COVID-19 Relief and Recovery
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Igniting passion for transformational change
Change happens when bold leadership meets opportunity. Our Community Foundation is dedicated to addressing our communities’ most challenging issues and providing hope for the future. By bringing together the dedication of community members and the generosity of philanthropic partners, we work to be a center for progress and a catalyst for change.
Recent Grants
Alabama Symphonic Association, Inc.
$20,000 to provide education concerts for students of all ages in Title I schools in Blount, Walker, and St. Clair counties who have little access to arts programming, as well as providing curriculum for classroom teachers to continue music education.
Youth Towers
$25,000 to support the provision of basic needs for youth that aging out of foster care and are at high risk for homelessness. Each youth participates in creating an individualized action plan, learns basic adult living skills, and receives support in pursuing education or employment.
Alabama Symphonic Association, Inc.
$20,000 to provide education concerts for students of all ages in Title I schools in Blount, Walker, and St. Clair counties who have little access to arts programming, as well as providing curriculum for classroom teachers to continue music education.
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Our grantmaking framework is the vehicle that provides funding to nonprofits creating impact, empowering the people and organizations that best understand how to serve their communities with the resources they need. These investments are powered by the generosity of donors who have entrusted the Foundation to meet our community’s needs.
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Phase Two COVID-19 Response Grants Now Open
Round 1 Grant Cycle applications open July 17, 2020 and are due July 31, 2020. Grants will be announced August 21, 2020.
Community Foundation's Emergency Response effort aids operations, essential services help for nonprofits
A $25,000 grant to the Crisis Center to cover the increased need for crisis and suicide counseling; $50,000 to UAB’s Minority Health and Disparities Research Center (MHRC) to support a program to provide vulnerable neighborhoods access to COVID-19 testing and care; $25,000 to Miles College to provide emergency assistance to students with financial needs; $5,000 to Coosa Riverkeeper for water quality monitoring due to increased public use of waterways during the crisis; $20,000 to Blount County Education Foundation to support summer camp with COVID-19 safety measures; $5,000 to Run Bike & Swim for remote fitness programming for children in Bessemer and beyond; and $50,000 to the City of Birmingham to advance the work of Birmingham Strong to engage displaced workers through the Birmingham Resilient Worker Fund.
A Conversation with Dr. Michael Saag
Last Friday, Dr. Michael Saag, a renowned infectious disease doctor and researcher at UAB who has become a national spokesperson for COVID during this pandemic was the guest speaker on our Community Call. As one participant shared, “it was a critically informative presentation and thoughtful Q&A. His message was sobering and necessary.”
A Message from our President and CEO
“We are committing ourselves to this journey of equity and inclusion because we understand that our fates are woven together, inextricably linked…and that only together can we truly prosper.”