· Private foundation
Alex W and Sue a Newton Foundation
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.
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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k14 grants · $46k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $34k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RESTORATION ACADEMY | $14,000 |
| JIMMIE HALE MISSION | $10,000 |
| JESSIE'S PLACE | $10,000 |
| PARKINSON'S ASSOCIATION OF ALABAMA | $5,000 |
| ALABAMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $5,000 |
| STILLMAN COLLEGE | $5,000 |
| CHRISTIAN SERVICE MISSION | $5,000 |
| COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK | $5,000 |
| PRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN | $3,500 |
| ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL | $3,000 |
| URBAN YOUNG LIFE BIRMINGHAM | $3,000 |
| CAMP SEALE HARRIS | $2,500 |
| IPC FRESH AIR FARMSTAIR PROGRAM | $2,500 |
| FOUNDATIONS OF EARLY LEARNING & FAMILY CENTER | $2,500 |
| OPERA BIRMINGHAM | $2,000 |
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 (FY19–25, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 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.
12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SCStillman College8× · 2017–2025 · $125k · revenue +77%
- TRTHE RESTORATION ACADEMY3× · 2022–2025 · $24k · revenue +78%
- PAPARKINSON ASSOCIATION OF ALABAMA INC2× · 2022–2025 · $15k · revenue +253%
Funded once
- EHETHANS HEART BAGS4BLESSINGSone grant, 2022 · $5k
- AAALS ASSOCIATION OF ALABAMA CHAPTERone grant, 2022 · $5k
- YYMCAgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +42%
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.
Operation of a public charter school in Mobile Alabama.
To glorify god by providing a quality, christ-centered education which challenges students and teachers to maximize their potential so that graduates are prepared to further their education while becoming productive christian citizens.
The college's mission is to train christians to serve god and his church.
To provide quality healthcare and related services to all communities, including the underserved and homeless persons, regardless of language, culture, or financial barriers
King's academy is a pre-k-8th grade independent christian school in nashville, tennessee, providing a classically inspired education to a racially and socioeconomically balanced student body.
Habitat for humanity of baldwin county, inc. is an ecumenical, christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing by partnering with the community to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.
Is to provide educational opportunities for gifted students who have limited academic experiences and resources but unlimited potential for leadership in society.
Selma university's mission is to prepare men and women for christian ministry and christian living in the modern world based on the example of jesus christ.
To encourage and demonstrate grace in the body of christ across racial lines, so that communities throughout mississippi can see practical evidence of the gospel message.
Harding academy of memphis, inc. is a private school providing education from pre kindergarten through grade twelve.
Educational instruciton for students in prek-12th grades.
Provide public classical and pops musical performances throughout alabama featuring diverse selections of musical programing and provide organized musical education programs focused
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 21 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 Stillman College ↗
- Who funds PRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds THE RESTORATION ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK INC ↗
- Who funds PARKINSON ASSOCIATION OF ALABAMA INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHEASTERN DIABETES EDUCATION SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Christian Service Mission Inc ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN JIMMIE HALE MISSION ↗
- Who funds OPERA BIRMINGHAM INC ↗
- Who funds ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATIONS EARLY LEARNING AND FAMILY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds YMCA ↗
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 Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Protective Life Foundation · Robert R Meyer Foundation · Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Campbell Estelle S Char Foundation · Holle Family Foundation · Dunn-French Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Alex W and Sue a Newton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alex W and Sue a Newton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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