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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 FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$234k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 28 grants below total $2,982,252, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,447,658 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $465,406 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 · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $116k
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $2.9M
$95,550
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY$233,500
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$210,575
TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SERVICES$196,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$185,500
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WEST ALABAMA$179,050
FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES$177,800
THE SALVATION ARMY$160,700
THE ARC OF TUSCALOOSA$135,970
FOCUS 50$126,965
TURNING POINT$126,001
HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA$120,825
WEST ALABAMA EASTER SEALS REHAB CTR$120,000
BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS$105,950
CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION SERVICES$95,550
GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH-CENTRAL AL$93,086
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 (FY17–24, $5.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%CHILDREN OF THE VILLAGE NETWORK: $22k → 31%CHILDREN OF THE VILLAGE NETWORK: $22k → 31%CHILDREN OF THE VILLAGE NETWORK: $11k → 31%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $186k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $183k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $171k → 17%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES: $178k → 17%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES: $175k → 17%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES: $162k → 17%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES: $161k → 17%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES: $161k → 17%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES: $160k → 17%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES: $159k → 17%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES: $159k → 17%FOCUS ON SENIOR CITIZENS: $105k → 17%FOCUS ON SENIOR CITIZENS: $103k → 17%FOCUS ON SENIOR CITIZENS: $103k → 17%FOCUS ON SENIOR CITIZENS: $101k → 17%THE ARC OF TUSCALOOSA: $136k → 17%FOCUS ON SENIOR CITIZENS: $93k → 17%THE ARC OF TUSCALOOSA: $133k → 17%FOCUS 50: $127k → 17%FOCUS 50: $123k → 17%HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA: $121k → 17%FOCUS ON SENIOR CITIZENS: $83k → 17%THE ARC OF TUSCALOOSA: $116k → 17%HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA: $113k → 17%THE ARC OF TUSCALOOSA: $107k → 17%TUSCALOOSA ASSOCIATION OF RETARDED CITIZENS: $107k → 17%THE ARC OF TUSCALOOSA: $106k → 17%THE ARC OF TUSCALOOSA: $106k → 17%HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA: $98k → 17%TUSCALOOSA ASSOCIATION OF RETARDED CITIZENS: $98k → 17%TUSCALOOSA'S ONE PLACE: $93k → 17%TUSCALOOSA'S ONE PLACE: $90k → 17%HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA: $89k → 17%HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA: $87k → 17%HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA: $87k → 17%HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA: $86k → 17%HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA: $84k → 17%TUSCALOOSA'S ONE PLACE: $80k → 17%TUSCALOOSA'S ONE PLACE: $71k → 17%TUSCALOOSA'S ONE PLACE: $66k → 17%TUSCALOOSA'S ONE PLACE: $66k → 17%TUSCALOOSA'S ONE PLACE: $63k → 17%TUSCALOOSA'S ONE PLACE: $54k → 17%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20M · 29 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
0

Total granted

$20M
$0

Still filing today

86%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentCrime & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • YM
    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TUSCALOOSA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +2% · 26% of their budget
  • TE
    TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SERVICES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +49% · 31% of their budget
  • FC
    FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF WEST ALABAM A INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +52% · 38% of their budget

Funded once

    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
    Caring for Citizens of Alabama

    Social services

    Human Services
    2
    Central Alabama Regional Child Advocacy Center

    Provide advocacy services for abused children in Central Alabama.

    Crime & Legal
    3
    The Arc of Tuscaloosa

    The mission of the Arc of Tuscaloosa County is to provide activities to persons residing in Tuscaloosa County who have developmental or intellectual disabilities, which enable the individual to maintain previously acquired skills/behaviors…

    Human Services
    4
    The Arc of South Talladega County

    Support services for the mentally challenged of south talladega county in alabama.

    Human Services
    5
    The Arc of Alabama Inc

    The arc of alabama provides services to advocate and aid individuals with cognitive, intellectual, and developmental disabilities in the state of alabama.

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    6
    The Tuscaloosa Children's Center Inc

    Tuscaloosa children's center, inc. is a non-profit organization serving as an interview facility designed to coordinate the efforts of local law enforcement, social service and professional agencies in such ways as to meet the needs of…

    —
    7
    Southeast Alabama Youth Services

    Southeast alabama youth services, inc. is a non-profit organization that provides counseling and housing to troubled youth of southeast alabama.

    Human Services
    8
    Arc of Tusc County Endowment Fund

    To receive, invest and manage funds for the benefit of the arc of tuscaloosa county.

    Philanthropy
    9
    West Alabama Mental Health Board Inc

    Community health agency

    Health
    10
    West Alabama Childrens Advocacy Center Inc

    To provide a child-focused approach to the intervention, treatment, prevention, and prosecution of child abuse cases. to provide free therapy to child abuse victims and age appropriate awareness in our school systems.

    Human Services
    11
    Southeast Alabama Rural Health Associates

    We exist to provide quality, culturally competent primary and preventive health services to the residents of southeast alabama without regard to their ability to pay.

    Health
    12
    Sav-a-Life of Tuscaloosa Inc

    Counseling and referral for pregnant families.

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    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tuscaloosa Safe Centerinc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Theo Ratliff. 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

    25 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. 25 of the 29 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.

    9
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    13
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    25/25
    Grantees still filing
    22/25
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TUSCALOOSA INC: $1,971,296 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TUSCALOOSA INCTEMPORARY EMERGENCY SERVICES: $1,396,113 · OtherTEMPORARY EMERGENCY SERVICESBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WEST ALABAMA INC: $1,186,462 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WEST ALABAMA INCSALVATION ARMY OF GREENSBORO: $1,159,400 · OtherSALVATION ARMY OF GREENSBOROSAN INC DBA TURNING POINT: $892,313 · OtherSAN INC DBA TURNING POINTEASTER SEALS ALABAMA INC: $861,250 · OtherEASTER SEALS ALABAMA INCAMERICAN RED CROSS: $811,300 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WEST AL: $759,850 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WEST ALPHOENIX HOUSE INC: $506,450 · OtherWEST ALABAMA AIDS OUTREACH INC FIVE HORIZONS HEALTH SERVICES: $439,906 · Other+2 more: $267,750 · OtherFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF WEST ALABAM A INC: $1,315,295 · Human ServicesFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF WE…The Arc of Tuscaloosa: $908,010 · Human ServicesThe Arc of TuscaloosaFOCUS ON SENIOR CITIZENS OF TUSCALO: $838,630 · Human ServicesFOCUS ON SENIOR CITIZENS OF TUS…HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA INC: $764,425 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA INCTUSCALOOSA FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $582,263 · Human ServicesTUSCALOOSA FAMILY RESOURCE CENT…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $539,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & I…CARING DAYS INC: $495,600 · Human ServicesCARING DAYS INC+1 more: $54,750 · Human ServicesBLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL: $1,372,845 · Youth DevelopmentBLACK WARRI…GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA: $662,138 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS…GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY INC: $550,000 · HealthUnited Cerebral Palsy of West Alabama: $511,400 · HealthARTS' N AUTISM INC: $291,500 · HealthALABAMA HEAD INJURY FOUNDATION INC: $132,484 · HealthCHILD ABUSE PREVENTION SERVICES OF TUSCALOOSA INC: $687,150 · Crime & LegalTUSCALOOSA SAFE CENTERINC: $59,800 · Crime & LegalFRIENDS OF THEO RATLIFF: $56,000 · Education
    Other$10,252,090Human Services$5,498,473Youth Development$2,034,983Health$1,485,384Crime & Legal$746,950Education$56,000

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

    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
    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 YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TUSCALOOSA INC ↗
    • Who funds TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SERVICES ↗
    • Who funds BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL ↗
    • Who funds FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF WEST ALABAM A INC ↗
    • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WEST ALABAMA INC ↗
    • Who funds The Arc of Tuscaloosa ↗
    • Who funds SAN INC DBA TURNING POINT ↗
    • Who funds FOCUS ON SENIOR CITIZENS OF TUSCALO ↗
    • Who funds HOSPICE OF WEST ALABAMA INC ↗
    • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WEST AL ↗
    • Who funds CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION SERVICES OF TUSCALOOSA INC ↗
    • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA ↗
    • Who funds TUSCALOOSA FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
    • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY INC ↗
    • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
    • Who funds United Cerebral Palsy of West Alabama ↗
    • Who funds PHOENIX HOUSE INC ↗
    • Who funds CARING DAYS INC ↗
    • Who funds WEST ALABAMA AIDS OUTREACH INC FIVE HORIZONS HEALTH SERVICES ↗
    • Who funds ARTS' N AUTISM INC ↗
    • Who funds ALABAMA HEAD INJURY FOUNDATION INC ↗
    • Who funds WEST ALABAMA SICKLE CELL ANEMIA FOU ↗
    • Who funds TUSCALOOSA SAFE CENTERINC ↗
    • Who funds FRIENDS OF THEO RATLIFF ↗
    • Who funds CHILDREN OF THE VILLAGE NETWORK INC ↗

    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 Foundat…Nick's Kids Foundatio…The Daniel Foundation…Alabama Civil Justice…The Westervelt Founda…Lonnie & Kitty Strick…The Reese Phifer Jr M…Holle Family Foundati…Hill Crest Foundation…Natl Christian Charit…Amazonsmile Foundation
    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.

    How much its grantees rely on government

    Each dot is one organization United Way of West Alabama Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of West Alabama Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%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
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
      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 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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