Alabama · Nonprofit
Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County
Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County (Alabama) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $182,654 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM ($115,767). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $476k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $183k
- Net assets
- $181k
What Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County does
Mission
The Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County identifies unmet needs of children and works to meet those needs by convening and educating the child-serving community, by advocating for children's issues and collaborating to develop innovative projects and programs to serve children.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Evergreen Programs are regular programs of the CPC and include First Friday Forum, Early Care and Education Monthly Workgroup, Annual Needs Assessment and a Resource Directory.
$13,391 spent3% of program spendingSAFECARE: Assisting infants and mothers with assessment, safe care plans and recovery support who are substance involved by focusing on their safety and well-being. In collaboration with Family Court, Child Protective Services, Recovery, Maternal & Child Health providers, care coordination and community partnerships help equip mothers to keep their families intact through support, services and resources. The daily operational functions for Jefferson and Calhoun Counties were transferred to ROSS Recovery Center effective January 5, 2024. In late 2023, SAFECare services were expanded to Mobile County through Lifelines Counseling of Mobile. During 2024, CPC partners with Lifelines Counseling to expand SAFECare services into Baldwin County. CPC retained fiscal control, policy and procedural control, partner support, and expansion of the program.
$395,016 spent92% of program spendingCampaign for 3rd Grade Level Reading: CPC continued to expand this program by placing a second children's book vending machine in the lobby of the Jefferson County Family Court - Bessemer location. By having a children's book vending machine at both family courthouses in Jefferson County, children of all ages are eligible to select one free book of their choice each time they visit, which they get to keep. While we primarily focus on younger children to promote reading on grade level by third grade, the program was expanded to included children of all ages.
$19,804 spent5% of program spendingGeneral support and information to the community while conducting community-based assessment and analysis of the needs of children throughout Jefferson County, providing training and tools for advocacy and public policy monitoring and communication, and working together across disciplines to ensure safety for domestic violence victims, accountability for perpetrators, and to change the climate in the community to reduce domestic violence
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $428,211.
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 2020 to 2021, from $66k to $142k (+114%).
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: 2018 45% · 2021 59% · 2022 68% · 2023 96% · 2024 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Tina Thornton
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $17k → $10k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County’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
Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
73% 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 Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 64% · 2020 100% · 2021 77% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
63% of Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $67k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $116k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County?
- Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County (Alabama) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $182,654 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM ($115,767). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $182,654 in grants to Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM is the largest funder on record, with $115,767 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Children's Policy Cooperative of Jefferson County 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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