Alabama · Nonprofit
CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC
CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC (Alabama) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,014,347 to it, the largest being ALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS ($5,954,030). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $8.0M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Cawaco Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc does
Mission
Supports activities that increase the conservation of natural resources, improve local economies, and provide for human development.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Aarcdc grant program: cawaco receives funds from the ala assoc of rc&ds to provide competitive grants to small towns and nonprofits that would likely not receive funding from major funders or agencies. These funds champion projects led by local community leaders, schools, and municipalities. In 2025, projects funded included parks and outdoor recreation, first responder equipment, school equipment, community murals, summer camps, food insecurity programs, and community gardens.
$1,235,453 spentof which $856,318 as grants$1,254,901 earned by the program54% of program spendingStrategic habitat program: cawaco provides administrative and program support for the alabama rivers & streams network. The network is a group of state and federal agencies, utilities, private companies, and non-profit organizations that work together to identify opportunities for the restoration and recovery of imperiled aquatic species through collaboration using science-based methods. The primary action of this group is to coordinate field work and studies and implement on-the-ground projects that improve habitat.
$584,538 spent$865,087 earned by the program25% of program spendingCool green trees: (in partnership with the jefferson county dept of health and univ of alabama at birmingham) created a map that identifies and prioritizes areas in jefferson county (cool green trees map) where present and future extreme heat will most affect human health. Trees are strategically planted in priority areas using this data-driven approach. The project is supported by the jefferson county dept of health, us forest service, and other organizations. To date, 1,249 trees have been planted in 5 neighborhoods with over 400 volunteers.
$473,705 spent$517,846 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,293,696.
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 $1.4M to $2.2M (+53%).
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 92% · 2018 88% · 2019 92% · 2020 15% · 2021 27% · 2022 27% · 2023 54% · 2024 33% · 2025 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Kellie Johnson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $322k → $2.0M.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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: $63k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Cawaco Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC raised.
From the IRS filings of CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 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
CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 98% · 2019 76% · 2020 79% · 2021 91% · 2022 61% · 2023 52% — 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
60% of CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
95% of CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M 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
CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9.1M on record.
- Department of the Interior$5.4M
- Department of Agriculture$3.7M
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 CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 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 CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC?
- CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC (Alabama) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,014,347 to it, the largest being ALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS ($5,954,030). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $8,014,347 in grants to CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC?
- ALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS is the largest funder on record, with $5,954,030 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAWACO RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 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 11 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