Alabama · Public charity
United Way of Central Alabama Inc
Uwca's mission is to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another and to improve their community. We are engaged in blount, chilton, jefferson, shelby, st. Clair and walker counties to create community-based solutions.
- $72M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 113
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 112
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $26M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $93,728
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,519,873
- Organizations funded a year
- 96 to 128
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $141M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations United Way of Central Alabama Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $154k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 106 | $26M | 5% |
| FY2023 | 112 | $26M | 12% |
| FY2022 | 102 | $25M | 15% |
| FY2021 | 97 | $24M | 1% |
| FY2020 | 96 | $28M | 4% |
| FY2019 | 102 | $28M | 10% |
| FY2018 | 101 | $30M | 8% |
| FY2017 | 128 | $29M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $21,618,168 | 8 | 0% |
| Salvation Army - Birmingham Alabama Area Command | $12,719,003 | 8 | n/a |
| Young Womens Christian Assn of Birmingham | $11,593,888 | 8 | 20% |
| Gateway | $8,743,901 | 8 | 19% |
| Bridgeways Inc | $7,389,459 | 8 | 75% |
| Greater Alabama Council Inc Boy Scouts of America | $7,192,473 | 8 | 21% |
| Children's Aid Society of Alabama | $6,877,739 | 8 | 19% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Birmingham Inc | $6,358,549 | 8 | 4% |
| Girls Incorporated of Central Alabama | $6,216,729 | 8 | 58% |
| Workshops Empowerment Inc | $5,627,900 | 8 | 36% |
Show all 184 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Central Alabama Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 21 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 149 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Community Partnership of Alabama Inc · Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund · Protective Life Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Walker Area Community Foundation Inc · Robert R Meyer Foundation · The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation
How this is measured
About United Way of Central Alabama Inc
- How much does United Way of Central Alabama Inc give?
- United Way of Central Alabama Inc reported 113 itemized grants totaling $25,953,396, out of $71,789,636 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 96 and 128 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does United Way of Central Alabama Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (38%), Health (19%), Youth Development (19%).
- Who are United Way of Central Alabama Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($22M), Salvation Army - Birmingham Alabama Area Command ($13M), Young Womens Christian Assn of Birmingham ($12M).
- Does United Way of Central Alabama Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Central Alabama Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Alabama Power Foundation Inc, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama.
- Where is United Way of Central Alabama Inc based?
- United Way of Central Alabama Inc is based in AL.
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