How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Alabama?

Start with the funders already giving to employment in Alabama, currently United Way of Central Alabama Inc, Alabama Partnership for Children, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alabama from out of state.

Who is the largest employment funder in Alabama?

United Way of Central Alabama Inc gives the most to employment organizations in Alabama, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to employment in Alabama?

$42M reached 122 employment organizations in Alabama, from 200 funders. 56% came from funders also based in Alabama.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Alabama · Employment

Who funds employment in Alabama

$42M reached 122 employment organizations in Alabama, from 200 funders, with no single one dominating.

$42M

granted

122

organizations

56%

from in-state

The short version

200 funders gave $42M to 122 employment organizations in Alabama across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
56% of that came from funders also based in Alabama; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of employment in Alabama is United Way of Central Alabama Inc, at $6M.
The employment organization drawing the most is Goodwill Industries of the Gulf Coast Inc, at $9M.

Largest funders of employment in Alabama

The funders giving the most to employment organizations in Alabama, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1United Way of Central Alabama Inc$6M 2Alabama Partnership for Children$6M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$5M 4Easter Seals Inc$2M 5Cwi Works Inc$2M 6The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham$2M 7Sylacauga Alliance for Family Enhancement Inc$1M 8Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$1M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$895k 10Wiregrass United Way Inc$768k

Employment organizations in Alabama that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

112 other employment organizations$15M

Goodwill Industries of the Gulf Coast Inc$9M Workshops Empowerment Inc$6M Hope Inspired Ministries Inc$1M Tkj by His Grace Ministries$1M

How to find employment funders in Alabama

1
Start with the funders already active in Alabama
The funders giving the most to employment in Alabama are United Way of Central Alabama Inc, Alabama Partnership for Children, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
44% of employment money in Alabama comes from funders elsewhere, so national employment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Alabama.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Alabama?: Start with the funders already giving to employment in Alabama, currently United Way of Central Alabama Inc, Alabama Partnership for Children, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alabama from out of state.
Who is the largest employment funder in Alabama?: United Way of Central Alabama Inc gives the most to employment organizations in Alabama, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in Alabama?: $42M reached 122 employment organizations in Alabama, from 200 funders. 56% came from funders also based in Alabama.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.