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Funding received

Who funds Samford University?

Samford University has received $35 million across 528 grants from 188 funders between 2019 and 2025. Its largest funder is Lilly Endowment INC.

Total received
$35.3M
Funders
188
Grants
528
Years
2019–2025

Funders of this organization

Each funder's grants to this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 188 funders
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Funder Total givenGrantsYearsLatest Support
Lilly Endowment INC $9.8M72020–20242024
B Bashinsky Foundation INC $3.6M32020–20242024
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn INC $3.2M62020–20242024
National Collegiate Athletic Association $2.5M52019–20232023
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation INC $2.4M52020–20242024
The Community Foundation of Greater $1.6M52020–20242024
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $1.4M72019–20242024
C Cios $1.1M42020–20232023 —
Alabama Power Foundation INC $815K182020–20232023
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC $665K62019–20242024
P Pete M Hanna Charitable Foundation $633K92020–20242024
B Bonnie Lee Bolding Charitable Foundation $535K42021–20242024
Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation $486K82020–20232023
Givewell Community Foundation INC $410K22023–20242024
M Mann Family Foundation Tr 060700 $400K22020–20212021
B Bethel Private Charitable Trust $250K52020–20242024
Holle Family Foundation $250K32020–20242024
A Albert G Rives Charitable Trust $220K52020–20242024
American Online Giving Foundation INC $218K62019–20242024
E Estelle S Campbell Charitable Foundation $210K52020–20242024
F Fletcher and Nell Morris Piano Competition Tr $162K52020–20242024
The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation INC $150K120212021
National Philanthropic Trust $136K22022–20242024
Baptist Health Foundation of Birmingham INC $130K32022–20242024
Alabama Law Foundation INC $130K32022–20242024
Calvin University $117K42021–20242024
Charities Aid Foundation America $111K52020–20242024
T The Ayco Charitable Foundation $110K32019–20252025
T The Daniel Foundation of Alabama $110K42020–20242024
A Alfa Foundation $109K62019–20242024
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INC $106K52020–20242024
Community Foundation of West Kentucky INC $105K22023–20242024
N Newsome Family Foundation $105K52021–20252025
B Burton Family Foundation $100K120202020
Charles Koch Foundation $96K32020–20232023
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $95K42020–20242024
Childrens Tumor Foundation $86K120202020
J J M Rubin Foundation INC $81K52019–20232023
T The Mouron Family Foundation $80K42021–20242024
P Protective Life Foundations $75K42023–20242024
The Blackbaud Giving Fund $74K32022–20242024
Council of Independent Colleges $74K32020–20242024
L Laura Lee Patillo Norquist Chrtbl Fndn Tr Ua 102694 - No 24-6730-07 $71K32022–20242024
American Chemical Society $70K42020–20232023
C Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation $70K32021–20242024
Tulsa Community Foundation $68K42020–20232023
Watson-Brown Foundation INC $66K52020–20242024
W William D & Louise H Owens Charitable Tr Dated 011697 $65K52020–20242024
The Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles and $63K52021–20252025
Joe and Mary Ann Cromeans Charitable Foundation Trust $60K22023–20242024
R Robert R Meyer Foundation $50K120202020
L Linn-Henley Charitable Trust Uw 1055002859 $50K120242024
Orlando Health INC $50K120242024
Ernst & Young Foundation $49K52021–20242024
The Ra Bowen Trust $47K52020–20242024
T The Hackney Foundation $46K62019–20242024
M Mary Kate Dixson Et Al $44K62022–20242024
T The Stanton Foundation $42K120202020
J Joe Lee Griffin Foundation $38K62019–20242024
S Searl & Margaret W Dove Christian Foundation $38K42020–20232023
Folds of Honor Foundation $37K22024–20252025
C Christenberrry-Anderson-Loomis Family Foundation $33K32021–20242024
Sempra Energy Foundation $30K42021–20242024
M Martin Foundation $30K32020–20222022
S Se Belcher JR Private Foundation No 3 $30K22020–20212021
Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville $30K32021–20232023
T The Good Shepherd Foundation $29K32022–20242024
The Presser Foundation $26K72019–20242024
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities $26K32020–20232023
K Kathleen C Spicer Scholarship Fund $26K42021–20242024
Enterprise Holdings Foundation $26K112019–20232023
American Endowment Foundation $25K120222022
The Teagle Foundation Incorporated $25K120232023
C Crowley Shanahan Foundation $25K120242024
Alabama Nurses Foundation INC $25K22024–20252025
T The James I Harrison Family Foundation INC $25K120202020
F Frances Allred Mason Tuw $25K62020–20252025
P Pauline B Buck Scholarship Trust $24K42020–20242024
Organic Syntheses INC Wayne State University $24K22020–20242024
The Chicago Community Trust $22K120202020
H Heaton-Mcbrayer Foundation INC $22K32022–20242024
M Mark and Judy Heinemann Foundationinc $22K22023–20242024
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay INC $21K120212021
Publix Super Markets Charities INC $20K22023–20242024
Alabama Pharmacy Association Scholarship Foundation $20K52020–20242024
L Lockwood Partners Foundation INC $20K120202020
T The Massie Family Foundation $20K120242024
Community Foundation of Acadiana $20K22023–20242024
Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama $20K120192019
K KPMG U S Foundation INC $20K22022–20232023
Birmingham Bar Foundation $19K22023–20242024
Alabama Association of Independent Colleges and Universities $19K32022–20242024
Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation INC $18K120242024
Megan Montgomery Foundation to Prevent Domestic Violence INC $15K22023–20242024
B&m Impact Foundation INC $15K32020–20222022
Triangle Community Foundation INC $15K120192019
University of Pittsburgh $15K120212021
Impact Investing Charitable Foundation INC $15K120242024
Alabama Humanities Alliance $14K22023–20242024
J Joyce and V D Scott Foundation INC $14K42020–20232023

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