Alabama · Private foundation
The Cullman 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.
- $169k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 20
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 55% of the organizations The Cullman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k 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 | 23 | $169k | 48% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $183k | 55% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $199k | 84% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $43k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Alabama Agriplex Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Restoring Women Outreach Inc | $36,500 | 1 | 12% |
| Hope Horses Inc | $20,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Cullman Christian School | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wellstone Inc | $7,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Garrison Gives Hope Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Wild Alabama Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Share Womens Club | $5,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Pilot Light Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Alabama Wildlife Federation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Alabama Agriplex Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Restoring Women Outreach Inc | $36,500 | 1 | 12% |
| Hope Horses Inc | $20,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Cullman Christian School | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wellstone Inc | $7,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Garrison Gives Hope Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Wild Alabama Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Share Womens Club | $5,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Pilot Light Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Alabama Wildlife Federation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Winston County Arts Council | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Foundry Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cullman County Bosom Buddies Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Les Dames of Cullman | $2,500 | 1 | 4% |
| United Way of Central Alabama Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Victim Services of Cullman Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama Inc | $1,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Hospice of Cullman County Inc | $625 | 1 | n/a |
| Pilot Club of Cullman Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Flourish of Cullman Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($385k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cullman Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Cullman Savings Bank Foundation · Walker Area Community Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Cullman Foundation
- How much does The Cullman Foundation give?
- The Cullman Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $168,975 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 20 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Cullman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Food & Nutrition (16%), Health (13%).
- Who are The Cullman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: North Alabama Agriplex Foundation ($75k), Restoring Women Outreach Inc ($37k), Hope Horses Inc ($21k).
- Does The Cullman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cullman 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 Cullman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Cullman Savings Bank Foundation, Walker Area Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Cullman Foundation based?
- The Cullman Foundation is based in AL.
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