Turner Medical Trust

Benjamin & Roberta Russell

Alexander City, AL

The foundation supports Alabama hospitals, schools, universities, scholarships, and other charitable organizations. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $150,000, with a median of $6,000; it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Coleman Foundation

Midland City, AL

The profile describes differing funding emphases: the 2025 filing reports scholarships and support for service organizations and education, mainly in Alabama, while the website focuses on entrepreneurship, health, and intellectual and developmental disabilities in greater Chicago. In 2025, it made 13 grants of $2,000 to $68,667, with a median of $2,000. The website says it does not accept unsolicited requests and considers proposals by invitation only.

Delaware State University

Dover, DE

Delaware State University is a public, comprehensive, 1890 land-grant institution that offers access and opportunity to diverse populations from Delaware, the nation, and the world. Building on its heritage as a historically black college, the university purposefully integrates the highest standards of excellence in teaching, research, and service in its baccalaureate, master's and doctoral programs. Its commitment to advance science, technology, liberal arts, and the professions produces capable and productive leaders who contribute to the sustainability and economic development of the global community vision statement. As one of America's most highly respected historically black colleges and universities, Delaware State University will be renowned for a standard of academic excellence that prepares our graduates to become the first choice of employers in a global market and invigorates the economy and the culture of Delaware and the mid-atlantic region.

The Community Foundation of Greater

Birmingham, AL

The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham supports nonprofits’ programs, projects, and capital improvements in areas including thriving communities, economic opportunity, poverty reduction, regional cooperation, and equity and inclusion. Its 2024 grants ranged from $5,050 to $4.3 million, with a median of about $20,600; competitive grants serve Blount, Jefferson, Shelby, and St. Clair counties in Alabama. It accepts competitive applications through a brief-proposal process, but eligibility rules and cycle deadlines apply.

The Mabel Amos Memorial Fund

Montgomery, AL

The Mabel Amos Memorial Fund provides scholarships to deserving Alabama students attending educational institutions, with 95% of its 2024 grant dollars going to Alabama recipients. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $145,750, with a median of $3,750; students apply through a process shared with high school counselors, and the fund does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Pensacola Sports Association Inc Fka

Pensacola, FL

Pensacola Sports funds sports, recreation, youth and amateur athletics, and events that promote sports tourism and community development, primarily in Pensacola and surrounding areas; community grants serve organizations in Escambia or Santa Rosa Counties. Its 2024 grants ranged from $100 to $128,950, with a median of $1,250. Applications use a preapproved form, with quarterly deadlines for sports tourism grants and an annual process for community grants; unsolicited requests are not addressed.

Naphcare Charitable Foundation Inc

Birmingham, AL

NaphCare Charitable Foundation supports scholarships, research, and educational programs focused on the health and wellbeing of justice-involved people; its scholarships serve eligible students in Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky. In 2024, it made 33 grants totaling $208,186, ranging from $109 to $41,737, with a median grant of $3,139, mainly to recipients in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arizona, and Georgia. It makes contributions only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests, though it accepts scholarship applications.

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University funds education, research, clinical practice, and related programs, with many large awards listed as sub-awards; its 2025 grants had a median of $100,000. Grants went mainly to recipients in California and Maryland, among other states, but no geographic restriction or policy on unsolicited requests is stated.

Roy Lee Farish & Wilda W Farish

Camden, AL

Ryerson Foundation

Chicago, IL

The Ryerson Foundation primarily funds education, with 2025 grants to colleges and universities across multiple states, including Georgia, Illinois, Texas, and Ohio. Its grants typically range from $1,000 to $4,000, with a median of $2,000. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Ala

Birmingham, AL

To help find a cure for breast cancer by funding promising breast cancer research in Alabama and to raise community awareness and funding for that research.

Hill Crest Foundation Inc

Mountain Brook, AL

Hill Crest Foundation funds tax-exempt organizations, with recent grants supporting children, hunger relief, health, education, arts, and community programs, primarily in Alabama. Its 2025 grants ranged from $800 to $300,000, with a median of $25,000. It accepts written applications describing the request’s purpose and the applicant organization; no deadline is stated.