Alabama · Private foundation
The Arlington 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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations The Arlington Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $665k 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 | 13 | $1.0M | 46% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $1.4M | 60% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.0M | 78% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $1.0M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $1k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brother Bryan Mission | $1,911,899 | 3 | 38% |
| Dannon Project | $300,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Urban Ministry Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Birmingham Promise Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Breakthrough Birmingham | $200,000 | 2 | 19% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Three Hots & a Cot | $100,000 | 1 | 10% |
| East Lake Initiative | $100,000 | 1 | 8% |
| McKemie Place Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Community Food Bank of Central Alabama | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brother Bryan Mission | $1,911,899 | 3 | 38% |
| Dannon Project | $300,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Urban Ministry Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Birmingham Promise Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Breakthrough Birmingham | $200,000 | 2 | 19% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Three Hots & a Cot | $100,000 | 1 | 10% |
| East Lake Initiative | $100,000 | 1 | 8% |
| McKemie Place Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Community Food Bank of Central Alabama | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Flourish Community Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 22% |
| Hatching Hope | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Nest | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Homeward Bound of Western North Carolina Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beloved Asheville | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Birmingham Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Lot Project | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Right Moves for Youth Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Joel Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Redeeming Hope Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 19% |
| United Way of Central Alabama Inc | $1,012 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($665k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Arlington Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Protective Life Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About The Arlington Foundation
- How much does The Arlington Foundation give?
- The Arlington Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $1,000,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Arlington Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (43%), Human Services (22%), Education (11%).
- Who are The Arlington Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Brother Bryan Mission ($1.9M), Dannon Project ($300k), Urban Ministry Inc ($300k).
- Does The Arlington Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Arlington 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 The Arlington Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Alabama Power Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham.
- Where is The Arlington Foundation based?
- The Arlington Foundation is based in AL.
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