The Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation is seeking applications to provide 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
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Type of Entity: Nonprofit Organizations
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 we 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. Its goal is to help grantees focus more on their missions and less on application cycles.
- Capital Campaign grants of any amount will be considered in the first and third quarters of each year
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
- The Foundation can only fund organizations that have received their 501©(3) designation from the Internal Revenue Service. If your organization is undergoing this application process during the time in which you submit a grant proposal you, will need to work with another nonprofit organization who is willing to serve as a fiscal sponsor.
- Grants to faith-based organizations may be made to support programs that strongly address the focus areas.
For more information, visit Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation.