Alabama · Private foundation
The Forman Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $27k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $479k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The Forman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $27k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $29k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $31k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $30k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $22k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $27k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church | $17,680 | 3 | n/a |
| Jubilee Park & Community Center Corporation | $10,334 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Medical Center Foundation | $8,106 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Central Alabama Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation | $3,979 | 5 | 0% |
| Cahaba River Society Inc | $3,300 | 7 | 0% |
| The Mountain Brook Library Foundation | $2,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington and Lee University | $1,903 | 2 | 0% |
| Preschool Partners | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Children - Texas | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church | $17,680 | 3 | n/a |
| Jubilee Park & Community Center Corporation | $10,334 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Medical Center Foundation | $8,106 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Central Alabama Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation | $3,979 | 5 | 0% |
| Cahaba River Society Inc | $3,300 | 7 | 0% |
| The Mountain Brook Library Foundation | $2,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington and Lee University | $1,903 | 2 | 0% |
| Preschool Partners | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Children - Texas | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blue Ridge School Education Foundation Incorporated | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $606 | 2 | 0% |
| Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Magic Moments Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Magic Moments | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Education Elevators Foundation Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Samford University | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($158k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Forman 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: Dunn Foundation · The Hackney Foundation · Dunn-French Foundation · Protective Life Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Forman Foundation
- How much does The Forman Foundation give?
- The Forman Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $26,980 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Forman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (39%), Religion (23%), Community Improvement (11%).
- Who are The Forman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church ($18k), Jubilee Park & Community Center Corporation ($10k), Children's Medical Center Foundation ($8k).
- Does The Forman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Forman 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 Forman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dunn Foundation, The Hackney Foundation, Dunn-French Foundation.
- Where is The Forman Foundation based?
- The Forman Foundation is based in AL.
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