About Daniel Foundation of Alabama
The Daniel Foundation of Alabama’s recent grantmaking includes six-figure support for Alabama institutions across education, arts, health, and community development. In 2025, it gave $112,500 to University Charter School in Livingston and $100,000 to the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama in Birmingham, reflecting a pattern of larger awards for organizations serving Alabama residents. The foundation’s stated purpose is to strengthen communities within Alabama and improve quality of life by supporting organizations that build a healthy and well-educated population and a vibrant, collaborative community.
Its grants reach a mix of schools, colleges, cultural institutions, health providers, and basic-needs nonprofits. Awards in the recent list include Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery, and Jimmie Hale Mission in Birmingham. The foundation also supports capital and special projects, operating support, rural initiatives, and program work for selected county and state priorities. Across the grant list, Alabama recipients dominate, with only a small number of grants outside the state.
The foundation gives at a local scale, but its portfolio covers multiple stages of community need, from early childhood and K-12 education to adult life skills, veterans services, rural development, and food assistance.
What Daniel Foundation of Alabama Funds
In education, the foundation has supported both school operators and higher education. It gave $112,500 to University Charter School in Livingston for charitable purposes and $100,000 to Jefferson State Community College Foundation in Birmingham for charitable purposes. Another education grant went to New Schools for Alabama in Birmingham for $100,000.
Arts support is also visible. Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery received $150,000 in 2023 and $100,000 in 2024, while Alabama Symphonic Association Inc in Birmingham received $250,000 in 2023.
For basic needs and human services, the foundation made a $100,000 grant to Community Food Bank of Central Alabama in Birmingham and an $80,000 grant to Heart of Alabama Food Bank Formerly Montgomery Area Food Bank in Montgomery. Health-related grants in the recent list include $100,000 to University of South Alabama in Mobile and $75,000 to Russell Medical in Alexander City.
How Daniel Foundation of Alabama Gives
Typical award sizes cluster in the low five figures, with a p25 of $1,500, a median of $8,000, and a p75 of $20,000. The recent list also shows that the foundation makes some much larger grants, including multiple six-figure awards. It operates through a mix of operating grants, special project grants, and a rural initiative. Several recipients appear more than once across recent years, including University Charter School, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Casa Network Inc- Opelika, Jefferson State Community College Foundation, and The University of Alabama-tuscaloosa, indicating repeated support for some organizations. The foundation accepts unsolicited requests in its active grant programs.
