How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in Alabama?

Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in Alabama, currently Feeding America, The Chicago Community Trust, Network for Good. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alabama from out of state.

Who is the largest food and agriculture funder in Alabama?

Feeding America gives the most to food and agriculture organizations in Alabama, $18M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in Alabama?

$37M reached 49 food and agriculture organizations in Alabama, from 234 funders. 18% 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 · Food and agriculture

Who funds food and agriculture in Alabama

Most of it comes from outside Alabama: only 18% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. One funder dominates the giving, Feeding America, at 47% of the total.

$37M

granted

organizations

18%

from in-state

The short version

234 funders gave $37M to 49 food and agriculture organizations in Alabama across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
18% of that came from funders also based in Alabama; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of food and agriculture in Alabama is Feeding America, at $18M.
The food and agriculture organization drawing the most is Feeding the Gulf Coast, at $9M.

Largest funders of food and agriculture in Alabama

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

1Feeding America$18M 2The Chicago Community Trust$5M 3Network for Good$1M 4United Way of Central Alabama Inc$1M 5Alabama Partnership for Children$695k 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$596k 7AARP Foundation$565k 8American Online Giving Foundation Inc$440k 9National Council on Aging Inc$440k 10Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$424k

Food and agriculture organizations in Alabama that draw the most

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

Feeding the Gulf Coast$9M Heart of Alabama Food Bank$7M Community Food Bank of Central Alabama$6M Food Bank of North Alabama Inc$6M Housing First Inc$5M

39 other food and agriculture organizations$2M

How to find food and agriculture funders in Alabama

1
Start with the funders already active in Alabama
The funders giving the most to food and agriculture in Alabama are Feeding America, The Chicago Community Trust, Network for Good. A funder already writing food and agriculture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the food and agriculture 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
82% of food and agriculture money in Alabama comes from funders elsewhere, so national food and agriculture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Alabama.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in Alabama?: Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in Alabama, currently Feeding America, The Chicago Community Trust, Network for Good. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alabama from out of state.
Who is the largest food and agriculture funder in Alabama?: Feeding America gives the most to food and agriculture organizations in Alabama, $18M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in Alabama?: $37M reached 49 food and agriculture organizations in Alabama, from 234 funders. 18% 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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State money flows

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Giving abroad

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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.