How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Alabama?

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Alabama, currently Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alabama from out of state.

Who is the largest environment funder in Alabama?

Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils gives the most to environment organizations in Alabama, $15M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Alabama?

$51M reached 73 environment organizations in Alabama, from 249 funders. 54% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Alabama

Environment funding in Alabama is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though The Longleaf Alliance Inc leads, and the money reaches 73 groups.

$51M

granted

organizations

54%

from in-state

The short version

249 funders gave $51M to 73 environment organizations in Alabama across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
54% of that came from funders also based in Alabama; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Alabama is Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils, at $15M.
The environment organization drawing the most is The Longleaf Alliance Inc, at $6M.

Largest funders of environment in Alabama

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

1Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils$15M 2National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$9M 3Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville$4M 4The Community Foundation of Greater$3M 5Silicon Valley Community Foundation$2M 6Taproot Earth$1M 7The Diane S and P Tram Sessions Jr$913k 8Lucille S Beeson Char Tr Bond Mgmt$897k 9Tides Foundation$771k 10National Audubon Society Inc$648k

Environment organizations in Alabama that draw the most

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

63 other environment organizations$23M

The Longleaf Alliance Inc$6M Cawaco Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc$4M Friends of Huntsville Parks and Recreation$3M Alabamas Mtns Rivers and Valleys Rsc Conservation and Devel Council Inc$3M Alabama Forestry Foundation$2M Wiregrass RC&D COUNCIL$2M South Alabama Land Trust Inc$2M Gasp Inc$2M The Center for Rural Enterprise And$2M Northwest Alabama Resource$2M

How to find environment funders in Alabama

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Start with the funders already active in Alabama
The funders giving the most to environment in Alabama are Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
46% of environment money in Alabama comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Alabama.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Alabama?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Alabama, currently Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alabama from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Alabama?: Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils gives the most to environment organizations in Alabama, $15M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Alabama?: $51M reached 73 environment organizations in Alabama, from 249 funders. 54% 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.

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Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.