 1 | 3% |
| Freedom Farm Azul | $8,100 | 1 | 9% |
| Alabama Shakespeare Festival | $8,079 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of Pell City | $7,993 | 1 | 6% |
| Red Bay Museum | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama Asian Cultures Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Tuscaloosa Public Library | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Shelby County Historical Society | $7,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Alabama Archives & History Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Pioneer Museum of Alabama | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Historic Tuscaloosa Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Centre for the Living Arts | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cemetery Preservation Group Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 18% |
| Blount County Historical Society | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Foundation and Mus | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Eufaula Heritage Association Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama Veterans Museum & Archives | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Foley | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Promise Incorporated | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Wilcox Historical Society | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Manitou Cave of Al Inc | $7,479 | 1 | n/a |
| Tennessee Valley Jazz Society Inc | $7,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Newbern Library Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham | $6,800 | 1 | n/a |
| The Kentuck Museum Association Inc | $6,750 | 1 | 1% |
| The Guntersville Museum Inc | $6,750 | 1 | 20% |
| Lawrence County History and Preservation Society | $6,683 | 1 | n/a |
| Providence Missionary Baptist Church of Grand Bay Alabama | $6,570 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama World Languages Edu Fdn | $6,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts of North Central Alabama | $6,255 | 1 | 0% |
| Alabama Symphonic Association Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Virginia Durr Lecture Series | $6,209 | 1 | n/a |
| Albertville Museum Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Morgan Project | $5,760 | 1 | 3% |
| Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association | $5,580 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Alabama Theater | $5,535 | 1 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama | $5,265 | 1 | 0% |
| Scottsboro Multicultural Foundation LLC | $5,153 | 1 | n/a |
| Wolf Gap Education Outreach Incorporated | $5,037 | 1 | n/a |
| Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Southern Museum of Flight Fdn Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Athens Limestone County Tourism Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Coastal Alabama Community College | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ALIEEP / Alabama International Education & Economic Partnership | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eufaula Carnegie Library | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Anniston | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Landmarks of Dekalb County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Urban Impact Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Montgomery City-County Public Library | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| McWane Science Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Muscle Shoals Music Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Stephens Historical Commission | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Your-Town Alabama Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fiesta 2003 | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| AFED Center for Economic Development Co | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Magnolia Springs Library | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama A&M University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Youthserve Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of Gaineswood Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Explore Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wiregrass Museum of Art Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Alabama Humanities Alliance supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 89 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 89.
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.
The Daniel Foundation of AlabamaAL87.9× affinity49 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Protective Life Foundation · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · The Hugh Kaul Foundation · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Robert R Meyer Foundation · The Maynard Nexsen Foundation · Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About Alabama Humanities Alliance
- How much does Alabama Humanities Alliance give?
- Alabama Humanities Alliance reported 26 itemized grants totaling $307,489, out of $363,511 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 80 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Alabama Humanities Alliance fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (94%), Education (5%), Environment (1%).
- Who are Alabama Humanities Alliance's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Troy University ($116k), Auburn University ($93k), University of South Alabama ($78k).
- Does Alabama Humanities Alliance fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Alabama Humanities Alliance?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Alabama Power Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham.
- Where is Alabama Humanities Alliance based?
- Alabama Humanities Alliance is based in AL.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home