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United Ways of Alabama

The mission of the UNITED WAYS OF ALABAMA is to advance the interests of the programs of its member organizations by providing a vehicle for common effort.

$316k
Granted FY2020
15
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$66k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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, FY2018 to 2020.

Philanthropy$275kPublic Safety & Disaster$71k
02FY2020 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 15 grants below total $300,200, the rows itemized in this filing. The $315,974 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $15,774 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 · FY2020

  • Under $10k6 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $127k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $131k
$10,924
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAYS OF LEE COUNTY$65,974
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA$65,267
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA$28,274
RIVER REGION UNITED WAY$24,200
WEST ALABAMA UNITED WAY$19,417
UNITED WAY OF MADISON COUNTY$19,160
WIREGRASS UNITED WAY$14,649
UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA$10,924
UNITED WAY OF BALDWIN COUNTY$10,651
UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA$9,462
UNITED WAY OF LEE COUNTY$7,920
UNITED WAY OF MORGAN COUNTY$7,256
UNITED WAY OF ETOWAH COUNTY$6,508
UNITED WAY OF MARSHALL COUNTY$5,489
UNITED WAY OF CULLMAN COUNTY$5,049
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%UNITED WAY OF MADISON COUNTY: $19k → 11%UNITED WAYS OF LEE COUNTY: $66k → 15%UNITED WAY OF MARSHALL COUNTY: $5k → 17%UNITED WAYS OF ETOWAH COUNTY: $38k → 18%RIVER REGION UNITED WAY: $24k → 18%UNITED WAYS OF ETOWAH COUNTY: $9k → 18%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 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
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…

Philanthropy
2
United Way of Waco-Mclennan County

United way of waco-mclennan county strengthens the community by mobilizing resources to measurably improve lives.

Philanthropy
3
United Way of Umatilla & Morrow Counties

United way of umatilla and morrow counties empowers individual givers to support their communities in caring for those in need.

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4
United Way of Monroe County

Collect & distribute funds to approved agencies in monroe county alabama

Philanthropy
5
United Way of Green County Inc

Building a stronger community by uniting people and resources to solve problems and improve lives.

Human Services
6
United Way of the Blue Mountains

Uwbm empowers donors, volunteers, advocates, and agencies to improve the health, education and financial stability of every person in columbia, garfield and walla walla counties in wa and baker, morrow, umatilla, union and wallowa counties…

Philanthropy
7
United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland

The United Way of Wilson County exists to enhance the quality of life through a combined effort of individuals and organizations pulling together to address health and human service needs in Wilson County and the Upper Cumberland.

Human Services
8
United Way of the Midlands

United way connects people and resources to improve the quality of life in the midlands. united way invests in a broad range of community programs that increase access to health care, improve student success, assist people in crisis to…

Philanthropy
9
United Way of Mcminn and Meigs Counties

To build a stronger, caring community by uniting our resources and enhance the human services available in mcminn and meigs counties.

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10
United Way of Comal County

To engage the community and focus resources for those in need in comal county

Philanthropy
11
United Way of Calhoun County

The mission of the united way of calhoun county is to help increase the organized capacity of people in calhoun county to care for one another.

Philanthropy
12
United Way of South Central Nebraska Inc

Fund raising for other non-profit organizations

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Central Alabama Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wiregrass United Way Inc. 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

12 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. 12 of the 14 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
6/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $65,267 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INCUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC: $28,274 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INCRIVER REGION UNITED WAY: $24,200 · PhilanthropyRIVER REGION UNITED WAYUnited Way of Madison County Inc: $19,160 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Madison County IncWIREGRASS UNITED WAY INC: $14,649 · PhilanthropyWIREGRASS UNITED WAY INCUnited Way of Northwest Alabama: $10,924 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Northwest AlabamaUNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $9,462 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF MORGAN COUNTY: $7,256 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,049 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF LEE COUNTY INC: $73,894 · OtherUNITED WAY OF LEE COUNTY INCUNITED WAY OF ETOWAH COUNTY INC: $53,008 · OtherUNITED WAY OF ETOWAH COUNTY INCWEST ALABAMA UNITED WAY: $19,417 · OtherWEST ALABAMA UNITED WAYUNITED WAY OF BALDWIN COUNTY INC: $10,651 · OtherUNITED WAY OF BALDWIN COUNTY INCUNITED WAY OF MARSHALL COUNTY: $5,489 · Other
Philanthropy$184,241Other$162,459

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF LEE COUNTY INC: $73,894 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $65,267 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ETOWAH COUNTY INC: $53,008 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC: $28,274 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRIVER REGION UNITED WAY: $24,200 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUnited Way of Madison County Inc: $19,160 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWIREGRASS UNITED WAY INC: $14,649 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Way of Northwest Alabama: $10,924 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BALDWIN COUNTY INC: $10,651 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $9,462 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MORGAN COUNTY: $7,256 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Way of Cullman County Inc: $5,049 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

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.

The Daniel Foundation…United Way WorldwidePublix Super Markets …United Way of Central…AT&T FoundationLumen Clarke M Willia…Charities Aid Foundat…Pnc FoundationAlabama Power Foundat…Truist Foundation IncAlabama Partnership f…Regions Foundation
The Daniel Foundation of AlabamaAL28.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · United Way Worldwide · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · United Way of Central Alabama Inc · AT&T Foundation · Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Pnc Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · Alabama Partnership for Children · Regions 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 Ways of Alabama funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Ways of Alabama. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 14 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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