How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Alabama?

Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Alabama, currently Houston County EMS Association Inc, United Way of West Alabama Inc, Mapp Family Foundation. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety 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 disaster and safety in Alabama?

$21M reached 235 disaster and safety organizations in Alabama, from 283 funders. 56% 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 · Disaster and safety

Who funds disaster and safety in Alabama

Funders are thin on the ground: 235 disaster and safety organizations share only 283 funders between them.

$21M

granted

235

organizations

56%

from in-state

The short version

283 funders gave $21M to 235 disaster and safety organizations in Alabama across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
56% of that came from funders also based in Alabama; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of disaster and safety in Alabama is Houston County EMS Association Inc, at $2M.
The disaster and safety organization drawing the most is Civil Air Patrol Inc, at $3M.

Largest funders of disaster and safety in Alabama

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

1Houston County EMS Association Inc$2M 2United Way of West Alabama Inc$1M 3Mapp Family Foundation$1M 4American Online Giving Foundation Inc$976k 5The Black Belt Community Foundation Inc$906k 6United Way Worldwide$772k 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$537k 8Foundation for the Carolinas$528k 9Walker Area Community Foundation Inc$465k 10Mid-South Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc$456k

Disaster and safety organizations in Alabama that draw the most

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

225 other disaster and safety organizations$9M

Civil Air Patrol Inc$3M Prodisee Pantry Inc$3M Ashford Ambulance and Rescue Squad Inc$958k Ransom Ministries Inc$894k

How to find disaster and safety funders in Alabama

1
Start with the funders already active in Alabama
The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in Alabama are Houston County EMS Association Inc, United Way of West Alabama Inc, Mapp Family Foundation. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the disaster and safety 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
44% of disaster and safety money in Alabama comes from funders elsewhere, so national disaster and safety funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Alabama.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Alabama?: Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Alabama, currently Houston County EMS Association Inc, United Way of West Alabama Inc, Mapp Family Foundation. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alabama from out of state.
Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Alabama?: Houston County EMS Association Inc gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Alabama, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Alabama?: $21M reached 235 disaster and safety organizations in Alabama, from 283 funders. 56% 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.