Alabama · Nonprofit
C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC
C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC (Alabama) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,400 to it, the largest being Harry E Bovay Jr Foundation ($6,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $509k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $605k
What C3 of Nw Alabama Inc does
Mission
To promote economic development for marion, lamar and fayette counties in northwest alabama.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Primary purpose of c3 is to serve as a cooperative marketing effort of the cities and counties in marion, lamar and fayette counties in nw alabama in whjich to form an economic development alliance with the mission of marketing this region to new and existing businesses for the creation and retention of jobs for area residents.
$707,912 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $707,912.
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 $677k to $955k (+41%).
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 6% · 2022 1% · 2024 61% · 2025 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Tom Wisemiller
Executive director
Board chair
Kelli Foster
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $400.
From the IRS filings of C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC’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
C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% 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
44% 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 C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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
C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside Alabama, across 2 states in all.
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
C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC is better cushioned than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $500k on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$500k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC
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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC?
- C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC (Alabama) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,400 to it, the largest being Harry E Bovay Jr Foundation ($6,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $11,400 in grants to C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC.
- Who is the largest funder of C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC?
- Harry E Bovay Jr Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like C3 OF NW ALABAMA INC 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 3 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