Deadline: 1-Nov-21
The Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation Grants are now open to nonprofit organizations in the Birmingham community, the Black Belt, and the state as a whole to support a variety of programs.
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. Their goal is to help the grantees focus more on their missions and less on application cycles.
Geographic Areas
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 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 https://mggoodrichfoundation.org/grant-guidelines/