Alabama · Private foundation
We3 Fund
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.
- $170k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $39,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 24
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations We3 Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 21 | $161k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $127k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $139k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $160k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $140k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $105k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Shakespeare Festival | $248,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Judge Frank M Johnson Jr Institute | $110,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Tuskegee University | $105,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Huntingdon College | $68,250 | 6 | 0% |
| River Region United Way | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Montgomery Academy | $27,170 | 6 | 0% |
| Montgomery Christian School | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Montgomery Area Council on Aging | $18,001 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Shakespeare Festival | $248,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Judge Frank M Johnson Jr Institute | $110,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Tuskegee University | $105,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Huntingdon College | $68,250 | 6 | 0% |
| River Region United Way | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Montgomery Academy | $27,170 | 6 | 0% |
| Montgomery Christian School | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Montgomery Area Council on Aging | $18,001 | 6 | 0% |
| Valiant Cross Academy | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Montgomery Humane Society | $10,002 | 6 | 0% |
| Alabama Wildlife Federation | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of the River Region Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Alabama Dance Theatre | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jackson Hospital Foundation | $2,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Refuge International Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of South Alabama | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Renascence Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cloverdale Playhouse Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thats My Child | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget We3 Fund 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 Landa Fund · John and Joyce Caddell Foundation · The J K Lowder Family Foundation · Arthur M Britton Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The S Adam Schloss Foundation Inc · Gordy-Mead-Britton Foundation · The Hobbs Foundation · Kiwanis Club of Montgomery Foundation Inc · Jado Fund · B Stephen Schloss Foundation · Loeb Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About We3 Fund
- How much does We3 Fund give?
- We3 Fund reported 22 grants totaling $169,985 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 24 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does We3 Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (44%), Education (28%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are We3 Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Alabama Shakespeare Festival ($248k), The Judge Frank M Johnson Jr Institute ($110k), Tuskegee University ($105k).
- Does We3 Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does We3 Fund 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 We3 Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Landa Fund, John and Joyce Caddell Foundation, The J K Lowder Family Foundation.
- Where is We3 Fund based?
- We3 Fund is based in AL.
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