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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Alabama, currently Hudsonalpha Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, McWane Foundation. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alabama from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Alabama?

Hudsonalpha Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Alabama, $56M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Alabama?

$103M reached 42 science organizations in Alabama, from 152 funders. 72% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Alabama

Funding is concentrated: Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology alone draws 67% of every science grant dollar in Alabama. One funder dominates the giving, Hudsonalpha Foundation, at 54% of the total.

$103M

granted

organizations

72%

from in-state

The short version

152 funders gave $103M to 42 science organizations in Alabama across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
72% of that came from funders also based in Alabama; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Alabama is Hudsonalpha Foundation, at $56M.
The science organization drawing the most is Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology, at $69M.

Largest funders of science in Alabama

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

1Hudsonalpha Foundation$56M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$12M 3McWane Foundation$6M 4Alpha Foundation$5M 5Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$5M 6Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund$3M 7Club for the Future$2M 8Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research$1M 9Louise Maytag Smith Charitable Trust$1M 10Alabama Power Foundation Inc$1M

Science organizations in Alabama that draw the most

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

Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology$69M Hudsonalpha Foundation$8M McWane Science Center$8M Southern Research Institute$7M

How to find science funders in Alabama

1
Start with the funders already active in Alabama
The funders giving the most to science in Alabama are Hudsonalpha Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, McWane Foundation. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
28% of science money in Alabama comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Alabama.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Alabama?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Alabama, currently Hudsonalpha Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, McWane Foundation. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alabama from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Alabama?: Hudsonalpha Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Alabama, $56M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Alabama?: $103M reached 42 science organizations in Alabama, from 152 funders. 72% 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.