Alabama · Private foundation
Ellen Mitchell Redd Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $17k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2026
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $282k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 22% of the organizations Ellen Mitchell Redd Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 7 | $17k | 14% |
| FY2025 | 9 | $16k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $15k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $35k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $22k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $17k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $19k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoals Habitat for Humanity Inc | $19,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Sweet Briar Institute | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Help Center Inc | $7,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Presbyterian Home for Children | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity | $4,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Saint Mark United Methodist Church | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safeplace Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Helen Keller Birthplace Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($144k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: The Long Lewis Foundation
How this is measured
About Ellen Mitchell Redd Foundation
- How much does Ellen Mitchell Redd Foundation give?
- Ellen Mitchell Redd Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $17,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Ellen Mitchell Redd Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Religion (21%), Education (20%).
- Who are Ellen Mitchell Redd Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Shoals Habitat for Humanity Inc ($20k), Sweet Briar Institute ($11k), Help Center Inc ($7k).
- Does Ellen Mitchell Redd Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ellen Mitchell Redd Foundation 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 Ellen Mitchell Redd Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Long Lewis Foundation.
- Where is Ellen Mitchell Redd Foundation based?
- Ellen Mitchell Redd Foundation is based in AL.
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