Lisa and Alan Engel Foundation
Private foundation · Birmingham, AL · EIN 63-0989498 · reported 2023–2025
194grants reported
$1,000median award
$250lower quartile
$18smallest grant
$498Ktotal paid
16states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 33 of its 194 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $167K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
505 20TH St N Ste 1150
Birmingham, AL 35203-4620
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| American Israel Education Foundation CIVIC | Washington, DC | $40,016 |
| Chabad of Alabama CIVC | Birmingham, AL | $18,600 |
| NE Miles Jewish Day School EDUCATIONAL | Birmingham, AL | $17,500 |
| Chabad of Alabama CIVC | Birmingham, AL | $16,000 |
| NE Miles Jewish Day School EDUCATIONAL | Birmingham, AL | $15,518 |
| Chabad of Alabama CIVC | Birmingham, AL | $15,360 |
| NE Miles Jewish Day School EDUCATIONAL | Birmingham, AL | $12,500 |
| Birmingham Jewish Foundation CIVIC | Birmingham, AL | $12,216 |
| Temple Beth-El RELIGIOUS | Birmingham, AL | $11,412 |
| Temple Beth-El RELIGIOUS | Birmingham, AL | $10,218 |
| Camp Jacobs CIVIC | Utica, MI | $10,000 |
| Faith in Action Alabama CIVIC | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 |
| Joint Distribution Committee CIVIC | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| University of Alabama EDUCATIONAL | Tuscaloosa, AL | $10,000 |
| University of Alabama EDUCATIONAL | Tuscaloosa, AL | $10,000 |
| University of Alabama EDUCATIONAL | Tuscaloosa, AL | $10,000 |
| Northwestern University EDUCATIONAL | Evanston, IL | $8,650 |
| Northwestern University EDUCATIONAL | Evanston, IL | $7,500 |
| Northwestern University EDUCATIONAL | Evanston, IL | $7,500 |
| Red Mountain Theater CIVIC | Birmingham, AL | $7,500 |
| Collatt Jewish Family Services RELIGIOUS | Birmingham, AL | $6,454 |
| American Jewish Committee CIVIC | New York, NY | $6,250 |
| Collatt Jewish Family Services RELIGIOUS | Birmingham, AL | $6,018 |
| Joint Distribution Committee CIVIC | New York, NY | $5,400 |
| American Jewish Joint Dist Committee CIVIC | New York, NY | $5,400 |
| Impact Israel CIVIC | Bethesda, MD | $5,180 |
| The Women's Foundation of Alabama CIVIC | Bimringham, AL | $5,100 |
| American Friends of Leket Israel CIVIC | Teaneck, NJ | $5,000 |
| Big City Mountaineers CIVIC | Arvada, CO | $5,000 |
| Chabad of Mumbai Inc CIVIC | Lawrence, NY | $5,000 |
| Gabriel Project Mumbai CIVIC | Bergenfield, NJ | $5,000 |
| Impact Israel CIVIC | Bethesda, MD | $5,000 |
| Jfedla (wildfire Crisis Relief Fund) CIVIC | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 |
| University of Colorado Foundation EDUCATIONAL | Denver, CO | $5,000 |
| University of Colorado Foundation EDUCATIONAL | Denver, CO | $5,000 |
| Faith in Action Alabama CIVIC | Birmingham, AL | $5,000 |
| Red Mountain Theater CIVIC | Birmingham, AL | $5,000 |
| University of Colorado Foundation EDUCATIONAL | Denver, CO | $5,000 |
| AL Holocaust Education Center CIVIC | Birmingham, AL | $4,300 |
| Indian Springs School EDUCATIONAL | Pelham, AL | $4,050 |
| Jdfr CIVIC | Birmingham, AL | $3,500 |
| Bama Hallel CIVIC | Tuscaloosa, AL | $3,400 |
| Bama Hallel CIVIC | Tuscaloosa, AL | $3,400 |
| Collatt Jewish Family Services RELIGIOUS | Birmingham, AL | $3,162 |
| Indian Springs School EDUCATIONAL | Pelham, AL | $3,000 |
| Alys Stephens Center CIVIC | Birmingham, AL | $3,000 |
| Alabama Symphony Orchestra CIVIC | Birmingham, AL | $2,750 |
| ACLU of Alabama Foundation CIVIC | Montgomery, AL | $2,500 |
| Ajc Atlanta CIVIC | Atlanta, GA | $2,500 |
| Alys Stephens Center CIVIC | Birmingham, AL | $2,500 |
| Birmingham Museum of Art CIVIC | Birmingham, AL | $2,500 |
| Impact America CIVIC | Birmingham, AL | $2,500 |
| Levite Jewish Community Center CIVIV | Birmingham, AL | $2,500 |
| ACLU of Alabama Foundation CIVIC | Montgomery, AL | $2,500 |
| Alys Stephens Center CIVIC | Birmingham, AL | $2,500 |
| Birmingham Museum of Art CIVIC | Birmingham, AL | $2,500 |
| Levite Jewish Community Center RELIGIOUS | Birmingham, AL | $2,500 |
| United States Holocaust Museum EDUCATIONAL | Washington, DC | $2,500 |
| AL Holocaust Education Center CIVIC | Birmingham, AL | $2,500 |
| Birmingham Museum of Art CIVIC | Birmingham, AL | $2,500 |
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