Alabama · Nonprofit
ALABAMA BLACK BELT ADVENTURES ASSOCIATIO N
ALABAMA BLACK BELT ADVENTURES ASSOCIATIO N (Alabama) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,800 to it, the largest being ALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS ($28,050). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $34k
- Net assets
- $870k
What Alabama Black Belt Adventures Associatio N does
Mission
To promote outdoor recreation and tourism opportunities in alabama's 23 county black belt region.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Activities and expenditures designed to educate the general public and promote the organization's objectives, I.e.) marketing and advertising, trade show displays, media presentations and the like.
$720,623 spent$1,137,622 earned by the program94% of program spendingThe black belt bounty book is a publication the association generates in print to educate and promote the general public regarding outdoor recreation, activities, and tourisim opportunities in alabama's black belt region.
$1,189 spent$10,148 earned by the program0% of program spendingAlabama black belt adventures association also holds several special projects including hunting, fishing, and white water rafting events dedicated to the furtherment and preservation of nature and the outdoors in the alabama black belt region.
$44,057 spent$42,857 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $765,869.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $67k to $427k (+536%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 99% · 2018 96% · 2019 84% · 2020 83% · 2021 92% · 2022 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of ALABAMA BLACK BELT ADVENTURES ASSOCIATIO N’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Pam Swanner
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $8k → $16k.
From the IRS filings of ALABAMA BLACK BELT ADVENTURES ASSOCIATIO N’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALABAMA BLACK BELT ADVENTURES ASSOCIATIO N leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ALABAMA BLACK BELT ADVENTURES ASSOCIATIO N.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 63% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of ALABAMA BLACK BELT ADVENTURES ASSOCIATIO N's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ALABAMA BLACK BELT ADVENTURES ASSOCIATIO N runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ALABAMA BLACK BELT ADVENTURES ASSOCIATIO N
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALABAMA BLACK BELT ADVENTURES ASSOCIATIO N?
- ALABAMA BLACK BELT ADVENTURES ASSOCIATIO N (Alabama) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,800 to it, the largest being ALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS ($28,050). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALABAMA BLACK BELT ADVENTURES ASSOCIATIO N have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $33,800 in grants to ALABAMA BLACK BELT ADVENTURES ASSOCIATIO N, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALABAMA BLACK BELT ADVENTURES ASSOCIATIO N?
- ALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS is the largest funder on record, with $28,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALABAMA BLACK BELT ADVENTURES ASSOCIATIO N find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing