Alabama · Private foundation
Tickle Family 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.
- $151k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Tickle Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 13 | $151k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $411k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $178k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $167k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $340k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $173k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $427k | 44% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $300k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church of the Good Shepherd Inc | $319,482 | 6 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc | $309,604 | 4 | 4% |
| Summit Charter School Foundation | $219,405 | 6 | 13% |
| United Way of Central Alabama Inc | $155,645 | 4 | 0% |
| Uab Athletics Foundation | $105,492 | 6 | 1% |
| Special Operations Fund | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Woodlawn United Inc | $50,160 | 5 | 1% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Red Mountain Theatre Company Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Oak Mountain Mission Ministries Inc | $24,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church of the Good Shepherd Inc | $319,482 | 6 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc | $309,604 | 4 | 4% |
| Summit Charter School Foundation | $219,405 | 6 | 13% |
| United Way of Central Alabama Inc | $155,645 | 4 | 0% |
| Uab Athletics Foundation | $105,492 | 6 | 1% |
| Special Operations Fund | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Woodlawn United Inc | $50,160 | 5 | 1% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Red Mountain Theatre Company Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Oak Mountain Mission Ministries Inc | $24,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Cashiers Historical Society Inc | $22,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Oak Ranch Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Bell Center for Early Intervention Programs | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Executive Leadership Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Vision Cashiers Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Ability Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($756k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tickle 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: Florence Mauboules Charitable Trust · Protective Life Foundation · The Double Eagle Foundation 4191-06-43 · The Hackney Foundation · The Billi Marcus Foundation Inc · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Altecstyslinger Foundation · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Sneed Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Tickle Family Foundation
- How much does Tickle Family Foundation give?
- Tickle Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $151,056 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Tickle Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (44%), Youth Development (14%), Education (13%).
- Who are Tickle Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Church of the Good Shepherd Inc ($319k), Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc ($310k), Summit Charter School Foundation ($219k).
- Does Tickle Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tickle 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 Tickle Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Florence Mauboules Charitable Trust, Protective Life Foundation, The Double Eagle Foundation 4191-06-43.
- Where is Tickle Family Foundation based?
- Tickle Family Foundation is based in AL.
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