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The Life-Changing Work of Special Equestrians
Kathleen Claybrook receives a lot of fan mail. Her email inbox is filled with messages from parents praising Special Equestrians for being “life-giving” and “life-changing.”
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15 Years of the Remy Fund for Pets and Animal Services
The Remy Fund for Pets and Animal Services at the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, in its 15th year of grantmaking, awarded a record $90,500 to nonprofit organizations that improve the lives of animals, and the humans they touch, in Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Blount, and Walker counties.
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LGBTQ Fund Announces 2025 Grant Recipients
The LGBTQ Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham announced recipients of funding for this year’s grant cycle. Since its founding in 2014, the LGBTQ Fund has provided more than $471,250.00 through its grant cycle to support programs in Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Blount, and Walker Counties. This year’s grant recipients are as follows:
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A Legacy of Giving, A Legacy of Love
Christopher Nanni and Edward Osborne Over the past few months, Edward Osborne visited the offices of various organizations across Birmingham and beyond on a mission to carry out the legacy of Edward J. Ott, his grandfather. Included in these visits was a stop at the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, where he presented a donation.
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Collaboration Over Competition: Central Alabama Riverkeepers
While some nonprofits may feel they need to compete with nearby peer organizations, three Central Alabama Riverkeeper organizations have experienced firsthand the power of collaboration.
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The Quiet Type: Help clients who prefer to give anonymously
At the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, we’re dedicated to helping your clients achieve their charitable goals. We’re honored to serve as your trusted resource for tax-efficient giving strategies, help your clients maximize their charitable impact, and support your clients as they build lasting philanthropic legacies. As you continue (or begin) conversations about charitable giving with your clients, one important question often arises: How would your clients like their giving to be acknowledged and recognized?
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The Art of Giving: Help your clients give gifts of artwork
If you’ve noticed a surprising uptick in recent years among your younger clients investing in artwork, it is not your imagination! A survey of 1,007 U.S. high net worth individuals (each with at least $3 million in investable assets) found that 83% of respondents aged 43 and under said they currently own or would like to own art — compared with only 34% of those older than 43.
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Dreaming of a Walkable City
Alabama is the most car-dependent state in the nation, according to previous studies, and we have more cars than people.
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The Story Behind the Lilly and Miles Oldham Thompson Fund
When Ann Oldham talks about her daughter Lilly, she doesn’t dwell on the disease that cut Lilly’s precious life short or the pain that Lilly endured during her 10 years because of sickle cell disease. Instead, Oldham remembers how much Lilly loved learning and gardening and the bond Lilly had with her twin brother Miles.
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Timing is Everything: Your clients’ 2025 charitable giving plans
It’s never been easy to navigate the ever-shifting tax rules to help clients structure charitable gifts, and now it’s even trickier. Major changes under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, 2025, are creating complexity, opportunity, and, for some, urgency. The OBBBA reshapes both how much a client can deduct for charitable contributions and which clients can benefit from these deductions in the first place. Indeed, your clients might have read a recent Wall Street Journal article (subscription required) outlining major tax planning themes related to charitable giving.