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Community Foundation of West Alabama
To further charitable, educational, literary, religious, scientific and other endeavors within the west alabama area and to enable individuals and organizations to provide for the betterment of the community in which they reside.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 38
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $840k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $135,335
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 43
- FY2018 to FY2024
- Total assets, FY2025
- $34M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Community Foundation of West Alabama funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $302k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 38 | $840k | 16% |
| FY2024 | 43 | $1.4M | 30% |
| FY2023 | 41 | $1.3M | 44% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $737k | 34% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $537k | 16% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $727k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $530k | 62% |
| FY2018 | 35 | $595k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest grants in FY2025.
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA | $135,335 |
| THE CHURCH AT TUSCALOOSA | $87,396 |
| CHILDREN'S HANDS-ON MUSEUM | $50,338 |
| FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $48,740 |
| ST MARK METHODIST CHURCH | $46,000 |
| FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF TUSCALOOSA | $39,242 |
| AMERICAN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | $30,422 |
| UNITED WAY OF WEST ALABAMA | $29,200 |
| GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $28,000 |
| UMD NEWMAN CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY | $24,500 |
| SHELTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $20,150 |
| ARTS 'N AUTISM | $20,000 |
| DCH FOUNDATION | $19,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
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About Community Foundation of West Alabama
- How much does Community Foundation of West Alabama give?
- Community Foundation of West Alabama reported 38 itemized grants totaling $839,858, out of $1,153,342 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Community Foundation of West Alabama fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (28%), Education (15%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Does Community Foundation of West Alabama fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Community Foundation of West Alabama based?
- Community Foundation of West Alabama is based in AL.
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