Central Alabama Community Foundation holds year-end reception
The Central Alabama Community Foundation has held its year-end reception in downtown Montgomery.
Last night’s event was to recognize the achievements of CACF grant recipients for their local philanthropy in their communities.
The foundation donated to numerous new projects and organizations as it celebrated work toward more access to the arts.
The foundation has been operating for 37 years supporting local non-profits and students across the River Region, Wiregrass, and East Alabama.
“It is all programs that these non-profits are doing in our communities that we are helping fund. So, this is going directly into the services that they are providing to better our communities and give hope back to those in our area,” CACF President Burton Crenshaw told Action 8 News.
CACF and its affiliates awarded a total of $703,133.45 in 2025 to nonprofit organizations across the River Region and beyond.
During the reception, CACF announced the recipients of its 2025 Arts & Community Building Grants, honoring organizations that demonstrate excellence in creativity, collaboration, and community engagement.
More than $100,000 in grants were awarded last night:
$14,450.00 to Alabama Shakespeare Festival to provide script adaptations, workshops, stage management, director supplies, and production elements for The Fall Festival of Shakespeare.
$6,070.00 to Children’s Center of Montgomery, Inc. to provide for projects planned around the 7 types of art for the Montgomery area young adults with disabilities and medical fragility that are served.
$8,000.00 to Cloverdale Playhouse to provide tuition for 125 K-12 aged students and teacher support for the Playhouse Workshop Series.
$15,000.00 to Montgomery Christian School to provide instruments, music stands, carts, accessories and classroom supplies for students.
$5,000.00 to That’s My Child to provide art supplies for Art by TMC for students in its underserved community.
$5,000.00 to Five Horizons Health Services to provide contract instructor fees, curriculum materials and supplies, technology and equipment for the 14-week job readiness and GED program for individuals living with HIV.
$9,000.00 to Landmarks Foundation to purchase and install Bluetooth Beacons and supportive equipment and provide for content development and interpretive signage expenses.
$17,000.00 to New Beginnings Educational Center to support the Mentoring and Tutoring Program for children in grades K-12 that meet four afternoons a week during the school year to work with mentors.
$2,500.00 to Next Step Up to engage professional support in updating the organization’s logic model and strengthening fund development efforts to help the long-term sustainability and growth of its no-cost mentoring and tutoring programs in Macon County.
$3,000.00 to Alabama Shakespeare Festival to subsidize School Fest tickets for 300 Autauga County students at $10 each.
$2,900.00 to Friends of the Autauga-Prattville Public Libraries, Inc. to provide a FunBoard Interactive Learning Table to enhance early childhood development and educational outcomes for ages 3-14.
$3,000.00 to Alabama Shakespeare Festival to subsidize School Fest tickets for 300 Elmore County students at $10 each.
$3,000.00 to The Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery to provide for instructor expenses for low-cost art and enrichment activities for adults, retirees and those with special needs.
$5,900.00 to Alabama Dance Theatre to eliminate the cost of tickets and buses for 14 MPS schools’ and 930 3rd grade students to attend productions at the Davis Theatre.
$6,300.00 to Montgomery Symphony Association to offset costs for additional need-based scholarships for individual students.
$1,965.00 to Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery to improve the lighting system to ensure the longevity of the permanent collections of artwork.
