· Private foundation
The Dixon Foundation
Its FY2024 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, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k20 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $202k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UAB DEPARTMENT OF PEDATRICS | $201,511 |
| VESTAVIA HILLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $10,100 |
| CAMP SMILE-A-MILE | $5,100 |
| DANIELS DRIVE | $5,000 |
| TIMES OUT INC | $5,000 |
| ALABAMA GAME CHANGERS | $5,000 |
| DOUBLE OAK COMMUNITY CHURCH MT LAUREL | $5,000 |
| SHINE ON UNIVERSITY | $2,500 |
| ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC CHURCH | $2,500 |
| RESOLVE- FIGHT FOR ALABAMA FAMILIES | $2,500 |
| OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH | $2,500 |
| ASHFORD PARK SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL | $1,500 |
| GATEWAY | $1,000 |
| CAMP TWIN LAKES | $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 (FY19–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UDUAB DEPARTMENT OF PEDATRICS4× · 2021–2024 · $738k
- UDUAB DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS2× · 2019–2020 · $372k
- AUAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION4× · 2019–2022 · $125k · revenue +83%
Funded once
- UDUAB DEPT OF NEUROLOGYone grant, 2020 · $25k
- UGUAB GRAY HUNTINGTON DISEASE RESEARCH FUNDone grant, 2019 · $25k
- ACASPERGER CONNECTION INCone grant, 2019 · $2k
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.
The mission of Children's of Alabama is to provide the finest pediatric health services to all children in an environment that fosters excellence in research and medical education. Children's will be an advocate for all children and work…
We improve the lives of the people in our care affected by autism.
Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.
Advancing effective methodology and behavior analytic treatment to improve outcomes of individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
As an affiliate of commonspirit health, we make the healing presence of god known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.
To support salem health, salem health west valley and related organizations.
Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.
To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children
Conway hospital community services provides outpatient health care services to horry county and the surrounding community in conjunction with conway hospital, inc., a non-profit acute care hospital system.
Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.
Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.
Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 36 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 AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SMILE-A-MILE ↗
- Who funds Times Out Inc ↗
- Who funds Alabama Game Changers ↗
- Who funds ASHFORD PARK SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds Gateway ↗
- Who funds CAMP TWIN LAKES INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HARBOR INC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds Special Equestrians Inc ↗
- Who funds ST LUKE'S FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BELLEVUE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION THE ↗
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 · Robert R Meyer Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Protective Life Foundation · The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Dixon Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dixon Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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