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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER HUNTSVILLE.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,055,184
Total expenses
$13,945,107
Contributions and grants received
$19,614,324
Grants paid
$12,491,705
Program service revenue
$18,973
Investment income
$2,958,202
Other revenue
$463,685
Total assets, end of year
$66,326,810
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,716,795
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$49,610,015
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,833,953
Management and general expenses
$929,282
Fundraising expenses
$181,872
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,833,953

Program services were 92.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $257,811

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $19,356,513

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $14,466,706

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Event Income

    total $18,973 · related or exempt $18,973

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,535,523 · excluded $1,535,523

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,769,583

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $6,346,904

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,422,679 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,422,679 · excluded $1,422,679

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $109,587

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $257,811

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $137,860

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$28,273 · excluded -$28,273

  • 11a · Other revenue: Administrative Fees

    total $491,958 · related or exempt $491,958

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $491,958

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $12,281,705 · program services $12,281,705

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $210,000 · program services $210,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $133,645 · program services $80,187 · fundraising $53,458

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $350,396 · program services $113,829 · management and general $159,074 · fundraising $77,493

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,848 · program services $3,939 · management and general $3,250 · fundraising $2,659

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,858 · program services $3,143 · management and general $3,583 · fundraising $2,132

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $39,189 · program services $15,676 · management and general $12,932 · fundraising $10,581

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,641 · management and general $2,641

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,805 · management and general $28,805

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $574,832 · management and general $574,832

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $21,305 · program services $21,164 · management and general $141 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $20,307 · program services $9,393 · management and general $3,526 · fundraising $7,388

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,044 · management and general $25,044

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,108 · management and general $4,908 · fundraising $1,200

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $115,566 · program services $31,919 · management and general $67,688 · fundraising $15,959

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $18,393 · program services $2,919 · management and general $9,627 · fundraising $5,847

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,477 · management and general $7,477

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,276 · management and general $18,276

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

    total $11,960 · program services $10,365 · management and general $1,595

  • 24b · Other expenses: Events

    total $8,404 · program services $8,404

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $52,348 · program services $41,310 · management and general $5,883 · fundraising $5,155

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,332,358 · end of year $2,522,318

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,193,362

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $2,500

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $696,039 · end of year $522,132

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,756 · end of year $39,317

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $638,463

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $10,961

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,110 · end of year $627,502

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $43,068,579 · end of year $25,310,005

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $37,197,777

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,600 · end of year $105,259

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $38,327 · end of year $49,278

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $22,500 · end of year $185,093

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $99,531 · end of year $48,460

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $11,909,056 · end of year $16,327,286

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $106,678

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,461,808 · end of year $36,323,915

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,788,582 · end of year $13,286,100

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MOBILIZING GENEROSITY TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

  • The Community Foundation administers donor advised funds, designated funds, field of interest funds, agency funds and scholarship funds.

    Expenses $12,241,572 · Grants $12,202,175 · Revenue $510,931

  • The Compass Society awarded a grant of $50,000 each to Huntsville Hospital Foundation and United Way of Madison County. In addition, the Compass Endowment had a balance at the end of 2024 of $1,244,241.

    Expenses $207,007 · Grants $100,000

  • The Women's Philanthropy Society awarded grants in the amount of $50,000 each to Boys and Girls Clubs of North Alabama and WellStone. In addition, the Women's Endowment had a balance at the end of 2024 of $499,554.

    Expenses $195,224 · Grants $100,000

  • The Racial Equity Fund selected seven nonprofits to receive a total of $73,250 in grants to help close equity gaps. In addition, the Racial Equity Endowment had a balance at the end of 2024 of $358,924.

    Expenses $155,701 · Grants $73,250

  • The members of give256 awarded $16,280 in grants to eight nonprofit organizations, which gave emerging philanthropists a voice and a greater impact with their generosity. In addition, the give256 Endowment had a balance at the end of 2024 of $131,072.

    Expenses $34,449 · Grants $16,280

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Garfield Wilbur Boon III

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Penny Billings

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sidney Ray White Jr

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Susan Lynn Troy

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Brad Garland

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Russell

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clay Hagan

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • D Ashley Jones

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Douglas C Martinson II

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Abel

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Whitley Jr

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • George Smith

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Henry L Isenberg III

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jay Dryden

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katherine Elizabeth Sippel

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristina Hendrix

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leta Demaioribus

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Womack

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Thompson

    CEO/President

    Total calculated
    $133,645
    From this org
    $127,811
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,834
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 August 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202522209349301617

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