Community Foundation Of South Alabama Awards Grants

The Community Foundation of South Alabama has announced it has awarded $220,000 to six nonprofit organizations across its eight-county footprint in Southwest Alabama. The 2023 Closing the Opportunity Gap grantees include the South Baldwin Literacy Council, the Clotilda Descendants Association, the Alabama 4-H Foundation, HIPPY Clarke County, Camille Place and the Washington County Public Library. “These funds support programs that will narrow the opportunity gap present among our local youth,” the foundation said. Annually, its grant funding supports programs that address mental and behavioral health, family, education, work, racial equity, and arts and culture.