Alabama · Private foundation
Michael & Lois Russell Family Foundation
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.
- $50k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $796k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Michael & Lois Russell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $50k | 53% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $50k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $50k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $54k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lillian Volunteer Fire Department | $34,000 | 7 | 2% |
| The National World War II Museum Inc | $32,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lillian Recreational Park Inc | $32,000 | 7 | 6% |
| The Salvation Army | $27,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Marys Shelter | $12,000 | 5 | 0% |
| South Baldwin Christian Church | $6,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Great Trail Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northeast Ohio Adoption Services | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $3,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Josephine Volunteer Fire Department | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lillian Volunteer Fire Department | $34,000 | 7 | 2% |
| The National World War II Museum Inc | $32,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lillian Recreational Park Inc | $32,000 | 7 | 6% |
| The Salvation Army | $27,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Marys Shelter | $12,000 | 5 | 0% |
| South Baldwin Christian Church | $6,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Great Trail Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northeast Ohio Adoption Services | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $3,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Josephine Volunteer Fire Department | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mobile Law Enforcement Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $1,700 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($180k), not named here.
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About Michael & Lois Russell Family Foundation
- How much does Michael & Lois Russell Family Foundation give?
- Michael & Lois Russell Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Michael & Lois Russell Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (15%), Religion (15%), Crime & Legal (12%).
- Who are Michael & Lois Russell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Lillian Volunteer Fire Department ($34k), The National World War II Museum Inc ($32k), Lillian Recreational Park Inc ($32k).
- Does Michael & Lois Russell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Michael & Lois Russell Family 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.
- Where is Michael & Lois Russell Family Foundation based?
- Michael & Lois Russell Family Foundation is based in AL.
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