Alabama · Nonprofit
HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION
HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION (Alabama) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,225 to it, the largest being NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $215k
- Net assets
- $341k
What Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church- Selma Al Legacy Foundation does
Mission
To preserve and prevent deterioration of the historic Classical Revival Architecture of the Tabernacle Baptist Church Edifice Building.1431 Broad ST- Selma, AL. Section 501(c) 3 or the internal revenue codes of 1986, and B. To preserve, promote, communicate, sustain and extend historic legacy of Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church-Selma, Al through research, education and informational activities that increase public awareness of Church's contribution to world progress through the National Baptist Convention, USA, INC. (1864-2013) and the National Voting Rights Movement (1963-1968) ; and C.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
none
$0 spentnone
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$0 spentOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $125k to $261k (+109%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 78% · 2021 49% · 2022 54% · 2023 70% · 2024 95% · 2025 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Dr Verdell Lett Dawson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $225.
From the IRS filings of HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Alabama, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.1M on record.
- Department of the Interior$6.1M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION
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In Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION?
- HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION (Alabama) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,225 to it, the largest being NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $215,225 in grants to HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HISTORIC TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH- SELMA AL LEGACY FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing