The Herbert and Peggy Stockham
Birmingham, AL · EIN 63-1254357. Reported 97 grants totalling $334,000 to 45 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Herbert and Peggy Stockham did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $4,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Presbyterian Church | Birmingham, AL | $39,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mclaren Northern Michigan Foundation | Petoskey, MI | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Birmingham Southern College | Birmingham, AL | $33,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Auburn University Foundation-Dr Mark L Miller Memorial Endowed Scholarship | Auburn, AL | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mclaren Northern Michigan | Petoskey, MI | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Oak Ranch Inc | Springville, AL | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation of Alabama | Vestavia Hills, AL | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Wellhouse | Odenville, AL | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| There With Care | Boulder, CO | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Presbyterian Church of Harbor Springs | Harbor Springs, MI | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boulder Center for Interactive Learning at Dawson | Lafayette, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Furniture Bank | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dawson School - Dawson Fund | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Highlands School Campaign | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Christ Health Center | Birmingham, AL | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Highlands School | Birmingham, AL | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado | Denver, CO | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Light Inc | Birmingham, AL | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Petoskey - Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation | Petoskey, MI | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | Harbor Springs, MI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boulder Valley Health Center | Boulder, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center on Domestic Violence University of Co | Denver, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Foundation Serving Boulder County | Boulder, CO | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jimmie Halejessie's Place Mission | Birmingham, AL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Munson Healthcare Foundation | Traverse City, MI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Out Bolder County | Boulder, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rocky Mountain Equality Center | Boulder, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence | Boulder, CO | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Women's Wilderness | Boulder, CO | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| YWCA Central Alabama - Homeless Daycare Center | Birmingham, AL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Clinica Family Health | Lafayette, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aging Services Foundation of Boulder | Boulder, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aging Services Foundation of Boulder County - Nutrition | Boulder, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clinica Family Health and Wellness | Lafayette, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harvest of Hope Pantry | Boulder, CO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boulder Community Broadcast Association Inc - Kgnu | Boulder, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Focus Reentry | Boulder, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jimmy Hale Mission - Jessie's Place | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kgnu Community Radio | Boulder, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Community Foundation - Boulder County | Boulder, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Exceptional Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| YWCA Central Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Opera Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women's Wilderness Institute | Boulder, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
22 of 45 (49%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 76%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Birmingham Southern College
STOCKHAM BUILDING PARLOR USED FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES, SEMINARS, DINNERS, AND RECEPTIONS ON THE CAMPUS OF A PRIVATE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE AFFILIATED WITH THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM - Mclaren Northern Michigan
HOSPITAL EXPANSION AND RENOVATION PROJECT - Independent Presbyterian Church
DONATE TO THE PRESBUTERIAN CHURCH (USA) AND TEH PRESBYTERY OF SHEPPARDS AND LAPSLEY, - Dawson School - Dawson Fund
SUPPORT INDEPENDENT, COLLEGE-PREPRATORY SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE IN LAFAYETTE COLORADO - Boulder Center for Interactive Learning at Dawson
SUPPORT INDEPENDENT, COLLEGE-PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE IN LAFAYETTE, COLORADO. - Auburn University Foundation-Dr Mark L Miller Memorial Endowed Scholarship
OPERATING SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 58 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 25 | $92,000 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 23 | $80,000 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 25 | $74,000 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 24 | $88,000 | $2,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 55% of this one's giving went to organizations in Alabama. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Alabama.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Herbert and Peggy Stockham's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 6 Peachtree St, Birmingham, AL, 35213. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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