The Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation aims to strengthen communities and enhance the quality of life in the Birmingham metro area and the State of Alabama. Through grantmaking, it supports a variety of programs aimed at education, neighborhood revitalization, the environment, the cultural arts, and community asset positioning, primarily focusing on the Woodlawn community in Birmingham and the Black Belt of Alabama, particularly Hale and Greene Counties.
The grant program of the Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation seeks to support nonprofit organizations working within specific areas: education, neighborhood revitalization, the environment, the arts and culture, and strategic community assets. The foundation emphasizes supporting programs that ensure educational resources for children, rebuild strong neighborhoods through holistic models, protect natural resources, enrich lives through cultural arts, and strengthen intrinsic community partners. Grants are made for specific programs, operating costs, and capital campaigns, with program grants up to $30,000, operating grants available for up to three years at any amount, and capital campaign grants considered in the first and third quarters of each year. The foundation’s grantmaking focuses on impacting the Birmingham metro area, the Woodlawn area of Birmingham, the Black Belt area in Alabama, and at the state level through policy change.