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United Way of West Alabama Inc

The mission of united way of west alabama is to promote the general welfare of the citizens of west alabama by: raising funds, on an annual basis, to assist the effective delivery of health and human care programs and services, allocating funds raised on a fair and equitable basis according to the priority needs of the community,…

$3.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
28
Itemized grants FY2024
28
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$3.0M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$95,550
Largest grant, FY2024
$233,500
Organizations funded a year
24 to 28
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$7.9M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations United Way of West Alabama Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesCrime & LegalEducationOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving28$3.0M0%
FY202328$2.9M0%
FY202228$2.4M18%
FY202124$2.4M0%
FY202024$2.4M0%
FY201924$2.4M0%
FY201824$2.3M0%
FY201724$2.3Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$7.9MYouth Development$4.0MPublic Safety & Disaster$3.9MHealth$3.3MRecreation & Sports$861kCrime & Legal$60kFood & Nutrition$56k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Young Mens Christian Association of Tuscaloosa Inc$1,971,296826%
Temporary Emergency Services$1,396,113831%
Black Warrior Council$1,372,845827%
Family Counseling Service of West Alabam a Inc$1,315,295838%
Boys & Girls Club of West Alabama Inc$1,186,462827%
Salvation Army of Greensboro$1,159,4008n/a
The Arc of Tuscaloosa$908,010811%
San Inc Dba Turning Point$892,313814%
Easter Seals Alabama Inc$861,2508n/a
Focus on Senior Citizens of Tuscalo$838,630811%
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Where it is load-bearing

United Way of West Alabama Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Tuscaloosa Inc: $1,971,296 over 8y, 26% of budgetTemporary Emergency Services: $1,396,113 over 8y, 31% of budgetBlack Warrior Council: $1,372,845 over 8y, 27% of budgetFamily Counseling Service of West Alabam a Inc: $1,315,295 over 8y, 38% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of West Alabama Inc: $1,186,462 over 8y, 27% of budgetThe Arc of Tuscaloosa: $908,010 over 8y, 11% of budgetSan Inc Dba Turning Point: $892,313 over 8y, 14% of budgetFocus on Senior Citizens of Tuscalo: $838,630 over 8y, 11% of budgetHospice of West Alabama Inc: $764,425 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of West Al: $759,850 over 8y, 36% of budgetChild Abuse Prevention Services of Tuscaloosa Inc: $687,150 over 8y, 38% of budgetGirl Scouts of North Central Alabama: $662,138 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetTuscaloosa Family Resource Center Inc: $582,263 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetGood Samaritan Services of Tuscaloosa County Inc: $550,000 over 8y, 30% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $539,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Cerebral Palsy of West Alabama: $511,400 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetPhoenix House Inc: $506,450 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetCaring Days Inc: $495,600 over 8y, 17% of budgetWest Alabama AIDS Outreach Inc Five Horizons Health Services: $439,906 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetArts' N Autism Inc: $291,500 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetAlabama Head Injury Foundation Inc: $132,484 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetWest Alabama Sickle Cell Anemia Fou: $90,550 over 8y, 19% of budgetTuscaloosa Safe Centerinc: $59,800 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetFriends of Theo Ratliff: $56,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetChildren of the Village Network Inc: $54,750 over 3y, 67% of budget

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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 25.

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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 Power Foundation IncAL32.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Nick's Kids Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Alabama Civil Justice Foundation · The Westervelt Foundation · Lonnie & Kitty Strickland Charitable Foundation · The Reese Phifer Jr Memorial Attn Susan Cork · Holle Family Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · 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 United Way of West Alabama Inc

How much does United Way of West Alabama Inc give?
United Way of West Alabama Inc reported 28 itemized grants totaling $2,982,252, out of $3,447,658 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does United Way of West Alabama Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (39%), Youth Development (20%), Public Safety & Disaster (19%).
Who are United Way of West Alabama Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Young Mens Christian Association of Tuscaloosa Inc ($2.0M), Temporary Emergency Services ($1.4M), Black Warrior Council ($1.4M).
Does United Way of West Alabama Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of West Alabama Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alabama Power Foundation Inc, Nick's Kids Foundation Inc, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama.
Where is United Way of West Alabama Inc based?
United Way of West Alabama Inc is based in AL.

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 29 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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