Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation & Developement Council

To provide local leadership required for developing and carrying out a plan for orderly conservation, improvement, and development, for implementing community based projects, and for the wise use of natural resources thereby improving economic opportunities for people within northwest alabama.

$833k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 60
Itemized grants FY2025: 53
Organizations funded FY2024: 75%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $626k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $7,100
Largest grant, FY2025: $57,500
Organizations funded a year: 14 to 53; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 3
Total assets, FY2025: $297k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation & Developement Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $435k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterRecreation & SportsEnvironmentEducationPhilanthropyOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	54	$626k	59%
FY2024	53	$625k	75%
FY2023	33	$422k	55%
FY2022	36	$414k	25%
FY2021	38	$396k	45%
FY2020	22	$221k	41%
FY2019	22	$216k	82%
FY2018	14	$120k	79%

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What it funded, over time

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

Community Improvement$904kEducation$899kPublic Safety & Disaster$199kRecreation & Sports$148kArts & Culture$75kCrime & Legal$60kHuman Services$58kPublic Benefit$58kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Marion County High School	$203,492	8	n/a
Winston County Commission	$153,473	6	n/a
Belgreen High School	$133,223	6	n/a
Russellville City School	$107,276	8	n/a
Colbert County Commission Al	$106,395	6	n/a
Hayleyville City BOE	$86,288	8	n/a
Franklin County Commission	$80,165	6	n/a
Winston County Board of Education	$76,869	7	n/a
Lynn High School	$68,428	7	n/a
City of Florence	$65,677	4	n/a

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All grantees of Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation & Developement Council by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Marion County High School	$203,492	8	n/a
Winston County Commission	$153,473	6	n/a
Belgreen High School	$133,223	6	n/a
Russellville City School	$107,276	8	n/a
Colbert County Commission Al	$106,395	6	n/a
Hayleyville City BOE	$86,288	8	n/a
Franklin County Commission	$80,165	6	n/a
Winston County Board of Education	$76,869	7	n/a
Lynn High School	$68,428	7	n/a
City of Florence	$65,677	4	n/a
Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation & Developement Council	$60,000	1	9%
Colbert County Assoc of Vf Depts	$57,500	1	n/a
Colbert County Schools Cnp	$53,423	4	n/a
The Liberty Learning Foundation	$53,104	4	1%
Auburn University	$44,205	5	n/a
Florence City Board of Education	$37,191	4	n/a
Town of Lexington	$35,660	4	n/a
Alabama Retirees Technical Advisory Group	$34,190	4	n/a
Lauderdale County Commission	$33,000	3	n/a
Emily's Kids Foundation	$28,550	3	91%
Town of Arley	$27,619	3	n/a
Town of Waterloo	$27,000	2	n/a
Northwest Regional Library	$27,000	2	n/a
City of Guin Al	$25,500	2	n/a
Craft Volunteer Fire Department Inc	$24,911	3	9%
Bear Creek Collaborative	$21,977	2	n/a
New Bethel Volunteer Fire Dept	$20,482	3	8%
City of Haleyville	$20,392	2	n/a
Franklin County Cattleman's Association	$20,178	3	n/a
Sheffield Kiwanis	$20,000	1	n/a
Nwscc Foundation	$20,000	2	n/a
Marion County Commission	$19,980	2	n/a
Winfield Fire Department	$19,356	3	n/a
Phil Campbell High School	$18,404	1	n/a
City of Russeville	$18,329	2	n/a
Brooks High School	$18,000	1	n/a
St Florian Police Department	$17,637	2	n/a
Town of Lynn Al	$17,486	1	n/a
Winfield City Schools	$17,012	2	n/a
Northwest Alabama Spay and Neuter Assistance	$17,000	3	9%
Nitrate City VFD	$15,454	2	n/a
City of Tuscumbia	$15,000	1	n/a
Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association	$15,000	1	n/a
Colbert County Tourism	$14,928	2	n/a
City of Sheffield	$14,025	2	n/a
Helicon Vfd	$13,864	1	n/a
Spring Valley Volunteer Fire Department	$13,652	2	n/a
The Healing Place-Center for Loss and Change Inc	$13,500	2	5%
Houston Volunteer Fire Department Inc	$13,300	2	4%
Town of Hackleburg	$13,247	2	n/a
Children's Museum of the Shoals Inc	$13,087	2	7%
Florence City Schools	$12,866	1	n/a
Sheffield Education Foundation Inc	$12,000	1	12%
Donorschooseorg	$12,000	1	0%
Franklin County Sheriffs Office Charitable Fund	$12,000	1	8%
East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department	$11,000	1	n/a
Alabama Dept Conservation & Natural Res	$11,000	2	n/a
Community Partners 4 Education	$10,633	2	n/a
Elgin Senior Citizens Center Inc	$10,500	2	n/a
Tuscumbia City Schools	$10,361	1	n/a
1st Baptist Church	$10,000	1	n/a
Colbert County Historical Landmark Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	13%
East Lauderdale Water & Fpa	$10,000	1	n/a
Haleyville Area Chamber of Commerce	$10,000	1	n/a
Butler Snow LLP	$10,000	1	n/a
Northwest Alabama Housing Services	$10,000	1	n/a
Waterloo High School	$10,000	1	n/a
Locust Shores Volunteer Fire Dept	$10,000	1	13%
Shoals Scholar Dollars Foundation	$10,000	1	3%
Franklin County Arts and Humanities Council Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Helen Keller Festival Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Delmar Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department	$9,973	1	n/a
Sunbelt Fire	$9,691	1	n/a
Shoals Nonprofit Center	$9,000	2	n/a
Colbert Co Children's Policy Council	$9,000	1	n/a
Lauderdale County Schools	$8,772	1	n/a
North Alabama African Heritage Association	$8,500	2	35%
Lauderdale County High School	$8,080	1	n/a
Shoals Dream Center Inc	$8,000	1	1%
Lauderdale Co High School	$7,593	1	n/a
Town of Double Springs	$7,512	1	n/a
Allen Thornton Career Technical Center	$7,500	1	n/a
Hodges Rescue Fire Department	$7,500	1	n/a
Dollar General Literacy Foundation	$7,024	1	0%
The Rescue Me Project	$7,000	1	4%
Marion County Co-Op	$6,500	1	n/a
Winston County Search and Dive Team	$6,500	1	n/a
Rogersville Public Library	$6,400	1	n/a
Old Railroad Bridge Company	$6,000	1	n/a
The City of Hamilton	$6,000	1	n/a
Phil Campbell Rescue Squad	$6,000	1	n/a
Lila Barnett Area Food Bank	$6,000	1	n/a
North Alabama Trails and Recreation	$6,000	1	3%
Delmar Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department	$6,000	1	n/a
Hodges Volunteer Fire Department	$6,000	1	n/a
Central High School	$6,000	1	n/a
United Bikers of Northern California Inc	$5,242	1	n/a
Easter Seals Alabama Inc	$5,200	1	0%
The Alabama 4-H Club Foundation	$5,200	1	0%
Steve Trash Science - Alabama Public TV	$5,000	1	n/a
Town of Cherokee	$5,000	1	n/a
Ashridge VFD	$5,000	1	n/a
Helen Keller Birthplace Foundation	$4,260	1	1%
Winfield Main Street Program Inc	$4,000	1	5%
Hwy 247 Vfd	$3,652	1	n/a
American Legion	$3,000	1	n/a
Black Pond Volunteer Fire Department	$3,000	1	n/a
Town of Hodges	$3,000	1	n/a

Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($638k), not named here.

Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation & Developement Council supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 24.

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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.

Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development CouncilsAL15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils · The Long Lewis Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Walker Area Community Foundation Inc · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Share Our Strength · Amazonsmile 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.

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About Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation & Developement Council

How much does Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation & Developement Council give?: Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation & Developement Council reported 60 itemized grants totaling $626,409, out of $833,045 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 53 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation & Developement Council fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (35%), Education (35%), Public Safety & Disaster (8%).
Who are Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation & Developement Council's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Marion County High School ($203k), Winston County Commission ($153k), Belgreen High School ($133k).
Does Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation & Developement Council fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation & Developement Council?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils, The Long Lewis Foundation, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama.
Where is Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation & Developement Council based?: Northwest Alabama Resource Conservation & Developement Council is based in AL.