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Debardeleben Foundation Inc at a glance

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Debardeleben Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$217k
Granted FY2024still arriving
74
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$258kReligion$252kHuman Services$212kPhilanthropy$198kHealth$176kEnvironment$60kYouth Development$59kFood & Nutrition$56kOther$0
02FY2024 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k71 grants · $164k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $54k
$1,595
Median grant
12
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHEROKEE BEND CHIEF PTO$25,755
YMCA OF BIRMINGHAM$17,800
PHI GAMMA DELTA$10,000
COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION$9,500
AMERICAN BASEBALL FOUNDATION$8,700
THE FOUNDRY MINISTRIES$8,000
THE CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION$7,890
FLY RIGHT MINISTRY$6,865
O'NEAL UAB COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER$6,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$5,000
INDEPENDENT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$5,000
UNITED ABILITY$5,000
THE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT$5,000
REDEEMER CITY TO CITY$5,000
SPIRITUAL LIFE MINISTRY FOUNDATION$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $143k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BIG OAK RANCH: $1k → 13%STREET GRACE: $500 → 9%KINGS HOME: $200 → 7%THE LOVELADY CENTER: $3k → 16%THE LOVELADY CENTER: $3k → 16%THE LOVELADY CENTER: $3k → 16%THE LOVELADY CENTER: $2k → 16%THE LOVELADY CENTER: $1k → 16%THE LOVELADY CENTER: $1k → 16%THE LOVELADY CENTER: $1k → 16%THE FOUNDRY MINISTRIES: $8k → 16%THE FOUNDRY MINISTRIES: $5k → 16%URBAN MINISTRY INC: $500 → 16%THE FOUNDRY MINISTRIES: $3k → 16%URBAN MINISTRY INC: $300 → 16%THE FOUNDRY MINISTRIES: $3k → 16%RENEW BIRMINGHAM: $1k → 16%RENEW BIRMINGHAM: $1k → 16%LORD WEDGEWOOD CHARITY: $5k → 16%LORD WEDGEWOOD CHARITY: $4k → 16%LORD WEDGEWOOD CHARITY: $3k → 16%LORD WEDGEWOOD CHARITY: $2k → 16%LORD WEDGEWOOD CHARITY: $2k → 16%LORD WEDGEWOOD CHARITY: $2k → 16%LORD WEDGEWOOD CHARITY: $900 → 16%CENTER FOR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP: $3k → 16%GRACE HOUSE MINISTRIES: $1k → 16%YMCA OF BIRMINGHAM: $21k → 16%YMCA OF BIRMINGHAM: $21k → 16%YMCA OF BIRMINGHAM: $18k → 16%YMCA OF BIRMINGHAM: $8k → 16%ROTARY CLUB OF BIRMINGHAM: $5k → 16%ROTARY CLUB OF BIRMINGHAM: $5k → 16%YMCA OF BIRMINGHAM: $3k → 16%YMCA OF BIRMINGHAM: $3k → 16%YMCA OF BIRMINGHAM: $2k → 16%YMCA OF BIRMINGHAM: $770 → 16%ROTARY CLUB OF BIRMINGHAM: $500 → 16%FIRST LIGHT SHELTER: $200 → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
OR
WY
IA
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 104 repeat orgs$148k to everyone else

104 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2024, 53 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

104
85

Total granted

$1.3M
$99k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+46%

Still filing today

61%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationReligionArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $75k · revenue +74%
  • TY
    THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BIRMINGHAM INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +12%
  • RM
    RED MOUNTAIN GARDEN CLUB INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $45k · revenue +70% · 53% of their budget

Funded once

  • CA
    C A L M CHARITIES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $12k
  • FL
    FRESHWATER LAND TRUSTgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +110%
  • AS
    ALABAMA SHERIFF'S GIRLS RANCH
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Alabama Partnership for Children

To work in partnership with families and organizations to ensure that all alabama children (birth to five) get everything they need to develop to their fullest potential.

Education
2
Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Ala

To help find a cure for breast cancer by funding promising breast cancer research in alabama and to raise community awareness and funding for that research.

Health
3
Alabama Sports Foundation Inc

Alabama sports foundation exists to optimize the athlete experience through performance, education, innovation, and implementation. alabama sports foundation does this with each individual by partnering with teams, clubs, and…

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4
Alabama Bankers Association Inc

To promote the preservation and continued development of commercial banking in alabama.

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5
Alabama Christian Academy

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.

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6
Nami Alabama Inc

Encourage and enhance advocacy and family support services on behalf of individuals suffering from mental illness.

Health
7
Alabama Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics

Obtain optimal health & well-being for all children in alabama, and to provide educational and practice support for its membership so the highest quality of medical care can be achieved.

Health
8
Alabama Regional Medical Services

To provide quality healthcare and related services to all communities, including the underserved and homeless persons, regardless of language, culture, or financial barriers

Health
9
Alabama Alliance Network

The alabama alliance netowrk works to strengthen and enhance alabama's civic society through research, education, and grantmaking

Public Benefit
10
Greater Birmingham Ministries

To serve people, build community, pursue justice.

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11
Birmingham Corps

Birmingham corps' mission is to drive fair workforce opportunities and accelerate social change by recruiting, training, and retaining people in birmingham.

Employment
12
Alabama Civil Justice Foundation

Provide grants and assistance to 501(c)(3) organizations assisting disadvantaged, disabled, and at-risk families and children.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alabama Children's Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mondo Bizarro Productions. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

113 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. 113 of the 213 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
108/113
Grantees still filing
81/113
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHEROKEE BEND CHIEF PTO: $88,056 · OtherCHEROKEE BEND CHIEF PTOCATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE ADVENT: $42,650 · OtherCATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE ADVENTCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $37,940 · OtherFLY RIGHT INC: $29,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOLARS FUND: $27,500 · OtherSPIRITUAL LIFE MINISTRY FOUNDATION INC: $26,000 · OtherTHE SMARTPLAY: $27,205 · Other+124 more: $498,781 · Other+124 moreTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BIRMINGHAM INC: $74,670 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S …THE FOUNDRY MINISTRIES INC: $33,000 · Human ServicesTHE FOUNDRY MINI…THE CENTER FOR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP INC: $18,950 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR E…LORD WEDGWOOD CHARITY: $18,110 · Human ServicesLORD WEDGWOOD CH…Girls on the Run Birmingham: $18,000 · Human ServicesGirls on the Run…FREEDOM RAIN INC: $13,100 · Human ServicesFREEDOM RAIN INCAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $11,000 · Human ServicesTHE ROTARY CLUB OF BIRMINGHAM INC: $10,500 · Human Services+9 more: $12,448 · Human Services+9 morePRESCHOOL PARTNERS: $24,705 · EducationTHE A EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $15,000 · EducationUAB EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $14,000 · EducationLINLY HEFLIN UNIT INC: $9,800 · EducationBASALT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $9,378 · EducationMountain Brook City Schools Foundation: $7,100 · EducationBLUE LAKE PRESCHOOL INC: $6,875 · EducationTHE RESTORATION ACADEMY: $5,000 · Education+4 more: $2,605 · EducationUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $75,200 · PhilanthropySHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · PhilanthropySEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,958 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,200 · PhilanthropySMILE-A-MILE: $17,350 · HealthThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $14,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $8,000 · HealthASCENDIGO AUTISM SERVICES INC: $6,475 · HealthTHE RED BARN: $5,100 · HealthUNITED ABILITY INC: $5,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $4,500 · HealthFREEDOM SOURCE INC: $4,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $4,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HARBOR INC: $3,875 · HealthAlabama Children's Hospital Foundation: $3,700 · Health+12 more: $15,550 · HealthRedeemer City To City: $35,000 · ReligionChristian African Leadership Ministries: $25,000 · ReligionALLIANCE MINISTRIES INC: $13,500 · ReligionNEW YORK FELLOWSHIP INC: $12,000 · Religion+4 more: $4,700 · ReligionRED MOUNTAIN GARDEN CLUB INC: $45,100 · EnvironmentCOASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $27,575 · EnvironmentTHE BIRMINGHAM BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $8,170 · EnvironmentFRESHWATER LAND TRUST: $5,000 · Environment
Other$777,632Human Services$209,778Education$94,463Philanthropy$93,358Health$92,050Religion$90,200Environment$85,845

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $75,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BIRMINGHAM INC: $74,670 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRED MOUNTAIN GARDEN CLUB INC: $45,100 over 5y, 53% of budgetRedeemer City To City: $35,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDRY MINISTRIES INC: $33,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $27,575 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SMARTPLAY: $27,205 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetSPIRITUAL LIFE MINISTRY FOUNDATION INC: $26,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetChristian African Leadership Ministries: $25,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetPRESCHOOL PARTNERS: $24,705 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTHE STATE OF ALABAMA BALLET INC: $23,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP INC: $18,950 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLORD WEDGWOOD CHARITY: $18,110 over 7y, 7.3% of budgetGirls on the Run Birmingham: $18,000 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetSMILE-A-MILE: $17,350 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Birmingham Inc: $15,300 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE A EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INC: $14,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Mike Slive Foundation for Prostate Cancer Research: $14,120 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUAB EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE MINISTRIES INC: $13,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetFREEDOM RAIN INC: $13,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBirmingham Zoo Inc: $12,725 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BUDDY PROGRAM INC: $12,200 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK FELLOWSHIP INC: $12,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROTARY CLUB OF BIRMINGHAM INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetRWANDA MINISTRY PARTNERS: $10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLINLY HEFLIN UNIT INC: $9,800 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetBASALT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $9,378 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetASPEN YOUTH CENTER: $8,775 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BIRMINGHAM BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $8,170 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Assistance Foundation: $7,890 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMountain Brook City Schools Foundation: $7,100 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBLUE LAKE PRESCHOOL INC: $6,875 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASCENDIGO AUTISM SERVICES INC: $6,475 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF JEMISON PARK: $6,300 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetGREAT OLD BROADS FOR WILDERNESS: $5,748 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RED BARN: $5,100 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE RESTORATION ACADEMY: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRESHWATER LAND TRUST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRAILROAD PARK FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED ABILITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
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 UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BIRMINGHAM INC ↗
  • Who funds RED MOUNTAIN GARDEN CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds Redeemer City To City ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDRY MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SMARTPLAY ↗
  • Who funds SPIRITUAL LIFE MINISTRY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Christian African Leadership Ministries ↗
  • Who funds PRESCHOOL PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds THE STATE OF ALABAMA BALLET INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds LORD WEDGWOOD CHARITY ↗
  • Who funds Girls on the Run Birmingham ↗
  • Who funds SMILE-A-MILE ↗
  • Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Birmingham Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE A EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds CORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds The Mike Slive Foundation for Prostate Cancer Research ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Hospital of Alabama ↗
  • Who funds UAB EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM RAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds Birmingham Zoo Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK FELLOWSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…The Daniel Foundation…Protective Life Found…Hill Crest Foundation…Altecstyslinger Found…Susan Mott Webb Chari…Robert R Meyer Founda…Mike and Gillian Good…Dunn-French FoundationAlabama Power Foundat…The Maynard Nexsen Fo…The Hackney Foundation
The Community Foundation of Greater BirminghamAL81.8× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Protective Life Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Altecstyslinger Foundation · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Robert R Meyer Foundation · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Dunn-French Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Maynard Nexsen Foundation · The Hackney Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Debardeleben Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Debardeleben Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 213 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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