Tommy Tuberville

In 2020, when Tommy Tuberville was running for the U.S. Senate, he said he would “donate every dime” he made in Washington to Alabama veterans.

Six years later, as he runs for governor of Alabama, he won’t say whether he has kept that promise.

Tuberville’s office declined to answer questions from AL.com this week about whether he has donated his $174,000 Senate salary to charity.

“Yes, I said that in 2020. My dad was a veteran who served in World War II and died while on active duty at age 53. That’s why I have a foundation that supports veterans,” Tuberville said in an email statement to AL.com on Monday.

The Tommy Tuberville Foundation was initially set up in 2014 to support veterans.

The Lagniappe Daily newspaper in Mobile reported last week that the foundation’s treasurer said he had received a personal promise from Tuberville that he would donate his salary, but that he didn’t know if that promise has been carried out.

“Coach has to live with that himself, I know what he said and I know what he promised -- me and the people heard that,” Chester McKinney told Lagniappe. “I’m not trying to cover for him.”

McKinney did not return requests for comment from AL.com.

The foundation appears dormant. Its website domain is unused. A Facebook page is inactive. An email address listed for the nonprofit bounced back this week.

In its most recent tax filing, the foundation reported $23,950 in revenue in 2024, according to publicly available documents. It reported spending $81,775 in grants and other expenses, drawing down on its assets.

In 2024, the organization gave grants to various veterans groups, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Alabama, Three Hots and a Cot and Still Serving Veterans. It gave $15,000 to Dovetail Landing, a project that aimed to build a residential community for veterans but was disbanded in 2025.

The foundation used to host an annual golf tournament with Tuberville.

Tuberville may have donated money to other charities, but his staff declined to name them.

In a brief email statement, spokeswoman Mallory Jaspers referenced a previous audit of the foundation, but did not say why or whether that would have prevented Tuberville from carrying out his promise.

“To no one’s surprise, Joe Biden’s IRS audited my foundation in 2021 but found ZERO infractions,” Tuberville said in the statement, shared by Jaspers.

Tuberville shared redacted versions of his Alabama tax returns with the state Republican party earlier this year.

In addition to his Senate salary, Tuberville also has reported income from various stock and investment holdings.

His net worth has been estimated to be around $4.5 million in previous media reports.

Tuberville will face former Sen. Doug Jones on the ballot in November.