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Private foundation (trust)EIN 636004424Est. 1978-06

The Comer Foundation

Birmingham, AL 35205

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$22.1M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$615K

FY 2024

Grants Made

27

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$23K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$3K–$132K

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$1.6M

Total Expenses

$799K

Qualifying Distributions

$691K

Distributable Amount

$1.0M

Min. Investment Return

$1.1M

Undistributed Income

$969K

Payout rate 67%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.67%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

27 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $3K through median $10K to maximum $132K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $681K in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

163 grants

Auburn University
$852K
6 grants
University of Alabama at Birmingham
$540K
6 grants
Scholarship America
$458K
6 grants
University of Alabama
$400K
6 grants
Alabama Ballet
$213K
6 grants
Birmingham Musuem of Art
$195K
6 grants
UAB School of Nursing
$170K
5 grants
STAIR
$115K
6 grants

Grant Size Distribution

163 grants

<$10K
85
grants
$10–50K
56
grants
$50–250K
22
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

3 states

Alabama
$3.5M
88% of total
Minnesota
$458K
12% of total
Illinois
$15K
0% of total

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