Malone Family Foundation Grant

The Malone Family Foundation aims to enhance community welfare by improving education and self-esteem among students from pre-kindergarten to higher education. The Foundation prioritizes innovative projects that maximize impact, long-term value, and effective management. It specifically supports 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations in Alabama, with limited consideration for Florida and Georgia, while excluding groups not aligned with its mission, including those lacking operational history or those engaged in political activities.

In carrying out its mission, the Foundation seeks to
identify critical projects consistent with its mission that resonate with its trustees; establish goals in identified and promising areas; support these promising areas through grants and related activities; and focus efforts to achieve these goals.
The Foundation also seeks to learn from its investments, share what it has learned and inspire others in the public and private sectors to make similar and supporting commitments.
Favored Grants
The following are qualities the Trustees and Staff of The Malone Family Foundation favor when reviewing grant requests:
Maximum Impact - Our goal is to improve the lives for the largest number of people.Innovative Solutions - The creativity and adequacy of the proposed action must be meaningful in the problem undertaken.Long Term Value - The program or project must have longer-term value.Superior Management - The capability of organization and its personnel will be evaluated in terms of experience, past performance and creativity.Realistic Planning - The applying entity should be able to demonstrate its ability to develop meaningful and attainable objectives within practical timeframes and to operate within a predetermined budget.Financial Capability - Programs and projects should be supported by realistic budgets and demonstrate that the entity has support from other organizations.Trackable Results - The organization must have procedures in place for periodic program evaluation.Reliability of Information - Grants will only be made where there is fiscal responsibility including adequate accounting procedures and an annual audit.
Primary Program / Project Focus
The Malone Family Foundation primarily, but not solely, focuses on programs and projects that expand the horizons of and opportunities for children and young adults. Those programs and projects whose direct objectives are providing better education, promoting self-esteem and instilling in its beneficiaries a desire to improve oneself are of great interest to the Foundation.
Preference will be given to creative programs that directly and positively impact the future of children and young adults in the area of education. The Foundation feels that a well-educated and motivated population promotes an economically strong community and, thereby, improves everyone's standard of living while simultaneously expanding opportunities for everyone.

Eligibility

The Foundation concentrates on 501(c)(3), non-profit organizations that provide programs and projects designed to prevent or solve problems and create opportunities, rather than meet basic needs.
Geographic focus:Consideration is given primarily to organizations and programs or projects whose beneficiaries reside in the state of Alabama. To a limited extent, we will consider organizations and programs or projects in the states of Florida and Georgia.

Ineligibility

Entities Not Supported -- The following Entities fall outside of our mission (where Entities include Organizations, Institutions, Associations, Groups and Foundations, etc):
Who have not received 501(c)(3) status from the Internal Revenue Service Who can be classified as a Type III Supporting Organization by the IRS under Section 509 (a)
Who currently have an active grant from the Foundation
Who do not have an operational or financial history of at least two years
Who benefit nations other than the United States
Who, directly or indirectly, discriminate by reason of sex, age, race, religion or national origin
Community Funds
Religious Organizations, Institutions, Associations, Orders, Groups, Churches, etc (the exception is if the grant is for a conducted or sponsored educational school, specifically for Pre-K through 12 and higher education, which is open to the public and is non-exclusionary)
Who, as a major purpose, influence or seek to influence legislation (city, country, state or federal) or elect candidates for public office
Government Agencies
Who fund research including health related or medical research (This is viewed as the responsibility of public health institutions, NIH, major pharmaceutical companies, etc. and is, also, viewed as beyond the financial ability of the Foundation to have a meaningful impact.)
Who fund the Eradication, Elimination, Control or Containment of any Disease or Pestilence or Physical Condition (This is viewed as the responsibility of public health institutions, NIH, major pharmaceutical companies, etc. It is also, viewed as beyond the financial ability of the Foundation to have a meaningful impact.)Needs Outside of Our Mission -- The following are needs that fall outside the range of support by The Malone Family Foundation:Programs or projects
That are not specific
Whose success or accomplishment cannot be measured as to effectiveness to the satisfaction of the Foundation
Where the exact use of Foundation funds is not specificCapital Campaigns
Any Legislative Lobbying to Influence any type of election
Events (including but not limited to Banquets, Dinners, Award Events, Conferences & Festivals)
Athletic Programs, Bands, Educational Travel Programs, etc
Environmental and Arts Causes (except for science and arts education as part of youth development programs)
Films or Documentaries
Research and policy papers of any kind (including but not limited to medical and health-related research)