The Hackney Foundation
Private foundation · Birmingham, AL · EIN 63-1131504 · reported 2023–2025
202grants reported
$250median award
$100lower quartile
$50smallest grant
$314Ktotal paid
8states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 24 of its 202 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $55K 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
1 Metroplex Dr Ste 210
Birmingham, AL 35209-6895
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $27,000 |
| United Way | Cullman, AL | $15,000 |
| United Way | Cullman, AL | $15,000 |
| Red Mountain Theatre | Birmingham, AL | $15,000 |
| Samford University | Birmingham, AL | $15,000 |
| United Way | Cullman, AL | $15,000 |
| YWCA of Central Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $11,100 |
| Samford University | Birmingham, AL | $11,000 |
| YWCA of Central Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $10,200 |
| Rotary Club of Birmingham Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $7,875 |
| Canterbury United Methodist Church | Mountain Brook, AL | $7,850 |
| Red Mountain Theatre | Birmingham, AL | $7,500 |
| Lakeshore Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $7,300 |
| Uab Athletics Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $6,666 |
| Rotary Club of Birmingham Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $6,400 |
| Canterbury United Methodist Church | Mountain Brook, AL | $6,300 |
| YWCA of Central Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $6,000 |
| Lakeshore Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $5,300 |
| Samford University | Birmingham, AL | $5,200 |
| Community Food Bank of Central Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $5,150 |
| Canterbury United Methodist Church | Mountain Brook, AL | $5,100 |
| Rotary Club of Birmingham Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $5,100 |
| Community Food Bank of Central Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $5,000 |
| Uab Athletics Foundations | Birmingham, AL | $4,333 |
| Women's Foundation of Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $4,000 |
| The Lovelady Center | Birmingham, AL | $3,100 |
| Momentum Leaders | Birmingham, AL | $3,000 |
| Uab Visual and Performing Arts | Birmingham, AL | $3,000 |
| Building Peace Inc | Northport, AL | $2,500 |
| Momentum Leaders | Birmingham, AL | $2,500 |
| The Birmingham Promise | Birmingham, AL | $2,500 |
| Mitchell's Place | Birmingham, AL | $2,250 |
| The Bell Center | Birmingham, AL | $2,000 |
| Mitchell's Place | Birmingham, AL | $1,850 |
| Baptist Health Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $1,600 |
| Baptist Health Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $1,500 |
| Portraits of Hope | Birmingham, AL | $1,500 |
| Mitchell's Place | Birmingham, AL | $1,350 |
| Ascension St Vincent's Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $1,250 |
| The Bell Center | Birmingham, AL | $1,250 |
| Birmingham Museum of Art | Birmingham, AL | $1,100 |
| Alabama Symphony Orchestra | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 |
| Brookwood Forest Elementary PTO | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 |
| Junior League of Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 |
| Summit Charter School | Cashiers, NC | $1,000 |
| The Durr Lectures | Cleveland, OH | $1,000 |
| Uab Visual and Performing Arts | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 |
| Alabama Symphony Orchestra | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 |
| Big Brother Big Sisters of Greater Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 |
| Oasis | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 |
| Uab Visual and Performing Arts | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 |
| Woodlawn United | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 |
| Junior League of Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 |
| Mike Slive Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 |
| The Birmingham Jewish Federation | Mountain Brook, AL | $1,000 |
| Mission Outreach United Appeal Fund | Birmingham, AL | $950 |
| The Country Club of Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $900 |
| The Nature Conservancy in Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $900 |
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