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The Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$251k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2025
26
Organizations funded FY2024
38%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,250
Largest grant, FY2025
$70,742
Organizations funded a year
5 to 26
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$733k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 38% of the organizations The Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k 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 ServicesHealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsEnvironmentEducationOther
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 arriving26$251k38%
FY202426$248k38%
FY202324$122k54%
FY202217$67k65%
FY202114$228k50%
FY20208$110k50%
FY20195$51k20%
FY20185$46k40%
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What it funded, over time

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

Animals$239kEducation$190kArts & Culture$184kReligion$151kHuman Services$121kPhilanthropy$93kPublic Safety & Disaster$77kHealth$51kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
CA
UT
TN
NC
DC
AL
GA
FL

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
International Game Fish Association Inc$237,50042%
Bayside Academy Inc$111,20030%
United Methodist Inner City Mission$77,5006n/a
Prodisee Pantry Inc$76,40041%
The Light of the Village a Nonprof Corporation$57,50073%
Dumas Wesley Community Center$57,27171%
Southeastern Diabetes Education Services Inc$33,20051%
Mobile Symphony Inc$30,00031%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mobile Inc$19,85040%
The Lighthouse$15,0003n/a
Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of The Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
International Game Fish Association Inc$237,50042%
Bayside Academy Inc$111,20030%
United Methodist Inner City Mission$77,5006n/a
Prodisee Pantry Inc$76,40041%
The Light of the Village a Nonprof Corporation$57,50073%
Dumas Wesley Community Center$57,27171%
Southeastern Diabetes Education Services Inc$33,20051%
Mobile Symphony Inc$30,00031%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mobile Inc$19,85040%
The Lighthouse$15,0003n/a
Mobile Ballet Inc$13,25040%
The Cookery Project Inc$13,0003n/a
Altadena Rotary Charities$10,00011%
Feeding the Gulf Coast$10,00010%
Arc-Baldwin County Inc$6,00010%
McKemie Place Inc$5,00040%
South Alabama Land Trust Inc$5,00040%
Community Connect CDC$5,00013%
Christian Service Center Inc$5,00011%
The Child Advocacy Center Inc$4,25040%
SATB2 Gene Foundation Inc$4,00031%
Home of Grace For Women Inc$4,00020%
Our Sisters Closet Inc$3,00031%
Mobile Baykeeper Inc$2,75030%
Storybook Farm Inc$2,00020%
Chapel Hill - Carrboro Schools$1,0001n/a
Alabama Wildlife Federation$1,00010%
Democracy Forward Foundation$1,00010%
Wild Oceans Inc$1,00020%
Mobile Opera Inc$1,00010%
The Exceptional Foundation of the Gulf Coast Inc$1,00010%
Montrose Cemetery Association$5002n/a
Dixon Brain Cancer Foundation$5001n/a
Kappa Delta Foundation Incorporated$30010%
The St Paul's Episcopal School Foundation Inc$25010%
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation$25010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Gulf Coast Inc$25010%
Children's Nutrition Program of Haiti Inc$25010%
Equal Justice Initiative$25010%
Ashland Place United Methodist Church Inc$2501n/a
Womens Resource Center Inc$2501n/a
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$25010%
Mobile Bar Association$25010%
Salt Lake County Sheriff Search and Rescue$2001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($351k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetInternational Game Fish Association Inc: $237,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetBayside Academy Inc: $111,200 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetProdisee Pantry Inc: $76,400 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetThe Light of the Village a Nonprof Corporation: $57,500 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetDumas Wesley Community Center: $57,271 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetSoutheastern Diabetes Education Services Inc: $33,200 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMobile Symphony Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Mobile Inc: $19,850 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMobile Ballet Inc: $13,250 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAltadena Rotary Charities: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFeeding the Gulf Coast: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArc-Baldwin County Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMcKemie Place Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSouth Alabama Land Trust Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Connect CDC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetChristian Service Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Child Advocacy Center Inc: $4,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSATB2 Gene Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetHome of Grace For Women Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOur Sisters Closet Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMobile Baykeeper Inc: $2,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetStorybook Farm Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlabama Wildlife Federation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDemocracy Forward Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWild Oceans Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMobile Opera Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Exceptional Foundation of the Gulf Coast Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKappa Delta Foundation Incorporated: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe St Paul's Episcopal School Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPulmonary Fibrosis Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Gulf Coast Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Nutrition Program of Haiti Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Foundation of America Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMobile Bar Association: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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 35.

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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.

J L Bedsole Foundation Regions Bank Co-TrusteeAL36.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J L Bedsole Foundation Regions Bank Co-Trustee · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Cd Helen and Jeff Glaze Foundation · Crampton Trust #1255000731 Regions Bank Trustee · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Mapp Family Foundation · The Joseph Treadwell Charitable Fdn · Lillian C McGowin Foundation · Mayer & Arlene Mitchell Charitable Foundation · Rjjb Family Foundation · Hearin - Chandler Foundation · Erie Hall Meyer Charitable Fund Inc

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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About The Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does The Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc give?
The Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc reported 26 grants totaling $250,837 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (20%), Education (16%), Arts & Culture (16%).
Who are The Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: International Game Fish Association Inc ($238k), Bayside Academy Inc ($111k), United Methodist Inner City Mission ($78k).
Does The Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc 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 Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include J L Bedsole Foundation Regions Bank Co-Trustee, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Cd Helen and Jeff Glaze Foundation.
Where is The Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc based?
The Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc 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 64 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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