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Alabamas Mtns Rivers and Valleys Rsc Conservation and Dev Council

Our mission is to improve the economic social and physical environment of North Alabama communities by providing resources programs and education.

$951k
Granted FY2025still arriving
69
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Community Improvement$1.2MEducation$1.1MPublic Benefit$247kRecreation & Sports$187kArts & Culture$169kPublic Safety & Disaster$165kHuman Services$127kCrime & Legal$103kOther$0
02FY2025 · 69 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 69 grants below total $719,870, the rows itemized in this filing. The $951,324 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $231,454 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k47 grants · $307k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $413k
$7,563
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Calhoun Communtiy College$40,000
Decatur City Magnet Schools PTO$35,000
Fyffe High School$30,000
Tennessee Valley Regional Partnership dba Launch$30,000
Toney Volunteer Fire Department$25,000
Pisgah Civitan Club$23,950
Danville High School$22,500
Limestone County Commission$21,695
Hazel Green High School$20,000
Morgan County Child Advocacy Center$18,545
Keep Athens Limestone Beautiful$15,610
Riverton Elementary School$15,000
West Point High School$15,000
City of Fort Payne$15,000
Jackson County Schools$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $83k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 17% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%KIDS TO LOVE FOUNDATION: $11k → 11%KIDS TO LOVE FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%KIDS TO LOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%CASA MADISON COUNTY: $6k → 11%NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTER: $26k → 13%CARING HEART THRIFT STORE: $10k → 17%The Foundry Ministries: $5k → 16%NEXT STEP FARMS: $15k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 67 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

67 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

67
83

Total granted

$2.8M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+23%

Still filing today

19%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $269k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Public Safety & DisasterHuman ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • NA
    NORTH ALABAMA AGRIPLEX FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $153k · revenue +594%
  • OU
    OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2021–2023 · $100k · revenue +19%
  • CH
    Collinsville Historical Association Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $35k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • NA
    NORTH ALABAMA TRAILS AND RECREATION
    one grant, 2024 · $108k · 89% of their budget
  • DD
    DECATUR DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • CO
    CITY OF GUNTERSVILLE
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New Bethel Volunteer Fire Dept

Volunteer fire department serving the residents of new bethel community in alabama

Public Safety & Disaster
2
Shelby County Historical Society

Preserve the history of shelby county al

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3
Harvest Volunteer Fire Dept

To provide firefighting, fire prevention, rescue, haz mat,and first responder emergency medical services to the citizens of madison county, al and surrounding communities. provides safety eduation and awareness.

Public Safety & Disaster
4
Elberta Volunteer Fire Department

To train volunteer firefighters and respond to emergency calls within the area. to provide emergency care as necessary to the area based on 911 calls and emergency medical services.

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5
Dekalb Tourism Inc

To promote travel and tourism within dekalb county, alabama

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6
Stapleton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

The mission of the stapleton fire department is to provide protection of life, property and environment from fires and other emergencies for the community of stapleton.

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7
Department of Alabama Amvets Inc

Assistance to veterans especially in alabama

Public Benefit
8
Gilmer Volunteer Fire Department

Fire control

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Alabama Affordable Housing Association Inc

To promote the common interest of those involved in the development & management of rural multi-family housing.

Community Improvement
10
Central Alabama Works

To facilitate implementation of workforce development programs andservices that support economic and job development in the region andthat address the workforce needs of existing businesses and industry.

—
11
Farmington Volunteer Fire Dept Inc

Volunteer fire department that serves the city of farmington, ms

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Alabama Broadcasters Association Educational Foundation
Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Alabama 4-H Club Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Twickenham Historic Preservation District Associat. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

48 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 48 of the 173 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/48
Grantees still filing
31/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF DECATUR: $249,904 · OtherCITY OF DECATURCITY OF HARTSELLE: $150,000 · OtherMORGAN COUNTY SCHOOLS: $145,569 · OtherHARTSELLE CITY SCHOOLS: $133,370 · Other+147 more: $3,113,217 · Other+147 moreNORTH ALABAMA AGRIPLEX FOUNDATION: $152,553 · Arts & CultureCollinsville Historical Association Inc: $35,000 · Arts & CultureFantasy Playhouse Children's Theater: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,100 · Arts & CultureNORTH ALABAMA TRAILS AND RECREATION: $107,500 · Recreation & SportsPARKINSONS DYNAMICS: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsTONEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $35,000 · Public Safety & DisasterMARSHALL COUNTY EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE BOARD INC: $30,000 · Public Safety & DisasterMORGAN COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD: $22,410 · Public Safety & DisasterCLEMENTS FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $15,000 · Public Safety & DisasterCENTRAL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $15,000 · Public Safety & DisasterMERIDIANVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INCORPORATED: $12,722 · Public Safety & DisasterNEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTER OF AL: $26,369 · Human ServicesKIDS TO LOVE FOUNDATION: $21,750 · Human ServicesNEXT STEP FARMS: $14,745 · Human ServicesCARING HEART OUTREACH INC: $9,551 · Human ServicesCARE ASSURANCE SYSTEM FOR THE AGING AND HOMEBOUND OF MADISON COUNTY: $6,000 · Human ServicesTHE FOUNDRY MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTH ALABAMA: $73,500 · Youth DevelopmentTennessee Valley Regional Partnership dba Launch: $30,000 · Community ImprovementTHE LINK OF CULLMAN COUNTY INC: $23,184 · Community ImprovementSPIRIT OF ATHENS ALABAMA INC: $18,123 · Community Improvement
Other$3,792,060Arts & Culture$217,653Recreation & Sports$132,500Public Safety & Disaster$130,132Human Services$83,415Youth Development$73,500Community Improvement$71,307

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNORTH ALABAMA AGRIPLEX FOUNDATION: $152,553 over 7y, 21% of budgetNORTH ALABAMA TRAILS AND RECREATION: $107,500 over 1y, 89% of budgetOAKWOOD UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTH ALABAMA: $73,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCalhoun College Foundation: $40,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetJESSE OWENS MEMORIAL PARK: $38,481 over 3y, 10% of budgetCollinsville Historical Association Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetTONEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $35,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetTennessee Valley Regional Partnership dba Launch: $30,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetMARSHALL COUNTY EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE BOARD INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTER OF AL: $26,369 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetSCOTTSBORO-JACKSON COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD: $25,314 over 3y, 12% of budgetPARKINSONS DYNAMICS: $25,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetFantasy Playhouse Children's Theater: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE ALABAMA 4-H CLUB FOUNDATION: $23,496 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE LINK OF CULLMAN COUNTY INC: $23,184 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetFIRST PRIORITY OF GREATER DECATUR: $22,900 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetMORGAN COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD: $22,410 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetKIDS TO LOVE FOUNDATION: $21,750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSPIRIT OF ATHENS ALABAMA INC: $18,123 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetKEEP ATHENS LIMESTONE BEAUTIFUL INC: $15,610 over 1y, 11% of budgetCLEMENTS FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCENTRAL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $15,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetNEXT STEP FARMS: $14,745 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetDEKALB COUNTY VFW POST 3128: $12,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetALABAMA LIONS SIGHT ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSMILE-A-MILE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTWICKENHAM HISTORIC PRESERVATION DISTRICT ASSOCIAT: $10,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetCARING HEART OUTREACH INC: $9,551 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEAST CULLMAN WATER SYSTEM INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOMEGA MEN OF NORTH ALABAMA INC: $8,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR A DRUG FREE COMMUNITY INC: $7,927 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFALLEN COMRADES POST 6073 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED: $7,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD CONCEPTS INC: $6,737 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCARE ASSURANCE SYSTEM FOR THE AGING AND HOMEBOUND OF MADISON COUNTY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetADDICTS FOR CHRIST INC: $6,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetATHENS LIMESTONE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $5,582 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetHUNTSVILLE-MADISON COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD INC: $5,580 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetAlabama School of Gospel Music Inc: $5,100 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDRY MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds NORTH ALABAMA AGRIPLEX FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTH ALABAMA TRAILS AND RECREATION ↗
  • Who funds OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTH ALABAMA ↗
  • Who funds Calhoun College Foundation ↗
  • Who funds JESSE OWENS MEMORIAL PARK ↗
  • Who funds Collinsville Historical Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds TONEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC ↗
  • Who funds Tennessee Valley Regional Partnership dba Launch ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …The Daniel Foundation…The Jane K Lowe Chari…Alpha FoundationAlabama Association o…Operation Round-Up of…The Propst FoundationWallace E Kirkpatrick…Alfa FoundationI Car Education Found…Aerojet Rocketdyne Fo…The Long Lewis Founda…
Community Foundation of Greater HuntsvilleAL34.4× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Jane K Lowe Charitable Foundation · Alpha Foundation · Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils · Operation Round-Up of Cullman & Winston Counties · The Propst Foundation · Wallace E Kirkpatrick Family Foundation · Alfa Foundation · I Car Education Foundation · Aerojet Rocketdyne Foundation · The Long Lewis Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Alabamas Mtns Rivers and Valleys Rsc Conservation and Dev Council funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alabamas Mtns Rivers and Valleys Rsc Conservation and Dev Council. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 173 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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