How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Alabama?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Alabama, currently Equal Justice Initiative, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Alabama Symphony Endowment. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alabama from out of state.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Alabama?

$207M reached 471 arts and culture organizations in Alabama, from 653 funders. 70% came from funders also based in Alabama.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Alabama · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Alabama

$207M reached 471 arts and culture organizations in Alabama, from 653 funders, with no single one dominating.

$207M

granted

471

organizations

70%

from in-state

The short version

653 funders gave $207M to 471 arts and culture organizations in Alabama across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
70% of that came from funders also based in Alabama; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Alabama is Equal Justice Initiative, at $50M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is The Legacy Foundation, at $50M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Alabama

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in Alabama, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Equal Justice Initiative$50M 2Corporation for Public Broadcasting$23M 3Alabama Symphony Endowment$11M 4The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham$8M 5Bellingrath-Morse Foundation$7M 6Alabama Shakespeare Festival Endowment Trust$7M 7Birmingham Kiwanis Foundation$6M 8The Daniel Foundation of Alabama$6M 9Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$5M 10Alabama Power Foundation Inc$5M

Arts and culture organizations in Alabama that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

461 other arts and culture organizations$70M

The Legacy Foundation$50M Alabama Education Television Foundation Authority$24M Alabama Symphonic Association Inc$18M Alabama Shakespeare Festival$13M Bellingrath Gardens and Home Foundation$7M Vulcan Park Foundation$7M

How to find arts and culture funders in Alabama

1
Start with the funders already active in Alabama
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Alabama are Equal Justice Initiative, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Alabama Symphony Endowment. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
30% of arts and culture money in Alabama comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Alabama.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Alabama?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Alabama, currently Equal Justice Initiative, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Alabama Symphony Endowment. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alabama from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Alabama?: Equal Justice Initiative gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Alabama, $50M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Alabama?: $207M reached 471 arts and culture organizations in Alabama, from 653 funders. 70% came from funders also based in Alabama.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.