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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Alabama, currently Hudsonalpha Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. 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, $27M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Alabama?

$59M reached 12 science organizations in Alabama, from 39 funders. 48% 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 51% of every science grant dollar in Alabama. One funder dominates the giving, Hudsonalpha Foundation, at 46% of the total.

$59M

granted

organizations

48%

from in-state

The short version

39 funders gave $59M to 12 science organizations in Alabama across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
48% 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 $27M.
The science organization drawing the most is Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology, at $30M.

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$27M 2National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$27M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 4Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville$621k 5Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund$403k 6Louise Maytag Smith Charitable Trust$302k 7The Nature Conservancy$268k 8The Peanut Research Foundation$202k 9Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders$199k 10Muscular Dystrophy Association$149k

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$30M Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium$27M

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, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. 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
52% 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, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. 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, $27M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Alabama?: $59M reached 12 science organizations in Alabama, from 39 funders. 48% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

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.