Funding · Alabama · Crime and legal
Who funds crime and legal in Alabama
Funding is concentrated: Equal Justice Initiative alone draws 72% of every crime and legal grant dollar in Alabama. Most of it comes from outside Alabama: only 10% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.
The short version
- 1,890 funders gave $456M to 168 crime and legal organizations in Alabama across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 10% of that came from funders also based in Alabama; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of crime and legal in Alabama is Legal Services Corporation, at $52M.
- The crime and legal organization drawing the most is Equal Justice Initiative, at $330M.
Largest funders of crime and legal in Alabama
The funders giving the most to crime and legal organizations in Alabama, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Crime and legal organizations in Alabama that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find crime and legal funders in Alabama
- 1Start with the funders already active in Alabama
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in Alabama are Legal Services Corporation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
90% of crime and legal money in Alabama comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Alabama.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Alabama?
- Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Alabama, currently Legal Services Corporation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alabama from out of state.
- Who is the largest crime and legal funder in Alabama?
- Legal Services Corporation gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Alabama, $52M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Alabama?
- $456M reached 168 crime and legal organizations in Alabama, from 1,890 funders. 10% 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
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.