Alabama · Public charity
Birmingham Bar Foundation
To support, promote, and encourage activities for the furtherance of justice and legal education, including but not limited to the education of primary and secondary students, as well as the general public to promote a greater understanding of the law, through scholarships and encouragement of legal research, publications, institutes,…
- $64k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $34k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,388
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 86% of the organizations Birmingham Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 91% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $34k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $66k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $21k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $28k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $17k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $27k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $43k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vulcan Park Foundation | $32,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Legal Aid Society of Birmingham | $20,288 | 3 | 0% |
| Samford University | $18,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Birmingham Bar Association | $15,388 | 1 | 3% |
| Hispanic and Immigrant Center of Alabama | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Strategies for Youth | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Brother Bryan Mission | $12,650 | 1 | 2% |
| The Prescott House | $12,650 | 1 | 4% |
| The Restoration Academy | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Equestrians Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vulcan Park Foundation | $32,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Legal Aid Society of Birmingham | $20,288 | 3 | 0% |
| Samford University | $18,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Birmingham Bar Association | $15,388 | 1 | 3% |
| Hispanic and Immigrant Center of Alabama | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Strategies for Youth | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Brother Bryan Mission | $12,650 | 1 | 2% |
| The Prescott House | $12,650 | 1 | 4% |
| The Restoration Academy | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Equestrians Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Community Care Development Network | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Birmingham AIDS Outreach Inc | $8,750 | 1 | 0% |
| The Morgan Project | $7,500 | 1 | 7% |
| One Place Family Justice Center | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Youthserve Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 2% |
| Cooperative Downtown Ministries Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Just Keep Smiling Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Mitchell's Place Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Birmingham Bar Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Protective Life Foundation · Altecstyslinger Foundation · Holle Family Foundation · Dunn-French Foundation · Robert R Meyer Foundation
How this is measured
About Birmingham Bar Foundation
- How much does Birmingham Bar Foundation give?
- Birmingham Bar Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $34,288, out of $64,028 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Birmingham Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (24%), Education (14%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Birmingham Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Vulcan Park Foundation ($33k), Legal Aid Society of Birmingham ($20k), Samford University ($19k).
- Does Birmingham Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Birmingham Bar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Alabama Power Foundation Inc, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama.
- Where is Birmingham Bar Foundation based?
- Birmingham Bar Foundation is based in AL.
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