Alabama · Nonprofit
BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL
BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL (Alabama) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $716,423 to it, the largest being BLACK WARRIOR HERITAGE SOCIETY FNDTN ($276,978). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $716k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Black Warrior Council does
Mission
The council is a not-for-profit organization devoted to promoting, within the territory covered by the charter from the time it was granted it by the scouting america and in accordance with the congressional charter, bylaws, and rules and regulations of the scouting america, the scouting program of promoting the ability of boys, girls, young men, and women to do things for themselves and others, training them in scoutcraft, and teaching them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues, using the methods which are now in common use by the scouting america.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cub scouting - family- and community-centered approach to learning citizenship, compassion, and courage through service projects, ceremonies, games, and other activities promoting character development and physical fitness. Serves boys and girls k through 5th grades. Scouts bsa - with the scout oath and scout law as guides, and the support of parents and religious and neighborhood organizations, scouts develop an awareness and appreciation of their role in their community and become well-rounded young men through the advancement of the program. Scouts progress in rank through achievements, gain additional knowledge and responsibilities, and earn merit badges that introduce a lifelong hobby or a rewarding career. Serves boys and girls 11 to 18 years. Venturing - provides experiences to help young men and women, ages 14-20 (or age 13 with completion of the eighth grade), become mature, responsible, caring adults. Young teens learn leadership skills and participate in challenging outdoor activities, including having access to scouts bsa camping properties, a recognition program, and youth protection training. Career exploring - program offering hands-on career training for young men…
$954,618 spentof which $33,182 as grants$39,482 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$907 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $955,525.
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 2023 to 2024, from $4.2M to $1.5M (−63%).
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: 2021 23% · 2022 35% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $43k → $62k.
4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.0M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of West Alabama Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL raised.
From the IRS filings of BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL’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
BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
69% 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 BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 42% · 2019 47% · 2020 27% · 2021 41% · 2022 45% · 2023 24% — 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.
How long its funders stay
100% of BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 80% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
91% of BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $187k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,152 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL?
- BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL (Alabama) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $716,423 to it, the largest being BLACK WARRIOR HERITAGE SOCIETY FNDTN ($276,978). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $716,423 in grants to BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL?
- BLACK WARRIOR HERITAGE SOCIETY FNDTN is the largest funder on record, with $276,978 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL 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.
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 15 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing