The Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River in Selma

Grant recipient EIN 85-3077637Civil rights

Who funds Alabama Forward?

6 private foundations gave Alabama Forward in Montgomery, AL $1.5 million across 9 grants, in tax years 2022 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2022 to 2024, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

9 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation IncorporatedWinstonsalem, NC 2024

    General operating/regranting/ organizational development

    $850,000
  2. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $150,000
  3. The Overbrook FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General Operating Support

    $75,000
  4. Marguerite Casey FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General operating support

    $25,000
  5. Marguerite Casey FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General operating support

    $10,000
  6. The Hartman Family FoundationGarden City, NY 2023

    Through FNL: statewide civic engagement network committed to bringing together nonpartisan organizations

    $5,000
  7. Viney Wallach FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  8. Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation IncorporatedWinstonsalem, NC 2022

    General operating/regranting

    $375,000
  9. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    One-time core support for the power on the line campaign - a series of activities surrounding the milligan VS. Merrill supreme court case.

    $50,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other civil rights organizations in Montgomery, AL and are not among Alabama Forward’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 23 grants Preselected only $1,093,224 to similar organizations
  2. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 10 grants Preselected only $1,301,115 to similar organizations
  3. Annie E Casey Foundation IncBaltimore, MD 6 grants Preselected only $19,404 to similar organizations
  4. Round Room Gives IncFishers, IN 2 grants Accepts applications $13,000 to similar organizations
  5. Lisa and Alan Engel FoundationBirmingham, AL 8 grants Preselected only $10,300 to similar organizations
  6. William & Carroll Flowers FoundationDothan, AL 2 grants Preselected only $7,500 to similar organizations
  7. Freedom Together FoundationNew York, NY 9 grants Preselected only $26,543,200 to similar organizations
  8. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 3 grants Accepts applications $10,000,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 85-3077637 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.