Funder directory Alabama The Comer Foundation

Private foundation · Birmingham, AL · EIN 636004424

The Comer Foundation

✓ Accepts unsolicited applications

Typical grant

$2,500–$51,060

median $7,000

Giving (latest FY)

$976,214

37 grants · FY2025

Assets

$23,438,301

gives nationally

Education · 52%Crime & legal · 13%Animal welfare · 8%Human services · 8%Community improvement · 7%
How to apply — from their own filing

Application form & materials: Letter of information and request.

Deadlines: None

Restrictions: None

Contact: CO 1919 Investment Counsel · 2311 Highland Ave South Ste 190, Birmingham, AL, 35209 · 2054143350

Recent grants (from FY2025 filing)
Grantee Purpose Amount
Auburn University · Auburn, AL To support organization and provide scholarships $228,000
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL To support organization and provide scholarships $155,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL To support organization and provide scholarships $147,000
Scholarship America · Saint Peter, MN To support organization and provide scholarships $61,840
Wallace State Community College · Hanceville, AL To support organization $43,874
Alabama Ballet · Birmingham, AL To support organization $37,500
Birmingham Musuem of Art · Birmingham, AL To support organization $37,500
Vulcan Park Foundation · Birmingham, AL To support organization $5,000
City of Mountain Brook · Mountain Brook, AL To support community $3,500

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file disclosure, fiscal year 2025 (public record under 26 U.S.C. §6104). Filings lag by their nature — verify current priorities and procedures with the foundation before applying. Represent this foundation and see an error? Tell us with the correction and source filing.