· Private foundation
Edwin L and Elizabeth L Skelton Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k32 grants · $62k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST LUKE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $10,000 |
| TROY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
| FRIENDS OF ARMY AVIATION | $7,500 |
| ENTERPRISE HIGH SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| ATHENS STATE UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| HUNTSVILLE MADISON CO BOTANICAL GA | $2,500 |
| TROY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| ENTERPRISE MUSIC CLUB | $2,500 |
| HAND UP ENTERPRISE AL | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| CHRISTIAN MISSION | $2,000 |
| ENTERPRISE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | $2,000 |
| EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY | $1,500 |
| ST MATTHEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 10% of Edwin L and Elizabeth L Skelton Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 94% of the giving stays in AL; by stated purpose, 92%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.
42 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TUTROY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION7× · 2017–2025 · $60k · revenue +44%
- HUHAND UP ENTERPRISE AL5× · 2018–2025 · $9k · revenue +41%
- AAALABAMA AUDUBON3× · 2017–2020 · $6k · revenue +166%
Funded once
- COCITY OF ENTERPRISE POLICEone grant, 2021 · $5k
- ECENTERPRISE-STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGEone grant, 2017 · $5k
- CCCOFFEE COUNTY ARTSone 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.
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.
To provide thrift opportunities and low cost loans to members
The university foundation is organized to assist and aid the board of trustees of the university of alabama in fulfilling its educational, research, and public service programs and activities.
To promote the preservation and continued development of commercial banking in alabama.
The corporation shall promote, within the territory covered by the charter from time to time granted it by the boy scouts of america and in accordance with the congressional charter, bylaws,rules and regulations of the boy scouts of…
The southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern states. the commission's mission is the enhancement of…
The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
Tukabatchee area council, boy scouts of america promotes and administers educational and recreational programs for young boys and young adults to prepare them to make ethical choices over their lifetime and achieve their full potential…
The mission of samford university is to nurture persons in their development of intellect, creativity, faith, and personhood. as a christian university, the community fosters academic, career, and ethical competency while encouraging…
The mission of united way of west alabama is to promote the general welfare of the citizens of west alabama by: raising funds, on an annual basis, to assist the effective delivery of health and human care programs and services, allocating…
Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.
The credit union's mission is to promote thrift among its members and create a source of credit for them at legitimate rates of interest. the credit union serves members in several counties throughout alabama. the total number of members…
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 85 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.
- Who funds TROY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF ARMY AVIATION - OZARK ↗
- Who funds COFFEE COUNTY ARTS ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds HAND UP ENTERPRISE AL ↗
- Who funds ALABAMA AUDUBON ↗
- Who funds PRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds VIVIAN B ADAMS SCHOOL BOARD ↗
- Who funds THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Jerry B Brunson Enterprise Rotary Club · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Je and Marjorie B Pittman Foundation Inc · Wiregrass Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Edwin L and Elizabeth L Skelton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edwin L and Elizabeth L Skelton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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