The Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation has been providing grants to nonprofit organizations in the Birmingham community, the Black Belt, and the state as a whole to support a variety of programs.
Donor Name: Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation
State: Alabama
Counties: Dallas County (AL), Greene County (AL), Hale County (AL), Perry County (AL), Sumter County (AL)
City: Birmingham
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $30,000
Details:
From education to the environment, from the cultural arts to neighborhood revitalization, the Foundation has distributed over $37,000,000 in grants to over 260 organizations whose work they are proud to support.
Focus Areas
The Foundation focuses its grantmaking in 5 program areas, investing in programs geared toward achieving specific results in these focus areas.
- Education
- Neighborhood Revitalization
- The Environment and Green Spaces
- The Arts and Culture
- Positioning Strategic Community Assets
Funding Information
The Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation provides funding in amounts ranging from twenty-five hundred dollars up to one million dollars for program and operating support as well as for capital campaign needs:
- Program grants of up to $30,000 to support a specific program.
- Operating grants of any amount may be applied for in up to three year increments with an annual review.
Impact Region
Grants from the Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation are made to support programs that impact:
- The Birmingham metro area;
- Dallas, Greene, Hale, Perry and Sumter Counties of the Black Belt Region in Alabama;
- The State of Alabama as a whole, through influencing policy change at the state level.
Eligibility Criteria
Grants to faith-based organizations may be made to support programs that strongly address the focus areas.
Grants are not made:
- to individuals;
- for scholarships or individual awards;
- to individual school classrooms;
- to private schools;
- for mission trips or ambassador programs;
- for individual school programs;
- for health-related research;
- to support fundraising events that are not 100% deductible for charitable purposes.
For more information, visit Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation Grant.