Alabama · Private foundation
The Nolen 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.
- $446k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $170,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations The Nolen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 17 | $446k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $439k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $426k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $450k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $392k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $426k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $409k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $402k | 24% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Ministry Inc | $615,000 | 8 | 14% |
| United Methodist Children's Home | $375,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Sozo Children International | $314,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Big Oak Ranch Inc | $225,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Urban Ministries Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crisis Center Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Community of Hope Health Clinic | $45,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Mountain Child Advocacy Center Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Foundry Ministries Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Foundations Early Learning and Family Center Inc | $36,000 | 6 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Ministry Inc | $615,000 | 8 | 14% |
| United Methodist Children's Home | $375,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Sozo Children International | $314,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Big Oak Ranch Inc | $225,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Urban Ministries Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crisis Center Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Community of Hope Health Clinic | $45,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Mountain Child Advocacy Center Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Foundry Ministries Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Foundations Early Learning and Family Center Inc | $36,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Urban Purpose Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Downtown Jimmie Hale Mission | $29,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Children's Village Inc | $27,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Asbury United Appeal Fund Inc | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Alabama Inc | $11,150 | 2 | 0% |
| Alturas Ministries Inc | $10,750 | 3 | 2% |
| Shepherds Fold Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lifeline Children's Services Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Central Alabama Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Smile-A-Mile | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Altrua Ministries Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crimson Tide Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Germantown United Methodist Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Nolen Family 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 Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund · Protective Life Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Community Partnership of Alabama Inc · Robert R Meyer Foundation · United Way of Central Alabama Inc · Walker Area Community Foundation Inc · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Community Food Bank of Central Alabama
How this is measured
About The Nolen Family Foundation
- How much does The Nolen Family Foundation give?
- The Nolen Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $445,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Nolen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (45%), Human Services (40%), International (8%).
- Who are The Nolen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Urban Ministry Inc ($615k), United Methodist Children's Home ($375k), Sozo Children International ($315k).
- Does The Nolen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Nolen 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Nolen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Alabama Power Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Nolen Family Foundation based?
- The Nolen Family Foundation is based in AL.
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