Open Foundations · Alabama

Alfa Foundation

Montgomery, Alabama · EIN 721373145. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $1.6M across 90 grants in 2024, a median of $4K each.

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$1.6M
paid in 2024
90
grants paid
$4K
median grant
4%
to first-time recipients
$30.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
WENDY GOLSON
Address
2108 EAST SOUTH BLVD, MONTGOMERY, AL, 36116
Phone
3342883900
Form the request should take
DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THE ALFA FOUNDATION MAINTAINED A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM UNDER WHICH IT WILL ANNUALLY AWARD 100 SCHOLARSHIPS OF $1,000 EACH. TO APPLY, ONE MUST BE A MEMBER OF THE ALABAMA FARMER'S FEDERATION (AN AFFILIATE OF THE FOUNDATION'S SPONSORING ORGANIZATION, ALFA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY) AND BE ENROLLED (OR ABOUT TO BE ENROLLED) AS A STUDENT IN AN ALABAMA POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTION. EMPLOYEES OF THE SPONSORING ORGANIZATION AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE ELIGIBLE, SUBJECT TO ALL IRS REGULATIONS. FORM 8940, REQUEST FOR MISCELLANEOUS DETERMINATION, WAS SUBMITTED TO THE IRS AND APPROVAL OF THE PROGRAM WAS OBTAINED IN JANUARY 2015.
Submission deadline
NO SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
Restrictions on awards
NON-PROFIT 501(C) ORGANIZATIONS, NOT PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202620279349100122. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

charity

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 90 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Alabama Farmers Agriculture FoundationAL$944,500PUBLIC CHARITY
2KaleidoscopeMN$100,000PUBLIC CHARITY
3Alabama Shakespeare Festival IncAL$50,000PUBLIC CHARITY
4Hudson-alphaAL$50,000PUBLIC CHARITY
5Alabama Shakespeare Festival IncAL$25,000PUBLIC CHARITY
6Auburn University FoundationAL$25,000PUBLIC CHARITY
7Baron Critical Weather InstituteAL$25,000PUBLIC CHARITY
8Children's Hospital of AlabamaAL$25,000PUBLIC CHARITY
9North Alabama Agriplex FoundationAL$25,000PUBLIC CHARITY
10River Region United WayAL$25,000PUBLIC CHARITY
11Autauga County Heritage AssociationAL$20,000PUBLIC CHARITY
12KaleidoscopeMN$18,241PUBLIC CHARITY
13Mercy House IncAL$15,000PUBLIC CHARITY
14Cummings-feola Family Foundation IncGA$10,500PUBLIC CHARITY
15Alabama Autism Assistance ProgramAL$10,000PUBLIC CHARITY

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
201981$1.4M
202070$1.8M
202174$1.4M
202295$1.3M
2023102$1.5M
202490$1.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Alabama91%
Minnesota2%
Georgia2%
District of Columbia2%
Oklahoma1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Angela L BradwellSECRETARY · 2024
James L ParnellPRESIDENT · 2024
John D Hemmings JrTREASURER · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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