Alabama · Private foundation
E L Spencer Jr Foundation Inc
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.
- $181k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations E L Spencer Jr Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 28 | $181k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $120k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $118k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $136k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $138k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $126k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $127k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $137k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Presbyterian Church | $442,260 | 9 | n/a |
| Auburn University Foundation | $180,100 | 9 | 0% |
| United Way of Lee County Inc | $126,033 | 9 | 2% |
| Food Bank of East Alabama Inc | $69,300 | 8 | 0% |
| British Schools & Universities Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Presbyterian Children's Homes & Services | $22,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Lakeview Baptist Church Inc | $20,020 | 2 | n/a |
| Christ City Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Care Humane Society | $10,600 | 8 | 0% |
| Auburn Chamber of Commerce | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($228k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget E L Spencer Jr Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
About E L Spencer Jr Foundation Inc
- How much does E L Spencer Jr Foundation Inc give?
- E L Spencer Jr Foundation Inc reported 28 grants totaling $180,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does E L Spencer Jr Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (39%), Education (17%), Health (13%).
- Who are E L Spencer Jr Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: First Presbyterian Church ($442k), Auburn University Foundation ($180k), United Way of Lee County Inc ($126k).
- Does E L Spencer Jr Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does E L Spencer Jr Foundation Inc 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as E L Spencer Jr Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alabama Power Foundation Inc, Comitas Foundation Inc, Samford-Cannon Foundation.
- Where is E L Spencer Jr Foundation Inc based?
- E L Spencer Jr Foundation Inc is based in AL.
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