· Community foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $82k
- $10k–50k22 grants · $435k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $323k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
58 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA8× · 2018–2025 · $592k
- TPTRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH5× · 2020–2024 · $328k
- IGIndividual grant recipient8× · 2018–2025 · $318k
Funded once
- SWSECOND WIND PROGRAM INCone grant, 2024 · $153k
- LILOVE INCone grant, 2023 · $105k
- BCB CHARITABLEone grant, 2023 · $71k
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.
0 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2018–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2018 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 0 of the 127 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.
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