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The Nettles and Ivey Foundation

Accepts applications Montgomery, Alabama · EIN 631230114

The Nettles and Ivey Foundation is a private foundation in Montgomery, Alabama. In tax year 2025 it gave $38,500 in 7 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $15,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $5,000 the year before.

86% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$5,0001$657,258
2024$5,0001$761,705
2025$38,5007$774,155

How to apply

ContactKay E Ivey
PO Box 6199, Montgomery, AL 36106
Phone or email(334) 265-0668
What to submitWritten application addressing need and use of funds. Distributions will be made exclusively to charitable entities
DeadlinesOctober 1 of calendar year
RestrictionsDistributions will be made exclusively to religious, charitable, scientific, literary, educational donees

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Nettles and Ivey Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Alabama.

StateGrantsAmount
Alabama6$36,500
Indiana1$2,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 7 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Junior Miss Foundation of Alabama
Montgomery, AL
For exempt purpose$15,000
Service Dogs of Alabama
Hope Hull, AL
For exempt purpose$7,500
Philadelphia Baptist Church
Smiths Station, AL
For exempt purpose$7,000
First Baptist Church
Montgomery, AL
For exempt purpose$5,000
Alabama Girls State
Indianapolis, IN
For exempt purpose$2,000
Montgomery YMCA
Montgomery, AL
For exempt purpose$1,000
The American Village
Montevallo, AL
Liberty 250$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Nettles and Ivey Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: October 1 of calendar year.

How much does The Nettles and Ivey Foundation give?

$38,500 in tax year 2025, across 7 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs The Nettles and Ivey Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Kay Ivey (Chairman), Haas Strother (Vice Preside) and Max Baggett Jr (Vice Preside).

What does The Nettles and Ivey Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities.

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