• Creating Economic Opportunity: Momentum Works

    Adrienne Fowler Payne gets unapologetically emotional when she talks about her experience in the Momentum Works program. 

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  • Community Foundations names new board chair, welcomes new members

    The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham welcomes five new board members for terms beginning in 2025. In addition, the Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Sanjay Singh, Ph.D., as board chair.  

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  • Community Foundation Awards $1.41 Million to Area Nonprofits

    The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham has awarded $1,411,000​ in grants to 59 area nonprofits serving Blount, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, and Walker counties in its fall 2024 grant cycle. These grants are focused on priorities identified in our strategic plan: Thriving Communities, Overcoming Persistent Poverty, Equity and Inclusion, and Economic Opportunity for All.

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  • An Estate Plan Disclaimer Strategy Could Maximize Your Charitable Giving

    An estate plan disclaimer is a unique strategy that could allow you and your family to maximize your charitable giving and the impact of the assets you will one day leave behind. 

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  • Workshops Empowerment, Inc. gets the makeover it deserves

    Workshops Empowerment, Inc., is getting an extreme makeover that is improving the Birmingham-based nonprofit inside out.  

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  • Meet CFGB Outstanding Professional Advisor Gregory D. Hyde

    Gregory D. Hyde Since 1980 Gregory D. Hyde has focused his law practice on estate planning with an emphasis on charitable giving. It was through this work that he got connected with the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham as a professional advisor. Hyde was recently honored at the Alabama Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ National Philanthropy Day as the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Outstanding Professional Advisor.

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  • Peggy Hair and Her Legacy of Giving

    Peggy Haywood Hair Peggy Haywood Hair often said, without a hint of sadness or regret, “My life is small, but it fits.”  

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  • Women Under Construction: Q&A with Shellie Layne

    Shellie Layne knows that learning how to repair things around the house can give women confidence to fix other things in their lives too. She experienced this firsthand when an unanticipated divorce left her with little income, and she was forced to take on home improvement projects on her own.  

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  • Jefferson County Greenways: Leaders in Regional Cooperation

    Turkey Creek Nature Preserve For decades, the Greater Birmingham region has proven its passion for parks and greenspaces. Three great examples of our love for the great outdoors: Ruffner Mountain, Turkey Creek Nature Preserve, and Red Mountain Park.  

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  • Community Foundation Names New VP of Philanthropy

    Liz Edwards The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham has named Liz Edwards the organization’s new Vice President of Philanthropy. She has more than 25 years of experience, as both a volunteer and a professional, in the nonprofit sector.

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