Education & Youth
Grant Priority AreaThe Daniel Foundation believes that a quality education provides the basis for individual opportunity and economic vitality. We are committed to supporting and improving education and youth development for Alabama’s children birth through 12th grade, especially children in underserved and rural areas or those facing economic disadvantages.
Our priorities:
- Availability of and access to high quality public libraries
- Readily available, quality birth through pre-school opportunities
- Support for bold approaches to Alabama’s public school challenges, and programs working to provide better educational opportunities for K-12 students, including the support of charter schools in Alabama
- Programs that expose and prepare students for higher education and employment opportunities
- Summer learning, with a particular focus on SAIL
- Youth development, including mentoring programs
Colleges and universities in Alabama are key economic drivers for the communities in which they exist and for the state as a whole. They offer important resources to us in achieving our philanthropic goals, and we support them in this partnership role. Grants to universities will be primarily focused on these partnerships.
Past Grants
Foundations Early Learning & Family Center
The Daniel Foundation made a grant of $12,500 to the Foundation Early Learning and Family Center program serving the Fairfield and Midfield communities.
Holy Family Cristo Rey
Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School received a $25,000 grant for their student work program.
Link of Cullman County
The Daniel Foundation made a grant of $10,000 to the Link of Cullman County for their Volunteers in Public Schools program (VIPS).
Charles A. Brown Elementary School – International Baccalaureate
Charles Brown Elementary School is a K through 5 Birmingham City School serving 367 students where 100% of the students receive free lunch.
Free 2 Teach
Like most communities, the teachers in the Madison County Schools struggle to find the funds for needed for classroom supplies.
Greater Birmingham Mathematics Partnership
The Greater Birmingham Mathematics Partnership is a UAB research and professional development organization founded to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics in the Birmingham area.
Free 2 Teach
Like most communities, the teachers in the Madison County Schools struggle to find the funds for needed for classroom supplies.
Greater Birmingham Mathematics Partnership
The Greater Birmingham Mathematics Partnership is a UAB research and professional development organization founded to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics in the Birmingham area.