Alabama · Private foundation
Bynum 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.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,323,494
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,323,494
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $288k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations Bynum Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 91% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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 | 1 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $72k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $115k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $126k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $79k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $127k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $61k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Street Scottsboro | $1,343,494 | 2 | 15% |
| Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center | $138,755 | 4 | 31% |
| Veterans Memorial Park of Jackson County | $91,610 | 3 | 46% |
| Nourish One Child | $26,369 | 2 | 10% |
| Imagination Library Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Dollywood Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One Child | $20,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Skyline Farm Heritage Association Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jackson County Historical Association Inc | $11,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Northeast Alabama Community College | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($205k), not named here.
About Bynum Foundation
- How much does Bynum Foundation give?
- Bynum Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,323,494 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Bynum Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (72%), Arts & Culture (10%), Education (7%).
- Who are Bynum Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Main Street Scottsboro ($1.3M), Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center ($139k), Veterans Memorial Park of Jackson County ($92k).
- Does Bynum Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bynum Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Bynum Foundation based?
- Bynum Foundation is based in AL.
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