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

Start with the funders already giving to housing in Alabama, currently Mof - Preservation of Affordability Corp, United Way of Central Alabama Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alabama from out of state.

Who is the largest housing funder in Alabama?

Mof - Preservation of Affordability Corp gives the most to housing organizations in Alabama, $29M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in Alabama?

$113M reached 220 housing organizations in Alabama, from 500 funders. 34% 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 · Housing

Who funds housing in Alabama

$113M reached 220 housing organizations in Alabama, from 500 funders, with no single one dominating.

$113M

granted

220

organizations

34%

from in-state

The short version

500 funders gave $113M to 220 housing organizations in Alabama across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
34% of that came from funders also based in Alabama; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in Alabama is Mof - Preservation of Affordability Corp, at $29M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Preservation Housing Inc, at $29M.

Largest funders of housing in Alabama

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

1Mof - Preservation of Affordability Corp$29M 2United Way of Central Alabama Inc$7M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$5M 4The Chicago Community Trust$5M 5Housing Affordability Trust$5M 6Habitat for Humanity International Inc$4M 7Charities Aid Foundation America$4M 8Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$3M 9Enterprise Community Partners Inc$3M 10Alpha Foundation$3M

Housing organizations in Alabama that draw the most

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

210 other housing organizations$42M

Preservation Housing Inc$29M Habitat for Humanity Tuscaloosa$8M The Wellhouse Inc$6M Hope for All Gulf Coast$5M First Light Inc$4M Pathways Inc$4M Lincoln Village Preservation Corporation$3M

How to find housing funders in Alabama

1
Start with the funders already active in Alabama
The funders giving the most to housing in Alabama are Mof - Preservation of Affordability Corp, United Way of Central Alabama Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
66% of housing money in Alabama comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Alabama.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Alabama?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in Alabama, currently Mof - Preservation of Affordability Corp, United Way of Central Alabama Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alabama from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in Alabama?: Mof - Preservation of Affordability Corp gives the most to housing organizations in Alabama, $29M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Alabama?: $113M reached 220 housing organizations in Alabama, from 500 funders. 34% 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.