The Worthey Family Foundation primarily funds individual student support and scholarships in northern/central Alabama, repeatedly awarding modest-to-mid sized grants to named students who attend state and regional colleges. Grants are frequently split into two payments per recipient and often list the college the student attends, indicating tuition or scholarship underwriting rather than institutional program support. The foundation’s giving is local and student-focused, favoring undergraduates at community colleges and regional universities in Alabama.
Many small-to-midsize grants concentrated on individual named recipients, often paid in two installments; distributed across dozens of students each year rather than large multi-year institutional commitments.
The Worthey Family Foundation’s recent grantmaking is defined by repeated scholarship awards to named Alabama students, with several recipients appearing across multiple years and some awards split into two payments. The largest recent grants are $8,000 scholarships, which appear alongside $6,000 and $4,000 awards, showing a pattern of modest-to-mid sized support rather than large institutional gifts. Recent recipients include Samantha Franks of Rogersville, Darby Blalock of Madison, and Mallory Jo Mitchell of Athens, each tied to Alabama colleges or universities. That same pattern shows up in awards to students at the University of North Alabama, the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and Blue Mountain. The foundation’s giving is tightly linked to undergraduate education in Alabama. Grants often name the student, their Alabama hometown, and the college they attend, which points to tuition or scholarship underwriting. In the recent record, the foundation supported students at regional public universities, private colleges, and community-college pathways, including Athens State, Auburn, and Snead State/Blue Mountain. Rather than broad operating support, the record centers on individual student aid delivered locally and repeatedly within the state.
Scholarship support is the clearest theme in the Worthey Family Foundation’s grant record. It gave $8,000 to Talia Lynnette Wilson for UAB and another $4,000 to her for the same institution in a separate year, suggesting multi-year student support. A similar pattern appears with Cameron Bivens, who received $4,000 for Athens State and $4,000 for CCC. The foundation also backs students moving through Alabama’s community-college and regional-college pathway. It awarded $4,000 to Ethan Lynn Keeton for Calhoun and $4,000 to Anna Brooke Lucas for Snead State/Blue Mt. In addition, the record includes $4,000 for Aubrey N Wambles for CCC and $2,000 for Anna Carol Persall for CCC/Athens, both tied to local undergraduate progression. Private and public regional universities are also part of the pattern, with grants to Auburn, the University of Mobile, Birmingham-Southern, Troy, UNA, and UAH.
Typical grant size is tightly clustered: the p25, median, and p75 are $4,000, $4,000, and $8,000. That points to a small set of standard award levels rather than a wide funding range. The recent record also shows repeated awards to the same students in different years, including several $8,000 and $4,000 renewals. The foundation funds individuals, not organizations, and the grants appear to be scholarship-style payments. No program-related investments are listed.
$195K
$1.7M
$84K
$109K
Most grants fall between $4K and $8K, with a median of $4K.
25th Percentile
$4K
Median
$4K
75th Percentile
$8K
About 100% of grants go to recipients in AL.
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Notable grantees: Ashley Wambles, Samantha Franks, Emery Ann Pettie (Auburn), Bryant Wheeler Story (University of Mobile), Cameron Bivens (Athens State)
Grantmaking is fully concentrated in Alabama: 100% of grants in the record go to recipients in the HQ state, and the top giving state is AL. Recipient cities include Athens, Harvest, Madison, Rogersville, and Toney, with Athens appearing especially often. The pattern is local rather than multi-state, and the recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based at 38 grants.
It primarily gives scholarship-style support to named students. Recent grants are tied to colleges such as UAH, UNA, Auburn, UAB, Athens State, Calhoun, and Snead State/Blue Mt., which suggests tuition or student-aid underwriting rather than general operating grants.
The stated p25, median, and p75 are $4,000, $4,000, and $8,000. Recent awards also include $6,000 and multiple $8,000 grants, but $4,000 is the clearest standard level in the record.
Yes. Several students appear in multiple years, including Talia Lynnette Wilson, Cameron Bivens, Ethan Lynn Keeton, Anna Brooke Lucas, and Samantha Franks. The repeated entries show a pattern of ongoing student support rather than one-time-only gifts.
Its giving is local and entirely in Alabama in the recent record. The top giving state is AL, and 100% of grants go to recipients in Alabama, with recipient cities including Athens, Madison, Harvest, Rogersville, and Toney.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAMANTHA FRANKS | ROGERSVILLE, AL | $8,000 | 2024 | UAH |
| BRYANT WHEELER STORY | ATHENS, AL | $8,000 | 2024 | UNIV OF MOBILE |
| MALLORY JO MITCHELL | ATHENS, AL | $8,000 | 2024 | BLUE MT |
| TALIA LYNNETTE WILSON | ATHENS, AL | $8,000 | 2024 | UAB |
| ABBY LYNN SANDERS | HARVEST, AL | $8,000 | 2024 | UNA |
| ASHLEY WAMBLES | HARVEST, AL | $8,000 | 2024 | UAH |
| DARBY BLALOCK | MADISON, AL | $8,000 | 2024 | UNA |
| DONALD BARRETT BROWN | ATHENS, AL | $8,000 | 2024 | BHAM SOUTHERN |
| HUNTER RAY MCCONNELL | ATHENS, AL | $8,000 | 2024 | TROY |
| EMERY ANN PETTIE | ATHENS, AL | $8,000 | 2024 | AUBURN |
| CAMERON BIVENS | MADISON, AL | $4,000 | 2024 | ATHENS STATE |
| ANNA BROOKE LUCAS | MADISON, AL | $4,000 | 2024 | CCC PT |
| ETHAN LYNN KEETON | HARVEST, AL | $4,000 | 2024 | CALHOUN |
| AUBREY N WAMBLES | HARVEST, AL | $4,000 | 2024 | CCC |
| KENNEDY BLAIR DOLLAR | HARVEST, AL | $2,000 | 2024 | UNA |
| LOGAN REDING WALES | ATHENS, AL | $2,000 | 2024 | CCC |
| ANDERSON DRAKE JACKSON | ATHENS, AL | $2,000 | 2024 | UAH |
| JONANTHAN SAMUEL WILLIAMS | TONEY, AL | $2,000 | 2024 | ATHENS STATE |
| JAMES OLIVER | ATHENS, AL | $2,000 | 2024 | BRYAN COLLEGE |
| LANDON FISHER STORY | ATHENS, AL | $2,000 | 2024 | CCC |
| SAMANTHA FRANKS | ROGERSVILLE, AL | $8,000 | 2023 | UAH |
| HUNTER RAY MCCONNELL | ATHENS, AL | $8,000 | 2023 | TROY |
| MALLORY JO MITCHELL | ATHENS, AL | $8,000 | 2023 | BLUE MT |
| ASHLEY WAMBLES | HARVEST, AL | $8,000 | 2023 | UAH |
| DARBY BLALOCK | MADISON, AL | $8,000 | 2023 | UNA |
| ABBY LYNN SANDERS | HARVEST, AL | $6,000 | 2023 | UNA |
| MICHELLE DAWN ALLEY | ATHENS, AL | $4,000 | 2023 | UAB |
| JONANTHAN SAMUEL WILLIAMS | TONEY, AL | $4,000 | 2023 | CCC |
| ANNA BROOKE LUCAS | MADISON, AL | $4,000 | 2023 | SNEAD STATE/BLUE MT. |
| CAMERON BIVENS | MADISON, AL | $4,000 | 2023 | CCC |
| TALIA LYNNETTE WILSON | ATHENS, AL | $4,000 | 2023 | UAB |
| DONALD BARRETT BROWN | ATHENS, AL | $4,000 | 2023 | BHAM SOUTHERN |
| BRYANT WHEELER STORY | ATHENS, AL | $4,000 | 2023 | UNIV OF MOBILE |
| EMERY ANN PETTIE | ATHENS, AL | $4,000 | 2023 | AUBURN |
| ETHAN LYNN KEETON | HARVEST, AL | $4,000 | 2023 | CALHOUN |
| JAMES OLIVER | ATHENS, AL | $2,000 | 2023 | BRYAN COLLEGE |
| ANNA CAROL PERSALL | ATHENS, AL | $2,000 | 2023 | CCC/ATHENS |
| MCKENNA GRACE POWERS | ATHENS, AL | $1,000 | 2023 | CCC |
SAMANTHA FRANKS
$8,000UAH
BRYANT WHEELER STORY
$8,000UNIV OF MOBILE
MALLORY JO MITCHELL
$8,000BLUE MT
TALIA LYNNETTE WILSON
$8,000UAB
ABBY LYNN SANDERS
$8,000UNA
ASHLEY WAMBLES
$8,000UAH
DARBY BLALOCK
UNA
DONALD BARRETT BROWN
$8,000BHAM SOUTHERN
HUNTER RAY MCCONNELL
$8,000TROY
EMERY ANN PETTIE
$8,000AUBURN
CAMERON BIVENS
$4,000ATHENS STATE
ANNA BROOKE LUCAS
$4,000CCC PT
ETHAN LYNN KEETON
$4,000CALHOUN
AUBREY N WAMBLES
$4,000CCC
KENNEDY BLAIR DOLLAR
$2,000UNA
LOGAN REDING WALES
$2,000CCC
ANDERSON DRAKE JACKSON
$2,000UAH
JONANTHAN SAMUEL WILLIAMS
$2,000ATHENS STATE
JAMES OLIVER
$2,000BRYAN COLLEGE
LANDON FISHER STORY
$2,000CCC
SAMANTHA FRANKS
$8,000UAH
HUNTER RAY MCCONNELL
$8,000TROY
MALLORY JO MITCHELL
$8,000BLUE MT
ASHLEY WAMBLES
$8,000UAH
DARBY BLALOCK
$8,000UNA
ABBY LYNN SANDERS
$6,000UNA
MICHELLE DAWN ALLEY
$4,000UAB
JONANTHAN SAMUEL WILLIAMS
$4,000CCC
ANNA BROOKE LUCAS
$4,000SNEAD STATE/BLUE MT.
CAMERON BIVENS
$4,000CCC
TALIA LYNNETTE WILSON
$4,000UAB
DONALD BARRETT BROWN
$4,000BHAM SOUTHERN
BRYANT WHEELER STORY
$4,000UNIV OF MOBILE
EMERY ANN PETTIE
$4,000AUBURN
ETHAN LYNN KEETON
$4,000CALHOUN
JAMES OLIVER
$2,000BRYAN COLLEGE
ANNA CAROL PERSALL
$2,000CCC/ATHENS
MCKENNA GRACE POWERS
$1,000CCC