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The Paul & Barbara Flowers 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.

$70k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2025
34
Organizations funded FY2024
26%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$33,200
Organizations funded a year
26 to 42
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$899k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 26% of the organizations The Paul & Barbara Flowers Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving35$70k17%
FY202434$77k26%
FY202328$58k14%
FY202233$61k33%
FY202131$61k32%
FY202026$50k27%
FY201930$66k20%
FY201842$79k45%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$323kEducation$55kArts & Culture$52kHuman Services$43kYouth Development$22kPhilanthropy$12kHousing & Shelter$12kCivil Rights$11kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cultural Arts Center Inc$13,00072%
First Liberty Institute$11,00090%
Vilar Performing Arts Center Inc$10,000212%
Vashti Center Inc$10,0002n/a
Vail Veterans Foundation Inc$10,00030%
Wiregrass Habitat for Humanity Inc$9,00060%
Wiregrass United Way Inc$9,00090%
Wiregrass Museum of Art Inc$8,10080%
Dothan Houston County Library System$8,00080%
St Pius X Catholic High School Inc$7,5004n/a
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All grantees of The Paul & Barbara Flowers Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cultural Arts Center Inc$13,00072%
First Liberty Institute$11,00090%
Vilar Performing Arts Center Inc$10,000212%
Vashti Center Inc$10,0002n/a
Vail Veterans Foundation Inc$10,00030%
Wiregrass Habitat for Humanity Inc$9,00060%
Wiregrass United Way Inc$9,00090%
Wiregrass Museum of Art Inc$8,10080%
Dothan Houston County Library System$8,00080%
St Pius X Catholic High School Inc$7,5004n/a
Turkeys From Heaven Inc$6,50072%
Siskiyou Initiative$6,00030%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$6,00050%
Oak Grove Methodist Church$6,0004n/a
Girls Inc of Dothan$5,50050%
Dothan Botanical Gardens Inc$4,95060%
Watkins Glen Motor Racing Research Council Inc$4,00080%
Dothan Rescue Mission Inc$4,00040%
Felines Under Rescue$3,30070%
Chrysalis a Home for Girls Inc$3,00030%
Thomas Drive Volunteer Fire Department$3,00082%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$2,70080%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$2,00020%
Alzheimer's Resource Center Inc$2,00050%
Wiregrass Area Food Bank Inc$2,00020%
Covenant Hospice Foundation Inc$2,00010%
The Harbor$2,0003n/a
Alabama Network of Family Resource Centers$1,80030%
United Methodist Children's Home$1,60030%
Auburn University Foundation$1,50020%
Stegall Seminary Scholarship Endowment Foundation$1,50010%
Phi Delta Theta Foundation$1,50020%
American Cancer Society Inc$1,50010%
Rotary Miracle Field Foundation$1,5002n/a
Walking Mountains$1,0002n/a
Friends of the Library Inc$1,0001n/a
Eaa Chapter 1358$1,0001n/a
Rise Against Hunger Inc$1,00010%
Turning Point USA Inc$1,00010%
Wiregrass Hope Group Inc$1,00010%
Southeast Alabama Dance Company Inc$80010%
Alabama Dance Theatre$50010%
Dementia Society Inc$50010%
Samaritan's Purse$50010%
United Way of Eagle River Valley$50010%
The Frazer Center Inc$50010%
Wiregrass Auburn Club Inc$5001n/a
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc$50010%
Wiregrass SpayNeuter Alliance Inc$50010%
Cure Childhood Cancer Inc$30010%
University of the South$25010%
Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation Inc$20010%
Logos Baptist Church$2001n/a
Mitchell's Place Inc$20010%
The Mark Donohue Foundation Inc$20012%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$20010%
Eagle Valley Family Assistance Fund$2001n/a
Montgomery Humane Society$10010%
Wiregrass Humane Society$10010%
Vestavia Hills Baptist Church$1001n/a
Homes With Hope Inc$1001n/a
Alabama Baptist Childrens Home and Family Ministries$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($401k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Paul & Barbara Flowers Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCultural Arts Center Inc: $13,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetFirst Liberty Institute: $11,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetVilar Performing Arts Center Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetVail Veterans Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWiregrass Habitat for Humanity Inc: $9,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWiregrass United Way Inc: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWiregrass Museum of Art Inc: $8,100 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDothan Houston County Library System: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTurkeys From Heaven Inc: $6,500 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetSiskiyou Initiative: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGirls Inc of Dothan: $5,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetDothan Botanical Gardens Inc: $4,950 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWatkins Glen Motor Racing Research Council Inc: $4,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDothan Rescue Mission Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFelines Under Rescue: $3,300 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetChrysalis a Home for Girls Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThomas Drive Volunteer Fire Department: $3,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $2,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Resource Center Inc: $2,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWiregrass Area Food Bank Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCovenant Hospice Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlabama Network of Family Resource Centers: $1,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Methodist Children's Home: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAuburn University Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStegall Seminary Scholarship Endowment Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPhi Delta Theta Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRise Against Hunger Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWiregrass Hope Group Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSoutheast Alabama Dance Company Inc: $800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAlabama Dance Theatre: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDementia Society Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Eagle River Valley: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Frazer Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWiregrass SpayNeuter Alliance Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCure Childhood Cancer Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of the South: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMitchell's Place Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mark Donohue Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontgomery Humane Society: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWiregrass Humane Society: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 48.

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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.

Wiregrass FoundationAL34.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wiregrass Foundation · Robert and Carol Flowers Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · John H Watson Charitable Foundation · The George & Laura Flowers Foundation · The Coleman Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Bruce G Cochener Foundation · William & Carroll Flowers Foundation · Newton Family Foundation Inc · Carmax Foundation · Julian T Turner Charitable Trust Regions Bank

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to The Paul & Barbara Flowers Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Paul & Barbara Flowers Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Paul & Barbara Flowers Foundation

How much does The Paul & Barbara Flowers Foundation give?
The Paul & Barbara Flowers Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $70,331 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Paul & Barbara Flowers Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (55%), Education (9%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are The Paul & Barbara Flowers Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cultural Arts Center Inc ($13k), First Liberty Institute ($11k), Vilar Performing Arts Center Inc ($10k).
Does The Paul & Barbara Flowers Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Paul & Barbara Flowers 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 Paul & Barbara Flowers Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wiregrass Foundation, Robert and Carol Flowers Foundation, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama.
Where is The Paul & Barbara Flowers Foundation based?
The Paul & Barbara Flowers Foundation is based in AL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 106 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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